Purpose: Higher education curriculum development in the construction industry has historically received scant academic attention and often, courses/programmes are largely developed using the tacit knowledge of individual tutors. This research investigates the core interpersonal and technical skills and competencies required of a contemporary…

The current face of the dairy manufacturing industry has changed from its traditional conception. Industry emphasis is moving away from traditional dairy products, such as fluid milk, ice cream, and butter, and moving toward yogurts, dairy beverages, and value-added products incorporating ingredients derived from milk and whey. However, many…

Kimbell and Perry (Design and technology in a knowledge economy: A distinctive model of teaching and learning, London) suggest that design and technology is about creating a change in the made world, about understanding the processes of the change and about becoming capable in the exercise of making. In their view, when Honda produces a new car,…

The objective of the Industrial Arts Curriculum Project (IACP) was to develop, refine, and institutionalize a new and relevant 2-year junior high industrial arts program. The study focused on "industrial technology," the knowledge of management, production, and personnel practices used by men to produce goods to satisfy their needs…

This guide was developed as part of a curriculum research project designed to improve the teaching/learning process for industrial arts education in North Dakota secondary schools and to restructure subject matter into the cluster areas for efficient teaching and delivery. The guide is intended to assist industrial arts teachers in developing…

This article discusses the need for the four year technology curriculum and its place in the technology spectrum. (JS)

Discusses the role that industrial arts plays in ecological problems. (GR)

Describes a post secondary program that can be completed at the end of three quarters for a certificate as an electronic draftsman, or six quarters as an electronic technician, depending on the student's goals. (GB)

Project Open is an industrial-arts curriculum development effort designed to open up opportunities for West Virginia students to study the nature of technology and its effect on man and society. (Author)

Outlines arguments for and reviews related literature suggesting that the study of science and technology can benefit from each other. Also discusses the Empirical Program of Relativism and social constructivist approaches to the study of technology, illustrating the parallels between the two approaches. Directions for the future are addressed.…

In the spring of 1965, West Virginia University called a moratorium on undergraduate enrollment in industrial arts education. This was to provide time for the faculty to review and develop a new approach to this program. An interdisciplinary conference was held in an attempt to meet this goal. It was designed to determine the university's function…

Describes and illustrates a project (IACP) to develop instructional materials for use in junior high schools to improve student ability to evaluate the opportunities and requirements for a career in industry. Article contains sample teaching guides, conceptual schemes, and photographs. (GR)