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ERIC Number: ED012348
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1967
Pages: 361
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SUMMER PROGRAM FOR UPDATING THE TECHNICAL COMPETENCY OF TEACHERS OF INDUSTRIAL SUBJECTS. FINAL REPORT.
BOHN, RALPH C.
STUDENTS OF THE INSERVICE PROGRAM WERE 96 INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS FROM THE AREAS OF AUTO AND POWER, DRAFTING, ELECTRONICS, AND METALS WHO WERE SELECTED FROM 576 APPLICANTS. OBJECTIVES WERE TO (1) DEVELOP MODELS FOR INDUSTRY-SCHOOL COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS, (2) INTEGRATE INSTRUCTION ON INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS, CYBERNETICS, AND AUTOMATION INTO THE FOUR MODELS, (3) EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND FEASIBILITY OF OBJECTIVES 1 AND 2, (4) EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSERVICE EDUCATION IN CHANGING AND IMPROVING CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AND (5) DISSEMINATE A REPORT WHICH WOULD PERMIT THE DUPLICATION OF EFFECTIVE PARTS OF THE MODEL PROGRAMS. STUDY TRIPS AND SHORT-TERM WORK EXPERIENCE PROVIDED INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE. PARTICIPANTS WERE SENT TO APPROPRIATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS AND STAFF AND EQUIPMENT WERE BROUGHT TO THE CAMPUS. A SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS LABORATORY WAS USED BY THE FOUR INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS--AUTOMOTIVE AND POWER, INDUSTRIAL DRAFTING, ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS, AND METALS TECHNOLOGY. FOLLOWUP EVALUATION SHOWED (1) 91 PARTICIPANTS INAUGURATED 26 NEW COURSES AND 321 NEW UNITS, (2) 62 HAD EQUIPMENT BUDGET REQUESTS OF $500 OR MORE, (3) 38 SCHOOLS WERE USING INSTITUTE MATERIALS, AND (4) 31 SIMILAR WORKSHOPS WERE REPORTED FOLLOWING THE INSTITUTE. (EM)
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Authoring Institution: San Jose State Coll., CA.
Identifiers - Location: California (San Jose)
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