Electronics students (16 controls, 16 experimentals) designed, built, and tested an amplifier. The experimentals did so after it was designed through computer simulation (using Electronics Workbench software). The experimental group performed significantly better on problem-solving tests; both groups did the same on drill and practice tests. (SK)

In interviews, nine managers and nine trainers in health care organizations were asked about organizational changes and causal attributions. Differences appeared in manager and trainer attributions. Judgments were often made with very limited data and there was a lack of communication between trainers and managers. (SK)

Conventional wisdom that non-college-bound students are deficient in employability skills fails to consider labor market instability and job accessibility for low-income youth. School-to-work transition, job creation, and community building in urban areas can be enhanced through entrepreneurship education. (SK)

Describes the National Association of Industrial Technical Teacher Educators' role in the development of quality standards for trade and industrial education and introduces the special issue on the standards. (SK)

The public appears to desire education standards for many reasons: lost faith in schools, the information age, low test scores, international comparisons, and failed results of past reforms. Standards seem to promise restored order, mastery of subject matter, and excellence. (SK)

Secondary trade and industrial teachers have traditionally been prepared through alternative teacher education emphasizing competence in subject matter. Standards are needed to improve how content is taught, and they can renew and revitalize trade and industrial teacher preparation and certification programs. (SK)

Outlines the National Association for Industrial Technical Teacher Educators standards for professional development, instruction, curriculum, special populations students, laboratory organization and management, linkages with stakeholder groups, and positive public status and image. Describes three levels of teacher proficiency: associate,…

Presents the underlying reasons for the National Association of Industrial Technical Teacher Educators standards, in particular detailing the rationale for the sections on curriculum and instruction, lab management and safety, and professional and public image. (SK)

Lynch critiques the National Association of Industrial Technical Teacher Educators standards, particularly questioning the associate teacher proficiency level. Moss examines reasons for standards, questions the need for separate trade and industrial standards, and addresses whether they are realistic and complete. (SK)

Research to determine the attitudes of technology education teachers (n=149), school principals (n=105), and school counselors (n=99) about selected characteristics of the field reflected considerable agreement in perceptions of technology education, especially that it should be for all students. However, principals and counselors rated the latter…

Verifies the presence of women's voices in the formation of industrial arts and suggests why they are missing from the historical record. Explores postmodern and feminist literature to discuss reasons and suggestions for future directions. (JOW)

Focuses on the issues, challenges, and approaches that must be considered when studying the impact of technology on work and jobs. Examines relevant theory, research hypotheses and questions, conceptual frameworks, methodologies, and the problem of operationalizing and measuring skill. (Author/JOW)

Community college students (n=159) were taught writing using one of three treatments: modeling with scaffolds, scaffolds without modeling, and control group. Test scores, observations, and instructor interviews showed that think-aloud modeling increased writing skills; implementation of scaffolding was too idiosyncratic to compare; and integration…

Addresses the limited connection between education and human resource development (HRD). Suggests that preventive approaches to HRD can lead to better relationships between education and the private sector and can improve the preparation of students for the workplace of tomorrow. (JOW)

Describes the Teaching and Learning Collaborative (TLC) in Technology, which prepared preservice teachers to incorporate technology into lesson plans and supported inservice teachers' professional development with technology, offering a professional-development course, seminar sessions, and e-mail communication. Evaluation indicated that…