Discusses the effects of the teacher educational reform proposals on industrial teacher education. Indicates that additional information is needed before wholesale program modifications can be implemented. (JOW)

Summarizes expert forecasts on the probable responsibilities of industrial teacher education department leaders in 1990, as presented in a survey of 25 experts. Responsibilities will include resource management, recruitment of academically able students, and acquiring adequate funding. (CH)

The decade of the sixties saw the appearance of more formal curriculum development efforts in industrial arts than had occurred in its total prior history as a school subject. This paper seeks to explore, analyze, and compare these curriculum development efforts and to suggest priorities for future development, dissemination, and research…

A study developed and validated measures that can be used to assess the effectiveness of the change from an industrial arts teacher education program to technology teacher education. A modified three-phase Delphi design was used to answer two questions: (1) Is the program technology teacher education (i.e., has the change progressed to the point…

This monograph presents a compilation of research in industrial arts education from 1968 through 1979. The first section reviews studies which deal with the philosophical bases of industrial arts and which examine its historical development. The second section identifies studies that emphasized industrial arts' role as an integral component of a…