The author demonstrates that the interface between technology education and mathematics and science may be achieved through five different approaches: an innovation study approach, a systems study approach, a process study approach, a construction study approach, and a research and experimentation approach. (CT)

The author suggests the possibility that teachers, students, parents, and school systems do not like the changes in the industrial arts curriculum and prefer the traditional curriculum to "technology" education. (CT)

Describes a problem scenario involving photobioreactors and presents materials and resources, student project activities, and teaching and evaluation methods for use in the technology education classroom. (Contains 14 references.) (SK)

The results of the fifth annual survey of the technology education profession provide data on demographics, what is being taught, strengths, weaknesses, and problems. (JOW)

Describes an interdisciplinary project at Mankato State University in which a team constructed a solar car and competed in SUNRAYCE '93. (SK)

Discusses ways that language and technology education (TE) overlap: names and identity of TE, teacher use and tolerance of language, using language to improve the clarity of instruction, and using language as material to teach about technology. (SK)

The skills needed by future workers can be developed through Principles of Technology, a vehicle for reinforcing math, science, and communication skills. Understanding technology is important for all students. (SK)

The demand for employees capable of functioning in high-performance workplaces will only increase. There must be significant changes in technology-education curriculum for secondary programs and technology-education programs that participate in school-to-work and tech-prep programs. (JOW)

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative for Achieving Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education helped teachers learn to integrate the three subjects. (JOW)

In this article, the author poses the following questions: When was the last time you sat back and contemplated how effective your teaching is? What methods have you used to determine how students learn and apply their knowledge? and Have you investigated the effectiveness of your newly implemented curriculum based on Standards for Technological…

"Realizing Excellence: Structuring Technology Programs" (International Technology Education Association, April 2005) is a pivotal addition to the ITEA Addenda to Technological Literacy Standards Series. In ITEA's graphic model of an educational program, first introduced in the standards document, Advancing Excellence in Technological Literacy:…

Standard 13 of the International Technology Education Association's Standards for Technological Literacy (2000/2002) document states that, "Students will develop abilities to assess the impact of products and systems" (p. 133), Students should be aided in critically assessing products they design, as well as those professionally produced. This can…

The nation's industrial revolution began after the Civil War. Thomas Edison codified the simple and repeatable process of invention, and off the country went on an inventive joy ride that shows no sign of letting up. Undoubtedly, Edison's greatest invention was the process of industrial research, for equipped with it people can make products and…

Aviation as people know it today is a mature but very young technology as time goes. Considering that the 100th anniversary of flight was celebrated just a few years ago in 2003, millions of people fly from city to city or from nation to nation and across the oceans and around the world effortlessly and economically. Additionally, they have space…

According to Standards for Technological Literacy (STL; ITEA, 2000/ 2002), technology education can play an important role in integrating the subjects of the K-12 curriculum. In fact, STL, developed with a "cross-disciplinary perspective," (Dugger, 1999) overlaps considerably with other common school subjects, especially social studies and…