The literature reviewed here indicates that school planners, aware of the growing demand for vocational education facilities, are developing a variety of new approaches. The development of educational specifications and the needs of the local community are major concerns of facilities planners. Several of the documents reviewed discuss specialized…

The University of Northern Iowa Department of Industrial Technology is involved in a three-phase curriculum development project along with new facility design and construction and implementation of instructional innovations. The report reflects decisions made to date in the process, including the completed phase of developing concept-based cluster…

Philosophy, content, organization, methodology, and administration of industrial arts education are described as an integral part of a total educational program. The book is aimed at educators, primarily teachers, at the elementary and secondary levels, and explains and summarizes types and levels of offerings and their functional relationship…

This guide for occupational educators deals with laboratory and instructional management on an interdisciplinary basis within the broad field of occupational education. The principles discussed are intended to be applied at all levels and in all types of laboratories. The text suggests effective ways of organizing laboratories so that students can…

This third in a series of nine learning modules on instructional management is designed to help secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers achieve competence in arranging to improve vocational facilities by (1) evaluating present resources, (2) identifying need for improvement, (3) obtaining and reporting information about technological…

The guide describes procedures for designing secondary industrial arts facilities based on careful scrutiny of the educational program which the facilities are intended to serve. It offers a four step general outline for planning such facilities and discusses in detail the following considerations with respect to writing subject area…

This eighth in a series of nine learning modules on instructional management is designed to assist secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers in becoming competent in organizing the vocational laboratory (including planning, designing, arranging, setting up, remodeling, renovating, and expanding the learning facility). Introductory sections…