Vocational teachers in building and construction in upper secondary school deal with complex situations of an organisational, vocational, and social kind. Recent research has shown that the teacher is the single most important factor for students' learning in school. Teacher-student relationships and the teacher's repertoire of teaching practices…

In this article, researchers from the perspectives of post-humanism and new materialism investigate the methodological possibilities and challenges offered by multisensory interviews with Norwegian Art and Crafts teachers regarding their practice theories connected to woodwork with primary school children. Author 1 has visited eight different…

The research reported in this study concerns older adults from Australia who voluntarily chose to learn the craft of woodturning. Semi-structured interviews and a survey questionnaire were distributed to members of a woodturning club to explore their motivations and the processes by which they learned how to woodturn. The findings indicated that…

This paper illustrates three academic units collaborative process to solve a design problem in the development of new wood products for the Historic Boone Tavern Hotel, Berea, Kentucky. The Boone Tavern Hotel chronology and renovation needs after 99 years are summarized. The Berea College Student Crafts Program is then described and the need for a…

This study investigated appropriate pedagogical techniques for workplace e-learning programs in the South African wood products (furniture) manufacturing sector. The study found that learners responded favourably to constructivist teaching approaches, such as asynchronous discussions, open-ended task-based activities, and assignments incorporating…

A noted sculptor tells how to introduce your class to a versatile tool, the coping saw. (Editor/RK)

Wood is a responsive material that lends itself to the needs of the classroom. Younger students can design with wood, hammer and nails while older students may be introduced to incising, carving, and assembling in designing with wood. (Author/RK)

Described are the methods and materials for an introductory sculpture experience in the Bauhaus foundation program. Bauhaus, a German art school founded in 1918, stressed science and technology as major resources for art and architecture. Hand-held sculptures were created to increase tactile sensitivity and three-dimensional spatial concepts. (KC)

Described is the wild fowl carving, an arts project in the Environmental Arts Program of New Providence, New Jersey. Projects included ducks, decoys, and shore birds. (KC)

Provides twelve instructional objectives useful in structuring a woodworking center for young children. Suggestions for field trips and further activities are included. (CS)

Describes apparatus and procedures to design and construct a "printing box" as a graphic arts project to make color prints on T-shirts using photography, indirect and direct photo screen methods, and other types of stencils. Step-by-step photographs illustrate the process. (MF)