Nineteen chapters of information, organized into five units, are provided in this 28th yearbook of the American Council on Industrial Arts Teacher Education. Unit I, entitled "A Historical and Philosophical Orientation to Industrial Arts" contains five chapters that examine these topics: the movements that led to contemporary industrial…

This description of the DeKalb Area Technical School near Clarkston, Georgia, serves as a guide on methods of developing curriculums and facilities for such schools. The classrooms, laboratories, and shops are described with photographic illustrations of the course offerings to daytime and nighttime students. The necessity to tailor vocational…

A comprehensive checklist is presented for assistance in planning and remodeling all types of industrial arts facilities. Items to be rated are in the form of suggestions or specifications related to facility function. Categories developed include--(1) purpose, (2) general laboratory arrangement, (3) hand tools and storage, (4) room safety, (5)…

The guide for a high school level auto body program provides learning activities for the special needs student. The program was developed taking into consideration the abilities of the students so that learning activities are within the grasp of the student, successful achievement is possible, and students are developed to a level where they can…

Factors affecting measuring ability in machine shop practices at the high school level were investigated. A sample of 157 male students enrolled at four metropolitan high schools in Chicago was administered four tests devised specifically for this study (one each on measuring ability, numerical ability, mechanical knowledge, and kinesthetic…

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…

This guide is intended to help vocational teachers to manage student behavior, including that of students with handicaps and behavioral problems, in vocational educational laboratories. The guide is organized into three sections. The first section explains the different types of vocational laboratories (active and passive) and what types of…

This guide is designed for use by any person or groups of persons responsible for planning occupational programs in the machine trades. Its major purpose is to elicit the necessary information for the writing of educational specifications for facilities to house needed vocational programs in machine tool operation, machine shop, and tool and die…

This comprehensive manual deals with the problems of planning vocational facilities. Volume I provides floor layouts and specialized designs that interpret educational concepts, equipment needs, and services into functional units for architectural adaptation. Additional planning guidelines clarify purchasing policies and procedures, explain the…

The major purpose of this guide is to elicit the information needed for the writing of educational specifications used in the planning of educational facilities for automotive servicing programs. It is for use by instructors, supervisors, school plant planners, and local school officials. Part I is a discussion of the major purpose , the…

To determine the standards utilized in most states for vocational agricultural facilities, state supervisors of vocational agriculture and head teacher trainers of agricultural education were surveyed in the 48 continental states. The 27 state standards received in response provided the basis for development of 41 summary tables of recommendations…

Intended to reduce unnecessary paper work on the part of the shop instructor in a graphic communications course, this job assignment book offers a simplified method of keeping student records up-to-date. It first provides a record/form with areas for student name, tool check number, locker number, textbook number, and grades; broad course…

The student manual has been designed primarily for beginning students in a high school level vocational program in building maintenance. A workbook for special needs students, the document does not cover all areas of custodial training but has been written for the purpose of refining the basic skills of reading comprehension, vocabulary building,…

This report is composed of a series of abstracts describing innovative/exemplary activities in industrial education in Michigan. The activities included (1) projects which invent a creative solution to a problem; (2) projects which demonstrate an exemplary program suitable for widespread use or a model to emulate; and (3) adoption of an exemplary…

This booklet presents suggested plans and specifications for and discusses facilities common to technical and occupational shops. Drawings, room plans, and text illustrate specifications for drafting rooms, a welding shop, an automechanics shop, an auto body shop, and a high school greenhouse. Also included are facility designs for agricultural…