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Quinn, Harold – School Shop, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Schools
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Lankford, James E.; West, Denise M. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1993
Four experiments examined effects of noise in a high school woodworking class on student hearing loss. Results suggest that hazardous noise levels caused statistically significant temporary threshold shifts among the students, though there were no significant changes in hearing thresholds from the beginning to the end of the semester. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Equipment, Hearing Conservation, Hearing Impairments
Foster, Patrick; Kirkwood, James – Teaching Pre K-8, 1993
Suggests that technology education is much more than simply computer literacy and must emphasize real-world problem solving and hands-on learning. Provides examples of activities, such as the construction of a model city out of scrap wood, that can be carried out with students in grades one through four to develop problem-solving skills. (MDM)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Education
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Goodman, Shawn – Journal of Experiential Education, 2000
A therapist at a private group home for adjudicated youth taught three boys aged 14-16 with behavioral disorders to build wooden canoes. His day-by-day account describes their progress, pitfalls, and learning, and the sense of accomplishment the boys got from participating in an experience that carried them beyond their own perceived limitations.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Construction (Process), Experiential Learning
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Policies and Standards. – 1972
A job grading standard for Wood Worker WG-4604 is given for grading jobs under the Federal Wage System. The standard covers physical requirements, tools, job task, skills, and knowledge at three grade levels, and the limits placed on the requirements at each level. In general the wood worker makes and repairs such supply shipping, and storage…
Descriptors: Carpentry, Employment, Government Employees, Job Analysis
Wood, James D. – Man/Society/Technology--A Journal of Industrial Arts Education, 1972
Descriptors: Design, Electricity, Graphic Arts, Industrial Arts
Kirk, Albert S.; And Others – School Shop/Tech Directions, 1991
Three articles discuss the importance of wood processing to manufacturing and construction industries and the need for progressive change in the curriculum; the evolution of wood-based synthetic panel materials; and the technological advances in the computer control of machine tools and their incorporation into wood technology curricula. (JOW)
Descriptors: Construction Industry, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Manufacturing Industry
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Dow, Wendy – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2005
This paper examines the rationale for the Woodworking Skills section of a course on Practical Craft Skills which forms part of the new technology curriculum in Scottish Schools. Introduced with the intention of making technology subjects more accessible to a wider range of pupils, the subject has potential for contributing to a more inclusive…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Handicrafts, Design, Woodworking
Kaylor, Robert; And Others – 1987
This courseware evaluation rates the Wood Programs software developed by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction. (These programs--not contained in this document--include understanding board feet, wood characteristics, wood safety drill, wood dimensions, wood moisture, operating the table saw, radial arm, measurement drill, fraction drill, and…
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Courseware, Hand Tools, High Schools
Whiteside, Karen, Ed. – Loblolly Magazine, 1986
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Act changed farm life dramatically. The miracle of electricity in rural East Texas is examined in "Electricity Comes to East Texas" (Brandi Anderson and others). Chronicled is a description of life without electricity and how everyday chores were done in its absence. Local citizens…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Folk Culture, Handicrafts, Lighting
Grotefend, Robert T. – 1981
This report describes a project to develop a forest product technology curriculum that prepares students at the technical level, junior management, to work in the manufacturing of wood and bark into lumber, plywood, particle board, laminates, and pulp chips. Chapter 1 describes project objectives and procedures followed. In chapter 2 the history…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Forestry Occupations, Higher Education
Covarrubias, Miguel – 1954
The origins of Native Americans are traced through art forms in this history of American art. The basic time periods for this history are determined and defined as the formative horizon, the classic horizon, and the historical horizon. Art forms used throughout these time periods are described in terms of technique and aesthetics. The arts and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Architecture, Art, Eskimos
Chapman, Jane Morfoot – Grade Teacher, 1972
The article deals with art work by intermediate-grade Harlem children. (MF)
Descriptors: African Culture, Art, Art Activities, Art Products
Feder, Norman – Grade Teacher, 1972
Describes the various forms of decorative art utilized by the various American Indian tribes, and some of the cultural background behind them. (AN)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Art, Art Expression, Ceramics
Sterner, Herman – Industrial Arts and Vocational Education, 1971
Mushrooming space-age industry rocketed this high school into an industrial arts program suited to a community of professional and highly skilled workers. (Editor)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Curriculum, Drafting, Educational Equipment
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