Technology Education (TE)
) Designed for offering courses on subjects which are current and important to industrial education.
Identification, analysis, and discussion of the periodicals, topical books, major issues, and research in the field of industrial education.
Designing various industrial education laboratories and facilities. Includes attention to purpose, recommended sizes and other specifications.
Factors involved in developing the trends and leaders in industrial and vocational education. Analysis of objectives, current concepts, practices and anticipated policies in industrial education.
Emphasis on trends, community surveys, curricula, definitions, and needs of post-secondary technical education programs.
Identifying current legislation and funding practices concerning industrial education. Function and relationship of directors, supervisors and instructors in all fields of industrial education.
Studying the many instructional aids available for teaching industrial subjects. The course includes instruction in the common audio-visual aids but also making models, cutaways and other industrial teaching aids.
Current career education programs and their relationship to industrial education. Emphasis on integrating career education goals in industrial education with attention to the goals of each field.
Principles and techniques of designing and writing industrial education curricula. Attention will be given to goals, behavioral objectives, designing programs to meet objectives and evaluating results.
Opportunity to study problems related to the area of electricity/electronics. Problems based on needs of students with approval of the advisor and the Dean of the School.
Opportunity to study problems related to the area of drafting. Problems based on needs of students with approval of the Dean of the School and his advisor.
Analysis and selection of materials for junior and senior high school, and also, adult industrial technical education.
Evaluation principles and practices in the specialized areas of industrial arts, technical and industrial education.
Analysis of objectives and scope of trade and industrial cooperative education program, apprenticeship, and general education work experiences.