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The Status Of Applied Electricity In Selected Colleges And Secondary Schools In Kansas, Karl E. Cunningham Jul 1957

The Status Of Applied Electricity In Selected Colleges And Secondary Schools In Kansas, Karl E. Cunningham

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This study was developed on the premise that applied electricity was a current and future need of such dimensions that it demanded more attention by educators. An attempt was made to determine the present status of teaching applied electricity in selected colleges and secondary schools in Kansas with a view to developing and/or improving programs in the area. Objective data were obtained by surveys of secondary school administrators, industrial arts supervisors, and instructors who taught applied electricity as a separate course or as a unit in a composite general shop. Additional information and statistics were derived from books, periodicals, published …


An Investigation Of The Possibilities Of Small Internal Combustion Engines In Industrial Arts Shops, Carl J. Hohmann May 1957

An Investigation Of The Possibilities Of Small Internal Combustion Engines In Industrial Arts Shops, Carl J. Hohmann

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This study was developed to determine the possibilities of teaching a unit or area covering small internal combustion engines in our industrial arts shops. The questionnaire method was used to gather subjective data. The returns revealed that some schools were already teaching such work in their industrial arts programs, as well as points of view on such matters as equipment requirements, grade level considerations, course materials, etc. Other data were gathered from books, periodicals, and engine manuals. The general opinion seemed to be that these engines should be included as a unit or area in either auto mechanics or the …