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The History Of The Four-State Conference On Industrial Arts And Vocational Education, Robert L. Powers Jul 1955

The History Of The Four-State Conference On Industrial Arts And Vocational Education, Robert L. Powers

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This study records the history of The Four-State Conference on Industrial Arts and Vocational Education, first organized in January, 1938. All meetings of the conference have taken place at Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. The conference met four times prior to World War II and has met eight times after World War II at the time of this study. The Four-State Conference on Industrial Arts and Vocational Education grew from a specialized regional conference on Industrial Arts into its present status of a general regional conference that covers not only the various areas of Industrial Arts but also covers …


Proposed Criteria For Textbook Adoption In Selected Drafting Areas, Firman E. Mall Jul 1955

Proposed Criteria For Textbook Adoption In Selected Drafting Areas, Firman E. Mall

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The problem was to determine a systematic way to evaluate industrial arts drafting textbooks in selected areas. This study uses basic background material and proposes criteria for adoption of drafting textbooks in industrial arts education. The two major devices used in developing criteria were content analysis and objectives of industrial arts. This instrument is not complicated and may be learned easily, making it useful as an aid to select drafting textbooks. It also lends itself to the selection of supplementary textbooks.


Requirements For The Baccalaureate Degree In Industrial Arts Education In Twenty Five Colleges And Universities, Dempsey Logan Walker Jul 1955

Requirements For The Baccalaureate Degree In Industrial Arts Education In Twenty Five Colleges And Universities, Dempsey Logan Walker

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This study was planned to determine the requirements for the baccalaureate degree in industrial arts education in several teacher training institutions in the United States, to discover in what ways they were similar and how they differed. Data for this study were obtained through perusal of the catalogs of the institutions considered. The survey revealed wide differences in the various requirements. Total requirements for the degree and education were the only items in which the school requiring the maximum number of hours did not require more than double the number of hours required by the school with the minimum requirements. …