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Manual Training: Its Role In The Development Of The Seventh-Day Adventist Educational System, Gerald Wayne Coy

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to examine the history of manual training within the Seventh-day Adventist educational system and determine its relationship to the development of manual training in the public schools of America. Consideration was also given to the present status of manual training within the Adventist system.

The research design was historical in form, and data were gathered covering three special areas: (a) the development of manual training in American public schools; (b) the establishment of Seventh-day Adventist education; and (c) the present status of technology education (the great-grandchild to manual training) within Adventist secondary education.

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Industrial Arts Education: 1976 To 1981 Follow-Up Of Graduates, Kieth M. Anderle

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of the study was to survey IAE majors who graduated from 1976 through 1981 from the ITO. Specifically, graduates were asked to indicate if they had ever held a full-time industrial arts teaching position. Those who did teach were asked to identify if they were currently teaching industrial arts. Graduates who were currently teaching and graduates who formerly taught were asked to provide information regarding their teaching environment and their perceptions of the preparation they received while at UNI. Those who were currently teaching were asked to provide more detailed information about their teaching environment and indicate if …

The Relationship Between Teacher Sex Role Models And Career Aspirations Of High School Industrial Arts Students, Janet Lynn Robb

Graduate Research Papers

Sex role stereotyping has been the focus of a number of research projects trying to determine just where stereotyping lies and ways to eliminate it. Although most of the research points toward role modeling as a major cause, little has been done to test that theory.

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teacher sex role models and the career aspirations of students enrolled in high school industrial arts courses throughout the United States. This study was limited to tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students enrolled in industrial arts programs in high schools in the United …

The Relationship Between Teacher Sex Role Models And Career Aspirations Of High School Industrial Arts Students, Janet Lynn Robb

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Sex role stereotyping has been the focus of a number of research projects trying to determine just where stereotyping lies and ways to eliminate it. Although most of the research points toward role modeling as a major cause, little has been done to test that theory.

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teacher sex role models and the career aspirations of students enrolled in high school industrial arts courses throughout the United States. This study was limited to tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students enrolled in industrial arts programs in high schools in the United …

Classroom Analysis Of Various Plastics, Paul D. Harrington

Graduate Research Papers

In the junior high plastics course this writer. teaches, the students display more interest in the manipulative activities of the laboratory than in the sit-down classroom activities. The results of this tend to be a once-over-lightly treatment of the technical aspects of plastics and more hands on craft type activities in the laboratory. To bring more balance to the program, an activity needs to be devised which will have more industrial relevance. Such an activity should allow the students a certain amount of freedom and still provide them with technical information and acquaint them with the properties of various plastics. …

The Use Of Decorative Plastic Parts In Wood Furniture Construction, Bradley Anderson

Graduate Research Papers

The recent but prominent use of imitation wood plastic components in wooden furniture construction intrigued this writer and encouraged him to investigate the subject. The purpose of this study is to investigate industry and literature to see what materials and procedures are used in making decorative plastic parts which resemble wood used in the construction of wooden furniture. It is the intent of the writer to create a mold and cast some parts, to determine whether or not the fabric8tion of plastic components would be a suitable activity to 5nstitute in a high school Industrial Arts program, and if so, …

Grouping Of Commonality Courses, Dan Brobst

Graduate Research Papers

This study is designed to identify contributing variables, for and against, the practice of grouping of commonality courses on a postsecondary level. More specifically, the purpose of this study is:

1. to serve as a study to determine the interest in the grouping of commonality courses.

2. to obtain current opinions from literature concerned with the grouping of commonality courses.

3. to determine attitudes toward the practice of grouping through interview and questionnaires.

4. to determine attitudes toward the practice of grouping from review of related literature.

Integrating Ecology Into The Industrial Arts Curriculum, Howard L. Craven

Graduate Research Papers

The problem was to determine how a junior high industrial arts instructor can teach about conservation and pollution without major changes in the present curriculum or without major cost.

Industrial Arts Safety Program For Interstate 35 Junior High, Karlos G. Mcclure

Graduate Student Work

Accident prevention is the concern of most citizens, but it is the special concern of the industrial arts teacher. School shops are potentially dangerous places, but when properly equipped, arranged, and managed, provide a relative accident free environment.

Occasionally accidents in the shop do happen. The shop teacher is interested in preventing accidents to the students and protecting himself and the school against liability.

The desire of parents to seek damages for an injured pupil may well be understood, but every effort must be done to prevent a situation such as this from happening. The industrial arts instructor must be …

A Survey Of Career-Vocational Development Practices In The Junior High School Science Curriculum Of Selected Iowa Schools, David Eugene Mitchel

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The objectives of this study were (1) to reveal the status of career-vocational development practices taking place now in the junior high school science departments of Iowa, (2) to describe the type of career-vocational development experiences being offered to approximately 55% of Iowa pupils in grades 7, 8, and 9, and (3) to identify the amount of emphasis being placed upon career-vocational development education at these grade levels of the science curriculum.

The principal method used was a questionnaire survey. This was carried out by mailing a 74 item questionnaire to 137 junior high principals. Replies totaling 119 were returned …

Identification Of Tasks In Office Occupations: June 1973 Workshop. Final Report, Jack C. Reed

Faculty Publications

A shortened version of the final report of a Federally-funded developmental curriculum research project; the publication presents the findings of a workshop (University of Northern Iowa; 1973) for the purpose of identification of job tasks for entry-level office occupations from research-based materials. Studies by Lamb (Mary Lou); Lanham (Frank W.); and Perkins (Edward A.) were used by the workshop participants to identify job tasks for selected entry-level office occupations. Job performance tasks indicated in the research were the basis for the selection of the following job classifications: stenographer; secretary; receptionist; general office clerk; clerk typist; mail clerk; transcribing machine operator; …

The Use Of Hardboard And Particleboard For Composition Panels In Furniture Construction, Jerry Dean De Penning

Graduate Research Papers

This study is concerned with the investigation of lamination using particleboard and hardboard as substrates for overlays. The purpose of the research includes the following:

1. To acquire information about the history and construction processes of particleboard, hardboard, and plastic laminates.

2. To investigate the procedural application of plastic laminates and vinyl overlays to particleboard and hardboard substrates.

3. To relate to the industrial arts students the industrial use of overlays laminated to a substrate.

4. To develop an instructional unit to be used in the industrial arts program.

5. To construct a school shop project in the area of …

A Study Of Dr. Donald Maley's Theory -- "Research And Experimentation In Industrial Arts", John Edward Ferree

Graduate Research Papers

The problem of this study is to make a thorough examination of Dr. Donald Maley's theory -- "Research and Experimentation in Industrial Arts in the Junior or Senior High School."

Perhaps now in 1968, more than ever, concern for what is in store for industrial arts is, or should be, considered more "grave" than expressed in the above quote of Dr. Maley in 1959. Certainly now it could generally be agreed that all theories concerning the future path of industrial arts, of which Dr. Maley's Research and Experimentation theory is one, deserve a full measure of study and evaluation by …

Jigs And Fixtures In Wood Industries, Arno K. Grabe

Graduate Research Papers

As an integral part of most woodworking industries, jigs and fixtures are worthy of some study. There is very little evidence of written material covering the topic even though the use of many of these devices is widespread throughout industry. The fact that these devices normally result in a substantial saving in production costs can often make them an important facet of a firm's business.

This saving can be accomplished in a number of different ways: use of unskilled workers, standardization of parts, interchangeability of pieces, reduction of safety hazards, and lowering of production time. Not all points will apply …

Closed-Circuit Television In Industrial Arts, Larry L. Bradshaw

Graduate Research Papers

The major problem in this study is to find how closed circuit television can be used effectively in Industrial Arts. Several secondary problems are involved with this main problem. The most important of these is teacher presentation. The methodology and mannerisms of a television teacher need to be such that they do not take away from the subject matter to be taught. (Stashoff, 1966, p. 50). The television teacher must be careful to avoid quick distracting movements which would change viewer attention from the learning object to the teacher. This is a special problem because the viewer's attention is confined …

Industrial Arts Research Methods, Clinton E. Langstraat

Graduate Research Papers

This report has been compiled as one of the culminating activities of 33:292 Industrial Arts Research Methods. This paper can be considered as a written record of the students' and instructor's efforts in establishing further guidelines for work in 33:270, and related activities. Consequently, the report is not highly technical in nature and the number of citations is considerably less than may be found in a typical report written for graduate credit.

However, it is the opinion of the writer that some valuable information has been recorded and it is his hope that some future graduate student may find it …

Training Needs For Metal Tradesmen In Iowa, Harlan E. Giese

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study was undertaken to assist area schools and the State Board of Public Instruction by identifying the industrial training needs for semi-skilled and skilled metal tradesmen.

One of the problems confronting the administrators of the area community colleges, vocational schools, and high schools in Iowa is that of identifying the industrial training needs of manufacturers and business firms in the state. This need identification is necessary so that students trained in occupational curricula in the area-community colleges and vocational schools, and local high schools will find jobs available in their field of specialization when they graduate.

The area schools …

An Evaluation Of Manpower Training In Waterloo, Iowa, Jean Ray Roush

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

It was the purpose of this study: (1) to ascertain the extent to which the Manpower Training curriculum, provided under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 by the Independent School District of Waterloo, Iowa, met the occupational needs of its graduates in the areas of training, (2) to identify possible deficiencies in the program, and (3) to make appropriate recommendations for curriculum improvement

A Follow-Up Study Of Former Senior High School Industrial Arts Students At Belle Plaine, Iowa, Donald E. Wallis

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The primary purpose of this study was to determine, through the experiences and present status of the graduates and drop-outs who enrolled for industrial arts at the Belle Plaine High School, how effectively the industrial arts program had met their vocational as well as their general needs after leaving high school.

Further purposes of the study were 1) to evaluate the present industrial arts program in the school; and (2) to recommend changes which might enable the industrial arts department to meet the needs of youth more effectively.