The determination of a master plan for the program and facility of industrial arts in small high schools

This study was conducted for the purpose of ascertaining the type of information needed by school administrators to assist them in planning new industrial arts facilities for small high schools with an enrollment of 225 to 450 students. The study was structured to include consideration of programs to be emphasized, teaching innovations to be incorporated, and features to be specified. The research was designed to answer the following questions: 1. What important curriculum approaches should be emphasized in small high school industrial arts programs to contribute to students' adjustment to sociological and technical changes in society? 2. What general facility features are adequate for teaching industrial arts? 3. What teaching innovations are effective for teaching industrial arts? 4. What revisions in laboratory facilities are necessary to incorporate the teaching innovations? The Source of the Data: The information was obtained from three sources. A questionnaire was prepared to obtain information from school personnel and community leaders concerning sociological changes, curriculum approaches, and small city characteristics. The response indicated which approaches by industrial arts make the greatest contribution to students' success and which factors in the small city affect the industrial arts program. The 140 individuals selected to receive the form lived in cities where a small school operated.