[TheForge] Re: Industrial Arts, Still Alive

[Daniel Crowther]

>
>The biggest problem our department faces is the aging and
>retirement of the shop teachers.

I agree.  I was very happy that my daughter was lucky enough to have shop 
teachers who are young enough to have the energy try to incorporate todays 
CAD/CAM technology into her class.


>We did change our department name to "Technology Education," but did not
>change our programs.

The change from "Shop" class to "Industrial Arts" to "Technology Education" 
is nothing.  Try "Domestic, Career, and Consumer Sciences Class" for "Home 
Economics".


The only problem I have is pointing them to a college
>that still has an "Industrial Arts Education" program.  If anyone is aware of
>such a program anywhere in the USA, please let me know.

Try SUNY @ Oswego.  Both of my daughter's Tech teachers graduated from 
their program within the past 6 years or so.  And I believe a couple of the 
Tech teachers at the school I work for did as well.


Daniel Crowther
Oak & Acorn
http://www.oakandacorn.com
Valley Falls, NY