A History of the Texas Industrial Arts Association from 1955 to 1971 (open access)

A History of the Texas Industrial Arts Association from 1955 to 1971

"The purpose of this study was to record a history of the Texas Industrial Arts Association from 1955 to 1971. Information was sought concerning the following problems: (1) What circumstances prompted the founding of the Texas Industrial Arts Association? (2) Who were those instrumental in founding the Texas Industrial Arts Association? (3) What were the purposes for which the Texas Industrial Arts Association was founded and (4) What have been the major contributions of the association?...the data used in this study were obtained from personal interviews, letters of correspondence, bulletins, brochures, minutes of the association meetings, unpublished manuscripts, theses, programs, and books." --p. 1
Date: December 1971
Creator: Williams, David A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electricity in Rural Areas of North Texas (open access)

Electricity in Rural Areas of North Texas

"This study shows three things: (1) a precedent for the expenditure of public funds to teach electricity in our public high schools has already been established by the school system in the larger school systems of Texas, (2) the rural families living on electrified farms in the North Texas area want instruction of this type given to the boys and girls in their communities, and (3) both the rural people and the professional people of the North Texas area believe that instruction dealing with the use of electricity and electrical equipment had spread until by 1935 more than twenty-one million homes, about eighty percent of the total in America at that time, were electrified, only eleven American farms out of every 100 had central-station electricity. More than five million American farms lacked electric service. "--leaf 50.
Date: January 1949
Creator: Greathouse, Charles Simmons
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Development of Evening and Night Schools Operating Under the State Board for Vocational Education in Texas (open access)

A Study of the Development of Evening and Night Schools Operating Under the State Board for Vocational Education in Texas

The problem is actually twofold: first, to trace the growth and development of vocational education programs operating in the evening schools of the State of Texas; second, to analyze some of the various types of evening school programs and facilities provided for conducting adult vocational evening schools.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Cochrane, Earl A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Crafts Programs and the Training of Those Teaching Crafts in the Junior High Schools of Texas (open access)

A Study of the Crafts Programs and the Training of Those Teaching Crafts in the Junior High Schools of Texas

The problem of this study is to determine to what extent crafts are being taught in the junior high schools, and the type and extent of training of those teachers teaching crafts in the junior high schools of Texas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Torgerson, Henry T., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Course Offerings in Machine Woodworking I and II in the High Schools in the State of Texas to Ascertain if Any Deviations are Made from the State Predescribed Course of Study (open access)

A Study of the Course Offerings in Machine Woodworking I and II in the High Schools in the State of Texas to Ascertain if Any Deviations are Made from the State Predescribed Course of Study

This is a study of the course offerings in machine woodworking I and II in the high schools in the state of Texas to ascertain if any deviations have been made from the state proscribed course of study to meet the individual needs of the community.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Uselton, Michael T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Need for and Interest in an Electricity-Electronics Course in the Industrial Arts Department of Amarillo High School (open access)

A Study to Determine the Need for and Interest in an Electricity-Electronics Course in the Industrial Arts Department of Amarillo High School

This study was made to gather information and data concerning the electrical industry of Amarillo, Texas, and to determine the desirability of an electricity-electronics course in the Industrial Arts Department of Amarillo High School, Amarillo, Texas.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Hicks, Jacky C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Extent to Which Work and Training Beyond High School are Influenced by Industrial Arts (open access)

The Extent to Which Work and Training Beyond High School are Influenced by Industrial Arts

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence industrial arts had on post-high school students in regard to their present field of work or study. The respondents were working in or pursuing additional education in fields directly related to the industrial arts courses they took in high school.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Brooks, Bill D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current Practices of Teaching Electricity in the Industrial Arts Programs in the Secondary Schools of Texas (open access)

Current Practices of Teaching Electricity in the Industrial Arts Programs in the Secondary Schools of Texas

This study is an analysis of the current practices pertaining to electricity as taught in industrial arts programs in the secondary schools of Texas.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Baker, Lawrence Lyle
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Adequacy of the Curriculum in the Technical-Industrial Department at Tyler Junior College (open access)

A Study to Determine the Adequacy of the Curriculum in the Technical-Industrial Department at Tyler Junior College

The major purposes of this study were to gather information on the employment status and location of students who completed four or more courses in the technical-industrial program at Tyler Junior College, Tyler, Texas; to identify factors that influenced them in selecting Tyler Junior College and taking courses in the technical-industrial program; to ascertain in some measure the effectiveness of the training these students received in preparing them for the positions they have held and now hold; and to secure data and information which the faculty and administration at Tyler Junior College may use in evaluating the present program with respect to future changes and improvements.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Willis, Robert K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of the Educational Program of the Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary School and the Northside Junior High School of Corpus Christi, Texas, to Determine whether Industrial Arts is Needed and Wanted (open access)

A Critical Analysis of the Educational Program of the Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary School and the Northside Junior High School of Corpus Christi, Texas, to Determine whether Industrial Arts is Needed and Wanted

The purpose of this study was to determine, by means of a survey, the desires and needs of Latin-American children in connection with an educational program in the elementary school and at the junior-high-school level. It was recognized at the outset of this investigation that these pupils may be influenced materially both by the lower standard of education of their parents and the higher standard of education of their teachers. Language difficulties, living conditions at home, and loyalty to native teachings, customs, and traditions act as opposing forces in the effective educational training of these pupils in the schools of Texas.
Date: 1951
Creator: Lopez, Lawrence
System: The UNT Digital Library