| Abstract: | The purposes of this study were to examine the professional profile of industrial arts personnel in the state of Texas and to evaluate attitude change occurring during Phase II of the Texas Industrial Arts Curriculum Study (TIACS), a six phase study to formulate a "new industrial arts" curriculum for Texas. The data used in this report were obtained by means of a personnel data form and an opinionnaire containing 95 philosophical statements reflecting a continuum of beliefs about industrial arts. The sample consisted of four groups: (a) 1156 industrial arts personnel in Texas, (b) 398 participants in 19 TIACS regional workshops, (c) 127 participants in 6 TIACS consortia workshops, and (d) 254 participants in a control group. The data were presented in the form of frequency tables. Descriptive statistics of means and percentages were used to portray the findings. ... |
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