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Setting Higher Standards for Our Discipline. AIAA/ITEA/ITEEA’s 75th Anniversary Columbus, Ohio March 8, 2013. Dr. William E. Dugger. 1978-81. Standards for Industrial Arts Curriculum Project (Funded by the U. S. Office of Education to the Technology Education Program at Virginia Tech.).
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Setting Higher Standards for Our Discipline • AIAA/ITEA/ITEEA’s 75th Anniversary • Columbus, Ohio • March 8, 2013 Dr. William E. Dugger
1978-81 • Standards for Industrial Arts Curriculum Project • (Funded by the U. S. Office of Education to the Technology Education Program at Virginia Tech.)
Major Objectives of the Standards for Industrial ArtsCurriculum Project • To develop a database on industrial arts programs and on industrial arts student organization activities as an integral part of the industrial arts instructional program. • To develop a set of standards and related handbooks for ensuring quality industrial arts programs. • To familiarize, publicize, and demonstrate the standards developed for industrial arts programs.
Standards for Industrial Arts Curriculum Project • The “Standards for Industrial Arts Curriculum” were revised in 1985 and retitled “Standards for Technology Education”. • (This was funded by the Technical Foundation of America and published by Goodheart-Willcox Publisher. The new Standards were distributed by ITEA.)
1985 • The American Industrial Arts Association (AIAA) changed its name to the International Technology Education Association (ITEA).
The Movement to GenerateNationally Developed Standards Began in the 1980’s • Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics, (NCTM, 1989). • Benchmarks for Science Literacy, (AAAS, 1993). • National Science Education Standards, (NRC, 1996). • Standards for Technological Literacy, (ITEA, 2000). • Also, about a dozen other Standards were nationally developed in the 1990’s. • The American Industrial Arts Association (AIAA) changed its name in 1985 to the International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
Technology for All Americans Project (1994-2005) • Funded by The National Science Foundation (NSF) and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). • A Rationale and Structure for the Study of Technology (R&S)(ITEA, 1994-1996 (Revised in 2006 as a CD). • Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (STL) (ITEA, 1996-2000)(Revised and reprinted in 2002 and 2007). • Advancing Excellence in Technological Literacy: Student Assessment, Professional Development, and Program Standards (AETL)(ITEA, 2000-2005).
Additional TFAAP ResearchActivities in 2000-05 • The Status of Technology and Engineering Education in the U. S. (ITEA/ITEEA, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2011). • ITEA/Gallup Polls (2001 & 2004). • Addenda. • Briefings.
Facts about STL • Used in 41 states in U. S. (ITEEA, Status Study,2007.) • STL has been translated into Japanese, Finnish, German, Chinese, and Estonian. AETL has been translated into Japanese. • NAEP 2014 Technology and Engineering Assessment used STL in their framework. • Palestine has adopted STL as the content organizer for their mandatory curriculum in grades 5-10. • STL cites Engineering over150 times, Science over 60 times, and Mathematics over 50 times.
The Future • Standards are dynamic and need periodic revision • Other major standards that have been revised or are new: • Mathematics: NCTM - 1989 ➤ 2000. • Common Core Standards for Mathematics: CCSSO/NGA, 2011. • Next Generation Science Standards: NRC - 1996 ➤ 2013(This includes Engineering Design, Technology, and the Applications of Science as one of the four domains). • Engineering - No Standards. • STEM - No Standards.
Revision of STL • Two proposals have been developed and sent to NSF by ITEEA to fund the revision of STL. Both proposals were not funded. • The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has developed a draft of a project outline to seek funding to create a new Conceptual Framework for K-12 Engineering and Technology Education (this includes STEM). Such a framework could be used to guide a revision of STL.
Thank you! • ITEA/ITEEA • TfAAP Staff • Advisory and Focus Committees • Thousands of Reviewers • NSF and NASA • NAE, NRC, NSTA, NCTM, AAAS, and many others • The Profession and You!
ITEEA Resourceson this presentation • PowerPoint -- http://www.iteea.org/Resources/PressRoom/2013/Mar/SettingHigherStandards.pdf • Standards -- http://www.iteea.org/TAA/Publications/TAA_Publications.html