Document Type

Graduate Research

Degree

Master of Science

Publication Date

1952

Abstract

It has been the purpose of this study to determine the present status, the recent trends and the long range planning in the industrial arts field for the negro high schools of Oklahoma.

This survey developed from the idea that its findings might assist the Industrial Arts Association for Negroes in organizing the schools into a cooperative industrial arts program. It was also hoped: First, that it might inspire the present teachers to prepare themselves better in education and in modern training of the industrial arts; second, that they will take an active part in the association for state-wide improvement of all programs within the negro schools.

The basis of this study was conducted by the questionnaire method. It was designed to find out the following: The administrative organization of the ninety-seven high schools of the state of Oklahoma; the functions of the industrial educational curriculum in the high schools in the State Industrial Arts Exhibits; the loads, duties, and activities of the industrial arts teachers and suggestions for the growth of industrial arts in the near future.

Seventy-one per cent of the administrators and seventy-eight per cent of the industrial arts instructors returned their questionnaires.

The questionnaires reveal that industrial arts is offered in thirty-nine accredited negro high schools in the state of Oklahoma. Other factors discovered by this study are the most dominant type of community is urban followed by rural; the leading frequency of courses are wood working and mechanical drawing; the school shops are located in wings of build­ings, parts of main buildings and basements of buildings; concrete floors are used the most frequent; the machines found in most high school shops are listed in descending order: Circular saws, wood turning lathes, grinders, jointers, band saws, jig saws, hand drills, planers, cut off saws, paint spray guns, and metal lathes.

Sixteen instructors list maintenance work as part of their assigned jobs. Seventy-seven per cent of the schools list school shop libraries. Eight schools were visited and pictures were taken that revealed the modern trends in school building and construction.

Thirty-two of the industrial arts teachers have Bachelor degrees in Industrial education. Six industrial arts teachers have Master degrees. Fifty per cent of the instructors devote all their time to industrial arts teaching, whereas others teach both industrial arts and academic courses. The teaching experience among the forty-four teachers range from one to twenty-seven years. Time devoted to teacher preparation varies from two to fifteen hours per week. Twenty-one teachers are hired for twelve months. Seventeen teachers sponsor extra­curricular activities. The salary range varies according to the willingness of the school boards to pay.

The administrators suggest that there should be more industrial arts teacher preparation in the methods of instruction. The industrial arts teachers advise that a given time for meetings be scheduled. The junior college is recommended for the extension of the educational trend on the secondary level.

In spite of the limited undertaking by the Industrial Arts Association for Negroes to organize the schools into a functional unit for educational progress, there has been a very little awakening of both the principals and the industrial arts teachers to the urgent need of the indus­trial educational program.

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