B A - TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Outcomes and Competencies
Outcome I. Students should possess fundamental knowledge about the development of
technology, its systems, and affect on people, the environment and culture; industry, its
organization, personnel systems, techniques, resources and products, and their socio-cultural
impact.
Competency 1.1. Demonstrate an understanding of the history and evolution of technology and
technological systems including the inventions, innovations, developments, people, events and
places.
Competency 1.2. Demonstrate an understanding of industry, its organization, personnel systems,
techniques, resources and products.
Competency 1.3. Describe selected socio-cultural impacts of technology and industry.
Competency 1.4. Describe technology as a system with subsystems of communication,
construction, energy/power/transportation, and manufacturing.
Outcome II. Students should have a knowledge of the professional field of Technology
Education.
Competency 2.1. Describe the evolution of Technology Education and its relationship to
Vocational Education and General Education.
Competency 2.2. Identify the important elements of a contemporary Technology Education
program.
Competency 2.3. Identify and utilize relevant literature and professional organizations for
Technology Education.
Competency 2.4. Synthesize national and state legislation related to Technology Education.
Outcome III. Students should have the technical competencies to teach Technology Education
at the secondary level.
Competency 3.1. Demonstrate skill and knowledge in communication technology processes.
Competency 3.2. Demonstrate skill and knowledge in construction technology processes.
Competency 3.3. Demonstrate skill and knowledge in manufacturing processes.
Competency 3.4. Demonstrate skill and knowledge in energy/power/transportation processes.
Competency 3.5. Exhibit safe practices when working with equipment and materials in the
technology laboratory.
Competency 3.6. Exhibit creativity and problem solving ability in laboratory activities.
Outcome IV. Students have the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, manage, and
evaluate Technology Education programs.
Competency 4.1. Develop a rationale, mission statement, goals, scope and sequence, and
program evaluation strategy for a Technology Education curriculum.
Competency 4.2. Design a Course of Study, including a course description, goals and objectives,
course outline, unit of instruction, and lesson plans.
Competency 4.3. Plan an educational environment in the classroom and laboratory to facilitate
the instructional process.
Competency 4.4. Select appropriate instructional strategies for individual and group
instruction/activities.
Competency 4.5. Exhibit proficiency in designing a lab management system, including safety,
inventory, filing, requisition of equipment and materials, maintenance, and budgeting.
Competency 4.6. Develop a student management (behavior) strategy.
Competency 4.7. Exhibit the application of other areas of knowledge (e.g. math, science, and
history) in the Technology Education program.
Competency 4.8. Describe the benefits of student organizations in the Technology Education
class.
Competency 4.9. Identify and describe strategies for program evaluation, including internal and
external review methods.
Outcome V. Students should exhibit instructional delivery skills appropriate for a Technology
Education program.
Competency 5.1. Demonstrate proficiency in planning and presenting both lectures and
demonstrations.
Competency 5.2. Demonstrate proficiency in presenting psychomotor, affective, and cognitive
instruction.
Competency 5.3. Demonstrate appropriate methods for delivering individual and group
instruction, including problem-solving.