La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LXXXI-301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

Section LXXXI-301 - All Grade Levels

A. In providing a sound program of Technology Education for Louisiana schools, clear goals are essential to serve as program guides. While the overriding goal of Technology Education is to assist students in developing toward successful adulthood through the development of their socio-economic awareness, their interests, their abilities, and their understanding of industry and technology and their potential as citizens, other supporting goals are:

1. to develop in each student an insight and understanding of industry and the free enterprise system and its relationship to society through a coordinated program of study focusing on the principles and practices of industry;

2. to assist students in developing their talents, aptitudes, interests, and potentials. A part of the school's responsibility is to assist each student in developing to their fullest potential;

3. to develop in each student an understanding of industrial processes, the practical application of scientific principles, and modern technology;

4. to develop problem-solving abilities related to the materials, processes, and products of industry. The problem-solving approach as applied in Technology Education involves creative thinking and gives the student an opportunity to apply principles and processes of the scientific method, along with supporting activities, to the solution of problems;

5. to develop in each student skills in the proper and safe use of the tools, materials, and machines common to industrial processes. These skills are acquired through planning, construction, and production activities centered around industrial-technical processes and products;

6. to develop in each student attitudes toward career opportunities that will enhance their chances of success as they progress through the career preparation process, to the end that they are able to make informed career decisions resulting in satisfactory and rewarding job selection.

B. Depending on their content and focus, the goals in Paragraphs 1-6 above are applicable to all grade levels (K-12), to adult programs, and to all segments of the student population including, but not limited to, the gifted, the slow learner, and the handicapped. Technology Education programs should be an articulated set of offerings in both vertical and horizontal directions. This will ensure reasonable content progression and program focus.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LXXXI-301

Promulgated by the Department of Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Career and Technical Education, LR 30:2701 (December 2004).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 6:(A)(10) and R.S. 17:10.