A study of the professional mission of the technology education majors at the University of Wisconsin Stout

Abstract

The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the professional mission of the technology education majors at the University of Wisconsin Stout. The data for the study was obtained using a questionnaire designed and implemented by the researcher. Over a span of two weeks, 143 students, consisting of first year, sophomore, junior, and senior level technology education majors completed the survey. The study was designed to address the following objectives: 1. What are the choices of classes that the University of Wisconsin Stout technology education majors would want to teach related to the most popular classes currently being taught throughout the country? 2. Are the technology education majors’ choices of classes to teach different with respect to their different levels of education (i.e. first year students, sophomores, juniors, seniors)? 3. Do the technology education majors’ choices of classes to teach reflect their high school technology education experience? 4. Do the technology education majors’ choices of classes to teach reflect their favorite technical classes in which they took at the University of Wisconsin Stout?