Identifier	Thesis 1605
Author	Sianez, David M
Title	Human powered transport vehicle / David M. Sianez
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication	2000
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Abstract	To meet the requirements stated for completion of the Master's program in Technology Education at Central Connecticut State University, I will develop a competition, a working vehicle, and a curriculum to promote Transportation Technology in the secondary school setting. The topic of Transportation Technology has been neglected in the field of Technology Education when compared to other topics such as communication and production. In 1991, Dugger, French, Peckham, and Starkweather reported that transportation courses accounted for 14.8% of Technology Education courses while communication and production accounted for 21.3% of the course total respectively. Since transportation is an integral tool to both communication and production, the subject must be expanded, studied, and critiqued within the secondary school system. In organizing the topic of transportation for secondary education utilizing the Illinois State Transportation Technology taxonomy, I plan to create a curriculum that exposes students to three of the sub categories of Transportation Technology. These include 1) resources, 2) technical processes, and 3) technological impacts of transportation. Areas of study to be focused on under these sub areas will include power sources, human sources, transportation media, propulsion systems, control systems, societal and environmental impacts. The application of principles, concepts, and scientific knowledge is integral and imperative when studying Transportation Technology. With this in mind, the construction of a vehicle involving the learned topics is the next logical step in the study of transportation. I will design a format where students would build a transportation vehicle that would follow specific dimensions and assigned criteria to compete in a local, state, or national competition. The competition would forge all study, discussion, and manipulative skills performed during the class duration into a cohesive unit. The final piece to the Master's project will be the construction of a sample competition vehicle to serve as a visual and inspirational tool to initiate a growth of ideas among the faculty and students when pursuing study in Transportation Technology. Developing a competition, curriculum, and sample vehicle that will promote and expand the study of Transportation Technology at the secondary school level will be the three parts of my project to fulfill the requirements necessary to complete the Master's degree in Technology Education at Central Connecticut State University.
Subject	Human powered vehicles Transportation -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States Transportation -- United States -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Department	Department of Technology Education
Advisor	Larkin, John C.
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	45302616
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