Students who choose to pursue the concentration in Technology Education will be prepared to teach technology, pre-engineering or other technical subject matter at the middle/junior high, high school or community college levels. Additionally, the program prepares students to enter mid-level technical/management careers in business and industry.
What is Technology Education?
- Technology education is applied learning through individual and group projects.
- Technology education is problem solving by designing and developing products and processes.
- Technology education is learning how math, science and technology work together to design products that make life easier.
- Technology education is working on projects that help you understand what engineers, designers, architects, scientists and teachers experience in their jobs.
- Technology education prepares you to go into the classroom and help students build the skills and knowledge that will help them decide on careers for their future.
- Technology education will prepare you to teach pre-engineering, computer-aided drafting, design and development, manufacturing, architecture, and many other technical subjects in the secondary school and technical and community college levels.
A major in technology education prepares individuals to teach technology — providing secondary students with information concerning the development of technology and its effect on people, the environment and society. Graduates of the University of Arkansas program teach classes that enable their students to learn how to adjust to change, deal with forces that influence their future and participate in controlling that future, thus ensuring a better future for all.
Transfer students or students changing majors should use our Contact Form for further information. For more information regarding admissions, advising, and scholarships, check out our Technology Education academic web page or contact our program coordinator, Dr. Betsy Orr at borr@uark.edu.