The future of industrial technology education

The purpose of the study was to utilize the Delphi Technique to examine perceptions of university faculty in industrial technology education programs (teaching and non-teaching) on the future of industrial technology education curricula. The goals were to provide educators with another tool for influencing the development of curricula and to help leadership proactively strengthen industrial technology education program.; After three rounds of surveys, experts in the field reached consensus on 131 out of 151 predictions about the future curriculum of K–12 industrial technology education programs; 110 out of 148 predictions about the future curriculum of university level industrial technology education programs; and 85 out of 106 predictions about the future curriculum of university level non-teaching industrial technology education programs.; Predictions ranged from the skills and courses that will be taught to whether or not industrial technology education programs will exist in 20 years. The overriding sense is that industrial technology education programs will continue to survive in the future. Integration and interdisciplinary activities will increase in the future. Educators will heavily emphasize computers in the future. Educators will also teach students about the impact of technology on the environment and on society.