The Relationship Between Psychological Type and Professional Orientation Among Technology Education Teachers

Technological change in the work force is a critical problem in business and industry, precipitating the quick obsolescence and emergence of job skills and training (Fairhurst, 1990). Cornish (1977) describes the tremendous change that has occurred within our society as convulsive. Change is also per- haps, the most appropriate term to describe the reformation that is currently taking place in the field of technology education. Changes in the goals, activi- ties, instructional methodologies, and types of instructional programs within technology education has caused considerable debate within the profession.