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Use the Tools of the Trade—Inside the Automotive Technician’s Toolbox DVD and accompanying instructor’s guide to increase your female (and male!) students’ knowledge of basic tools by demonstrating their use, while giving context to the field in general.

Women tend to have less informal tool-use experience outside of the classroom and therefore find it more difficult to identify tools when they enter the trades. This is increasingly true for males and instructors have reported positive results in both their male and female students after demonstrating tool-use in their classrooms. With this video, women (and men) can not only see how the tools look, but also view their applications.

In general, women do better when they see technology modeled, then repeat the steps themselves through imitative learning. This video will show your students exactly how each tool is used so that they will be able to use them properly on their own. Additionally, research shows that want to know how the technology will be used and they are more likely to stay in a class where that information is given upfront. This series includes not only examples of tool use, but also contextual applications of each tool and a bigger picture of the industry itself, including potential career options.

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Inside the Automotive Technician’s Toolbox Video:

Focusing on both conventional and hybrid vehicles, this 31-minute program examines the systems that make them run and the tools that keep them running. After an introduction to the power train and the fuel, electrical, cooling, exhaust, steering, suspension, and brake systems, the video moves on to the auto tech’s personal hand tools and shared shop tools. All manner of wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, and hammers are discussed, along with high-tech diagnostic instruments and specialized equipment for repairing or replacing automotive system components. Education and training opportunities are touched upon, and safety practices are emphasized throughout.

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Inside the Automotive Technician’s Toolbox Instructor’s Guide:

This 22-page instructor’s guide will allow you to prepare your students before they use the program, assist them as they navigate through the program, and present follow-up activities to reinforce the program’s key learning objectives, which are:

Who Can Use the Series:

This series is appropriate to such curriculum areas as Technology Education, Trade, and Industrial Education. In addition, the information presented in Tools of the Trade could also be presented in vocational/technical schools or “Do it Yourself” adult education courses, as well as Women in Technology courses. Download instructor's guide (PDF).

Note: This DVD and Instructor’s Guide correlates to Correlates to all National CTE Organizational Standards (including the provisions of the Perkins Act); the Program Certification Standards for Automobile Technician Training Programs from the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence and the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation; the standards from the National Education Technology Standards Project; and the IHS Global Engineering Standards (Automotive).

Disclaimer: While the narrator and demonstrators are mostly male, we believe these DVDs will help all of your students develop the basic introductory skills they need to succeed in the Automotive Industry.

Item Code	Quantity	Price
EDV99	Complete Series of 6 DVDs	$599.70
EDV100	Tools of the Trade—Inside the Auto Tech's Toolbox	$99.95

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Tools of the Trade DVD Series

Item Number: EDV99 $599.70

EDV100 $99.95