Language for Academic Thinking
The language of academic thinking is something that can be used in a shop class but can also easily be avoided as it is not needed for comprehension. There are brick words related to shop class but mortar words can be avoided entirely. There are some concepts say in electronics that would benefit from the use of academic language. It can be a little abstract. Of all shop subjects it is the one that has the most theoretical subject matter. Power Mechanics has some but it is stuff that can be seen with the naked eye. The movement of electrons, however, can not bee seen even with the tools available in public high schools making it more difficult to comprehend,thus the need for academic language.