The purpose of the research is to understand the development and the status of the industrial arts/technology education at the elementary and middle school levels in Malaysia. Literature review and field trip to Malaysia are undertaken to proceed the research. Literature review is focused on the analysis of Malaysian industrial arts/technology education, including its history, status, structure, mode, affiliated resources, problems,and trend. The field trip to Ministry of Education, Malaysia and their Curriculum Development Center (CDC) serves as the purposes of understanding the problems and future trend of the industrial arts/technology education. The major findings are (1) there are multiple educational programs in their post high school level. They are Sixth Forms, Matriculation Programs, Polytechnics, technology colleges. (2) The course nam of the industrial arts/technology at the elementary school level is Living Skills. It begins at the fourth grade at the elementary school level. The course continues up to the college level. At the college level, the purpose of the course is to foster teachers of industrial art/technology education. (3) At both elementary school and middle school levels, the course is in two sessions for a week, each session is 30 minutes for elementary school level and that for middle school level is 40 minutes. At the high school level, students have to take the course at least three or four sessions for a week (4) The evaluation of industrial arts/technology is taken by means of formal and informal assessment. The formal assessment includes pencil-and-paper test and operation, while the informal one is by observation and interview. (5) The topic of invention is added to the course content of Living skills since 1995. (6) The mode of the development of industrial arts/technology education of Malaysia is top-down. The prime minister initiates the program and the Cabinet, CDC, and many scholars propose the project or plan, then the Ministry of Education, Malaysia executes the project. (7) The living skill teachers of Malaysia come from teacher training colleges and relative universities. There are three types of certificate regarding living skill courses such as (i) short term certificate,(ii)diploma, and (iii)degree. (8) There are several problems of industrial arts/technology education in Malaysia such as (i)short of teaching hours,(ii)lack of funding, and (iii)outdate equipment etc. (9) The objectives and curriculum contents of living skill will be changed by economic factors and technological progress.