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50 Years of ERIC
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Torres, Robert M.; Lambert, Misty D.; Lawver, Rebecca G. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2010
The study sought to describe the characteristics and explain the current level of job stress among secondary agriculture teachers. The sample consisted of 370 secondary agriculture teachers. Data were collected using the Job Stress Survey (Spielberger & Vagg, 1999). From the findings it was concluded that the average secondary agriculture teacher…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Professional Associations, Community Organizations, Beginning Teachers
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Kitchel, Tracy; Greiman, Bradley C.; Torres, Robert M.; Burris, Scott – Career and Technical Education Research, 2008
To date, relatively few researchers have examined the gender composition of mentoring dyads in the context of Career and Technical Education (CTE). Without such studies, understanding with respect to how gender influences the dyad relationship is limited. An integrated theoretical framework that draws from the similarity-attraction paradigm,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teachers, Gender Differences, Interpersonal Relationship
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Greiman, Bradley C.; Torres, Robert M.; Burris, Scott; Kitchel, Tracy – Career and Technical Education Research, 2007
The purpose of this study was to compare two different formal mentoring relationships based on the perceptions of beginning teachers regarding their dyadic interactions. Kram's mentor role theory and Byrne's similarity-attraction paradigm served as the theoretical foundation for the study. The specific variables of interest included psychosocial…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Interprofessional Relationship, Beginning Teacher Induction