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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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White, Tedra H.; Smith, Bettye P. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine the leadership attributes, professional characteristics, and personal characteristics of secondary female teachers in career and technical education program areas of agriculture, business, family and consumer sciences, healthcare science, marketing, and technology. This study included 179 female secondary…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Women Faculty, Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Smith, Bettye P. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent that the Georgia Quality Core Curriculum (QCC) employability standards were included in the family and consumer sciences (FCS) curriculum. The 149 middle school teachers in this study were asked to indicate on a 4-point Likert type scale whether they considered each of the 25 employability…
Descriptors: Family Life Education, Consumer Science, Middle Schools, Core Curriculum
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Rutter, Karen Lord; Smith, Bettye P.; Hall, Helen C. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2002
A study of the motivational needs of secondary family and consumer sciences education students (n=1,030) determined that most were motivated by the need for achievement more than the need for affiliation and power. Students who were members of Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America had a higher need for affiliation and power. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Affiliation Need, Educational Theories