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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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Roberts, Ashley – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2012
Health care is constantly evolving. Health care professionals and the educators responsible for training those professionals need efficient ways to a) assure new information is getting across to the students and/or professionals, b) relay all new and previous information in a timely manner, and c) correctly utilize the information gathered and…
Descriptors: Health Services, Lecture Method, Change Strategies, Educational Strategies
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Anderson, Ryan – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine the outstanding agricultural teachers' attitudes toward mathematics integration and perceived needs regarding academic integration. Participants of this study were selected by a panel of expert, including teacher educators and state staff, who frequently visit agricultural education teachers and observe…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Educational Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Murphrey, Theresa Pesl; Miller, Kimberley A.; Harlin, Julie; Rayfield, John – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2011
Collaboration among Extension agents and agricultural science teachers has the potential to increase the reach of both organizations to serve clientele in obtaining critical skills and knowledge important to Career and Technical Education. However, successful collaboration requires that barriers be minimized and aspects of facilitation be…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Science Teachers, Agricultural Education, Collegiality
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Rice, Joshua E.; LaVergne, Douglas D.; Gartin, Stacy A. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2011
The purpose of the study was to analyze agricultural education teachers' attitudes toward selected school components as motivational factors to continue teaching and demotivational factors to discontinue teaching. Using a mail questionnaire, the researchers employed a census study of agricultural education teachers in West Virginia (N = 90).…
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Discipline, Agricultural Education, Teacher Motivation
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McCandless, David; Sauer, Aaron – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the reasons construction teachers in the CTE field left the teaching profession in their first five years of service. The study also sought to determine if there was a significant difference in the retention rate of two-year alternatively certified teachers and four-year teaching degreed teachers and if…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Persistence, Alternative Teacher Certification
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Bello, M. I.; Danjuma, I. M.; Adamu, A. Y. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2007
The main purpose of the study was to explore and describe the vocational training needs of 15-25 years old out-of-school youths in Bauchi Metropolis of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Specifically, the researchers sought to; describe their demographic characteristics, examine their vocational training needs, the influence of gender on the vocational needs,…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Adult Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
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Domenico, Desirae M.; Jones, Karen H. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2006
Women have increasingly become more involved in the workforce following World War II. Paid employment of women has shifted from primarily traditional female-oriented jobs to more non-traditional, and previously male-oriented careers. Women's participation in the workforce has lead to the study of career aspirations of women. Career aspirations are…
Descriptors: Females, Career Development, Occupational Aspiration, Womens Education