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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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Ting, S. R.; Leung, Y. F.; Stewart, K.; Smith, A. C.; Roberts, G. L.; Dees, S. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2012
This article reports a preliminary study on the Geosciences in Middle School, which was a career education program in the Southeastern U.S focusing on science based on Super's (1990) theory. The students (n = 80) were found to improve their interests in studying science, increase science knowledge, skills and awareness and highly satisfied with…
Descriptors: Career Education, Middle Schools, Earth Science, Science Education
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Gilman, Donald; Peake, Jason B.; Parr, Brian – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2012
The over-arching premise of many concerning issues in secondary agricultural education may be directly related to levels of job satisfaction among teachers (Delnero & Weeks, 2000). The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influenced the perceptions of job satisfaction/dissatisfaction among agricultural educators in Georgia. The…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Young Farmer Education, 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