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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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Kallioinen, Outi – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2011
The scholarship of teaching at Laurea University of Applied Sciences is undergoing a great change. The purpose of this article is to reflect the SWOT-analysis produced by 13 teachers at the end of the 2-year PD programme for Transformative Teaching concerning the implementation of the new pedagogical model of Laurea called Learning by Developing…
Descriptors: Expertise, Curriculum Development, Sciences, Technology
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Stephens, Geralyn E. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2011
The Carl D. Perkins Act of 2006 creates a need for secondary school administrators to plan differently for professional development activities for Career and Technical education (CTE) teachers. No longer can professional development activities be comprised of short-term workshops or conferences. The legislation calls for professional development…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Professional Development, Vocational Education, Cooperative Education
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Dunigan, Anne H.; Hoover, Tracy S. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2007
Block scheduling was established in response to educational reform measures and is the restructuring of the school day in longer class increments with fewer number of classes per day. The FFA, an intra-curricular component of the agricultural education, provides leadership opportunities and involvement within the classroom setting. This study…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Scheduling, Student Attitudes, Agricultural Education
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Martinez, Reynaldo L., Jr. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2007
Career and Technical Education (CTE) in America continues to evolve at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. This evolution of CTE is demonstrated by changing policies and practices that are driven from new legislation and educational reform initiatives. Policies and practices should be based on accepted principles that are derived from a…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Change, Technical Education, Educational Principles
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Lakes, Richard D. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2007
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (Perkins III) has been reauthorized in the first session of the 109th Congress, but not without strong opposition from the Bush Administration and allied neoconservative school reformers. This paper will detail four neoconservative rationales--modernization, competition, alignment,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Politics of Education, Technical Education, Vocational Education
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Hyslop-Margison, Emery J. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2000
Competing visions for vocational education in the 20th century include Snedden's social efficiency, an instrumental skills-based approach, and Dewey's democratic approach. Skills-based education that uncritically accepts social conditions does not prepare students for democratic citizenship as well as a morally appropriate vocational education…
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Change, Job Skills, Moral Values