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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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Cannon, John G.; Kitchel, Allen; Tenuto, Penny – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to describe Idaho superintendents' perceptions of Career and Technical Education (CTE) teacher's professional development needs. A descriptive instrument based on Borich's (1980) Needs Assessment Model was completed by 78 respondents (n = 78). Items related to teaching in a CTE program were assessed for…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Faculty Development, Educational Needs, Secondary School Teachers
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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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Fletcher, Edward C., Jr.; Djajalaksana, Yenni; Eison, James – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2012
Despite the need to provide differentiated instruction to diverse learners in contemporary CTE programs across institutes of higher education, little research has explored the actual classroom instructional strategies employed in postsecondary settings. To that end, this study found 387 CTE faculty most frequently use interactive lecture,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, College Instruction, Postsecondary Education, College Faculty
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Morgan, A. Christian; Parr, Brian; Fuhrman, Nick – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2011
Teacher collaboration has been recognized as a vital component to student success. This project represents an evaluation of the researchers' initial efforts toward providing in-service education for teachers focused on collaboration between math and CTE teachers. The purpose of this study was to (1) describe selected characteristics of secondary…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Collaboration, Cooperation, Vocational Education Teachers
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Sandford, Brian A.; Belcher, Gregory G.; Frisbee, Robert L. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of occupational education officers concerning the instructional skills professional development needs for part-time faculty members within the community colleges in the U.S. The types of instructional help part-time faculty members were perceived to need most were concentrated in the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Web Based Instruction, Faculty Development, College Faculty
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Edwards, M. Craig; Briers, Gary E. – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2002
Agricutlure teachers using modified A/B (n=12) or 9-week 4x4 (n=10) block schedules were surveyed. The value of relevant inservice education was positively related to satisfaction with effective teaching practices and student achievement. Teacher satisfaction with opportunities to use effective practices was associated with achievement, especially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Block Scheduling, Inservice Teacher Education