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ERIC Number: EJ720027
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 29
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0739-3369
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Career and Technical Education in the Late 1990s: A Descriptive Study
Stone, James R., III; Kowske, Brenda J.; Alfeld, Corinne
Journal of Vocational Education Research, v29 n3 p195-223 2004
We examined the prevalence of specific career and technical education (CTE) programs and activities in American high schools in the late 1990s, following a decade of education reform. We also examined the extent to which CTE-oriented professional development is available to school staff and explored the other kinds of supports offered in schools to facilitate career and technical education. School Survey data from 1996 and 2000 from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 showed CTE programs were created or strengthened in the early 1990s, most notably in the areas of business and technology. School administrators perceived that CTE enrollment (a) increased during the 1990s due to the availability of these programs, and (b) were not affected by changes in graduation requirements. We also found that most schools offered more career development programs than work-based learning or specific CTE activities. We concluded that CTE has made significant strides in the 1990.
Association for Career and Technical Education Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Human Resource Education, 1310 S. Sixth Street, 351 Education Building, Champaign, IL 61820. Web site: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/CTER/.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
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