ERIC Number: EJ1154839
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Publication Date: 2010
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Diversity in Career and Technical Education On-Line Classrooms: Considering Issues of Gender, Race and Age
Ware, Mary C.; Stuck, Mary F.
International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, v1 n3 Article 4 p46-59 2010
Designers and instructors of courses in career and technical education have realized the value of on-line delivery of instruction during the past several decades. Many students enrolled in career and technical education courses are what have been labeled "non-traditional" students. On-line learning is helpful to these students because it provides the flexibility to do coursework from home, or to do schoolwork at hours when brick-and-mortar colleges are not traditionally offering classes. However, it is increasingly being realized that all students may not equally embrace, or equally succeed in the on-line environment. In this paper, the authors examine recent research studies in an effort to see if there have been documented differences in preference for, or success in, on-line learning based on gender, race and/or age.
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Online Courses, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups, Nontraditional Students, Access to Education, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Asian American Students, White Students
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