Although the career choice decision for women is
recognized as a complex process, there is little
understanding about how the influencing factors affect
the choices of disadvantaged women returning to community
colleges. This study was concerned with understanding
how certain factors influenced the career choices of this
population.
A random...
This study identified the skills necessary to successfully complete the
beauty culture program of Alberta. The (Alberta) beauty culture teachers (N =40)
were surveyed, with their responses being used to assess the perceived skills.
The instument, a 41 item survey, was established through the use of a
Delphi panel to...
This study, dealing with the concept of career education, was
undertaken to:
1) develop a multi-media career education component for Phase I
of the undergraduate teacher education program at Oregon State
University.
2) measure the effect of that component on selected students.
3) compare their responses with students who had...
The testimonios of three Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott are presented. The Latin American method of testimonio is adapted as a framework for understanding personal stories. Testimonios written in a series of interpretive narratives and poems--poetic testimonios--represent three women's voices. This study includes three journeys: the research...
This exploratory, narrative study investigated two research questions. One, how do executive leaders at community colleges describe how their cognitive schema and sensemaking approach informed their understanding of a crisis that their organization faced. Two, how do executive leaders at community colleges describe what leadership traits, behaviors, and competencies they...
This qualitative study examined organizational change including the
necessary steps that a large school district took in planning and implementing a
reform effort. This project told a story of one school district's experience.
The study covered a five year period from 1990 to 1995 in the 30,000 student
Salem-Keizer School...
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of
Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in selected
schools of the Oregon Small Schools Project. Specifically, the
objectives were to analyze:
1. To what extent were the objectives of the OSSP
accomplished.
2. To what degree...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a required
mathematics content course upon prospective elementary school
teachers at Brigham Young University. The investigation consisted of
three major areas: (1) attitudes toward mathematics, (2) basic mathematical
understanding, and (3) the relationship between certain selected
variables.
Procedure...
Purpose This study was designed to determine and compare the work values held by tenth-grade Thai girls in Bangkok and Chiangmai, Thailand, in order to lay the groundwork for a more systematic approach to career counseling and curriculum planning in the Thai school system. Procedures D. E. Super's work values...