Changes in educational programs should be implemented only
after a careful evaluation of the product. Information about the product
in education is often not available to planners of vocational education
programs. A follow-up study of former students is a means by
which information about graduates may be collected and used...
The Purpose of the Study
The primary purpose of the study was to determine the common
professional education competencies of educational engineers. The
respondents in the study included public school district superintendents,
public school district business managers, school planners from public
school districts, staff members of teacher training institutions,
community...
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 purpose of this research was directed toward an examination
of personnel resources in vocational education. More particularly,
the study attempted to determine contributions made by personnel,
to assess the procedures and processes utilized in making
these contributions, and to identify strengths that need to be developed
in future personnel....
The study was designed to determine the attitudes of intern
teachers toward specified concepts as they began their internship in
the Portland Urban Teacher Education Program and upon completion
of their intern training, prior to receiving certification through
Oregon State University. The direction and intensity of attitude change
across the...
The purpose of this research was to determine, if there are and the
nature of, the common professional education competencies of selected
community college vocational instructors. The respondents in the study
represented four instructors from each of 40 community colleges selected
from the four western states of California, Colorado, Oregon...
This study was conducted to discover whether two elementary
school districts, one committed to career education and the other not
committed, would show a significant difference in their response to
60 statements about career education and its practice. The study
was also designed to determine to what degree students and...
This research design was based upon the mutual relevance
between the fields of education and anthropology to cause cognitive
cultural awareness by the teachers of adults as well as visibility
within the Mexican American ethnic group.
Specifically the purpose of this study was twofold:. (1) to
determine whether the adult...
The major thrust of this research was to design, test, and
perfect an accurate and effective assessment technique, which would
result in becoming an assessment model. For the purpose of developing
this assessment model, the employment need for full-time
instructors of occupational subjects in the community colleges within
the state...
The Purpose of the Study
The primary purpose of this study was to assist in the structuring
of an empirically based vocational teacher preparatory program by determining
the hierarchical levels of common professional education competencies
needed by community college and secondary school vocational
instructors. Several dimensions were considered: personal administration...
The central purposes of this study were to identify the common
professional education competencies of junior high school teachers
and to
1. Determine the proficiency levels necessary in order to
accomplish these tasks.
2. Determine the cognitive domain levels required in order to
fulfill these tasks.
The major dimensions of...
Competencies essential for the adequate performance of vocational
education leadership roles were investigated in this study.
Methods of preparing individuals for these roles were also considered.
Answers to two basic questions were sought as base data on which
future programs of occupational education leadership might be built.
These questions were:...