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The Challenges of Recruiting High-Quality Teachers in the Core Subject and Special Education Areas: A Mixed-Data Needs Analysis
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Azineth M. Buan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This convergent parallel mixed-methods study examined the factors affecting teacher recruitment and retention, and explored teachers' and administrators' perceptions about the obstacles and opportunities they encounter during the hiring process. The researcher used a purposeful convenience sampling method in recruiting participants; a total of 49…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Attitudes
The Opportunity Costs of Career and Technical Education: Coursetaking Tradeoffs for High School CTE Students. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-870
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Walter G. Ecton – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Career and Technical Education (CTE) has long played a substantial, though controversial, role within America's public schools. While supporters argue that CTE may increase student engagement and prepare students for success in the workforce, detractors caution that CTE may inhibit students' access to the rigorous academic coursework needed for…
Descriptors: Career and Technical Education Schools, High Schools, High School Students, Course Selection (Students)
The Potential Influence of Textbooks on Teachers' Selection of Content for Elementary School Mathematics. Research Series No. 48.
Kuhs, Therese M.; Freeman, Donald J. – 1979
The research reported in this paper identifies the "core curriculum" and "optional curriculum" suggested by widely used textbooks of elementary school mathematics and describes the influence of each on teacher autonomy in selecting the content of instruction. Preliminary analyses suggest that the "core curriculum" is generally consistent with…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Decision Making
Responses to Curriculum Pressures: A Policy-Capturing Study of Teacher Decisions about Content.
Floden, R. E.; And Others – 1980
This study attempts to determine the relative power of six factors that might influence decisions of teachers about the content of fourth-grade mathematics: district tests, mandated textbooks, the principal's opinion, and parents' opinions. Sixty-six teachers were presented with descriptions of hypothetical school districts constructed to provide…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Decision Making
A PROPOSED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR MID-CAREER LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN THE METROPOLITAN DETROIT REGION.
Metropolitan Fund, Inc., Detroit, MI. – 1966
TO DESIGN AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO ALLEVIATE THE SHORTAGE OF COMPETENT PERSONNEL FOR TOP LEVEL POSITIONS IN LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT, THE INTER-UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (MICHIGAN) EXPLORED (1) THE FEASIBILITY OF A MID-CAREER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, PARTICULARLY IN THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA, (2) THE NATURE OF THE "KNOWLEDGES" REQUIRED OF…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Core Curriculum, Credits, Decision Making
Who Gets the Job? Youth Training Scheme. Core Exemplar Work Based Project.
Further Education Staff Coll., Blagdon (England). – 1984
This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in helping students trace one job application through to completion in order to understand the job application process and to appreciate how hiring decisions are made. The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Competency Based Education, Core Curriculum