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Letson, Robert J. – 1970
The Secondary Education Department of the College of Education, University of Arizona conducted research, using a modified Delphi technique, to seek clarification of the behavioral goals for its teacher education program. The technique was designed to develop a consensus among experts through successive questionnaires which permit the individual…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cooperating Teachers, Opinions, Program Attitudes
Proller, Norman L. – 1985
The Legal Education Goals and Learning (LEGAL) project in the Dade County Public Schools, Florida, is an elective course for students in grades 7-12. Because extensive annual evaluations of this project since 1976 had been extremely favorable, the size and scope of the 1984-85 evaluation was reduced. It investigated the extent to which LEGAL…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Law Related Education, Program Attitudes
Clark, Fredric A. – 1973
A statewide survey was made to provide current data on the status, nature, content, and scope of Adult Vocational Education (AVE) in Illinois. In addition, the study staff identified some exemplary program elements from which an AVE model program was synthesized. Survey data were collected from interviews with State personnel and from…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Noncredit Courses
Kwaira, Peter – 1989
This study sought to determine the extent to which teacher education programs were addressing the realities of teaching tasks that will be faced by their students who are training to teach vocational education in secondary schools in Zimbabwe. Students and lecturers from two schools of education responded to questionnaires, interviews, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Training, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Attitudes
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1974
The appendixes to the final evaluation report for FY 1974 of the Experience-Based Career Education Program at Far West School (FWS) contain the following: an audit of the final evaluation report for FY 1974, a cost-comparison study of Experience-Based Career Education replication, information about data collection, and associated survey…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Attitude Measures, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness
Community Experiences for Career Education, Inc., Tigard, OR. – 1974
The experience-based career education program was intended to have students participate in a variety of individualized activities designed to provide meaningful learning experiences in basic skills, life skills, and career development. Approximately 50 high school juniors and seniors participated in the project on a full-day basis, dividing their…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Employer Attitudes, Evaluation Methods
Fults, Anna Carol – 1972
The document presents an evaluation of: (1) consumer homemaking education programs in Illinois high schools and their role in helping economically disadvantaged youth in assuming the dual role of homemaker and wage earner, (2) strengths and weaknesses of these programs, and (3) current and projected needs of professional education programs and…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Muse, Ivan D.; Coombs, C. Garn – 1978
During the 1977-78 school year, students from four Utah high schools participated in the evaluation of an experience-based career education (EBCE) project. The 228 students (115 girls and 113 boys) enrolled in EBCE were designated the experimental group and a randomly selected English class from each high school was treated as the control group.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Jacobs, Dan K.; And Others – 1975
The goal of the study was to identify factors which inhibit the ability of West Virginia secondary school students to enroll or maintain enrollment in a vocational education program. Interviews were held with administrators, counselors, State supervisors, and teachers from a selected sample of vocational centers and comprehensive high schools from…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Enrollment Influences, High Schools, Parent Attitudes
Usher, Brian R. – 1977
The Community Involvement Program (CIP) carried out in a grade 12 class in each of three Etobicoke secondary schools in the Province of Ontario was evaluated. The data analyses at the end of the first year of the program indicated that the CIP had achieved its major objectives of: (1) increased knowledge of community and social agencies; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Services
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1974
The interim report for FY 1974 is the first program evaluation, conducted midway through the first year of operation, of the secondary level Experience-Based Career Education Program at Far West School (FWS). A brief introduction surveys the FWS program and discusses the organization of the report. Section 2, descriptions of data collection…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs, Formative Evaluation
Martin, Larry G. – 1978
A study was performed to investigate the psychosocial characteristics of adult basic education (ABE) and adult secondary education (ASE) students and the extent to which these concerns are affected by educational experiences. Several research questions were formulated; for example, what proportion of ABE/ASE students have a "favorable ratio" of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Meehan, Merrill L.; Franchak, Stephen J. – 1975
The study attempted a comprehensive evaluation of the process and product of a school-based job placement model operating in three Pennsylvania area vocational schools (AVTS). Random samples of AVTS and sending school seniors were post-tested on employability skills. Students, parents, school personnel, employers, Bureau of Employment Security…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment Services, Evaluation Methods
Lewis, Morgan V.; And Others – 1976
Work experience programs in secondary schools were examined to determine the costs and benefits associated with them. Data on students in these programs were compared with data on students with nonschool-supervised jobs and students with no jobs. Characteristics and experiences of current and former students were compared. A random sample was…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Attitudes, Career Development