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Download full textSteed, Allen Terry – 1970
The objectives of this study were to: (1) describe existing programs for special needs students, (2) provide information on students and teachers in these programs, (3) compare teacher and administrator appraisal of the programs, and (4) determine the degree of program acceptance by students, parents, and the public. Questionnaires and interviews…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement, Program Attitudes
Evaluation of 1973-74 Vocational Programs in the Eight Pennsylvania State Correctional Institutions.
Lewis, James P. – 1974
The evaluation study of the first year of a vocational education program in eight correctional institutions in Pennsylvania sought to determine the participants' views of the program and the quality of the different program offerings. A training survey was administered to the participants to obtain information on their career goals, vocational…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Participant Satisfaction
Kroll, John R. – 1980
This study was conducted in 1979-80 to obtain baseline opinions of members of the Wisconsin Legislature about vocational education. Sixty-six of the 132 legislators responded to 84 questions regarding the need for, financing of, quality of, and methods of delivering secondary and postsecondary vocational education in the state. The responses were…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Attitudes, Government School Relationship, Legislators
Florida Community Junior Coll. Inter-institutional Research Council, Gainesville. – 1972
A study was conducted of the following aspects of post-secondary occupational education in Florida: the State level administrative structure, program planning and development, program implementation, program evaluation, and the characteristics of students in these programs. Questionnaires were completed by faculty and administrators, and the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Career Planning, Community Colleges
Toward a Programmatic Research Scheme for Product Evaluation of Vocational Education in Agriculture.
McGhee, M. B.; And Others – 1986
In an effort to conceptualize, plan, and conduct research activities to gather data for decision making concerning program improvement in vocational agriculture, a model for evaluating programs was developed by the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, University of Florida. Through use of this model, six objectives to guide research…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Surveys
Waltz, Freddie C.; Beeman, Carl E. – 1984
To address the issues of student recruitment and retention in Florida, a three-year research study was conducted. The three phases of the study sought the following: (1) to describe barriers to recruitment and retention of disadvantaged, unemployed, underemployed, out-of-school youth as perceived by students, teachers, counselors, and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrator Attitudes, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Frost, Donna A. – 1980
This study was conducted to secure adequate data to support the need for the issuance of competency certificates to graduates of Oklahoma vocational and technical education programs. A questionnaire was developed to determine the perceptions of teachers and employers regarding the competency statements and to see if using such certificates would…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Competency Based Education, Educational Certificates
Shoemake, Ralph Glenn – 1972
The objectives of this study were to: (1) compare perceptions of administrators, school board members, students, and vocational agriculture teachers concerning the vocational agriculture programs in Mississippi, (2) determine program strengths and weaknesses in order to improve present programs and plan future ones for Mississippi, and (3) provide…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education, Feedback, High School Students
Northern Montana Coll., Havre. Montana Center for Vocational Education, Research, Curriculum and Personnel Development. – 1988
A follow-up study was conducted of the 1988 graduates of vocational-technical centers, three community colleges, and Northern Montana College. Data were gathered through a survey form mailed to 714 graduates (from a sample of 1,258), yielding 300 responses (43 percent). Approximately 33 percent of the respondents received a degree in technical…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Graduate Surveys, Job Satisfaction, Outcomes of Education
Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Life Skills Center. – 1989
A study was conducted to identify the factors that lead single parents and homemakers to choose nontraditional job training and the barriers they encounter in this effort. Data were collected from 14 sites in New Jersey through a mailed survey of 73 single parent/homemaker program clients and 10 program directors. The survey found that the…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Females
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
Sutter, Sally A. – 1985
A systematic, statewide study of vocational education consumer and homemaking programs was conducted in Pennsylvania to gather data for use in decision-making concerning future funding and for redirection and improvement of these programs. Data were gathered through review of funded projects; questionnaires to school districts; in-depth study of…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Dropout Prevention, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance
