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Jason S. Colonies – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The Education Center serves many adult learners that have the goal of receiving their high school equivalency. Adult learners face many barriers when pursuing this goal. The research in adult education focuses on the barriers that learners face and what drives them to succeed. There is limited research on what learners' perception of knowledge is.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, High School Equivalency Programs, Barriers, Student Experience
Tinkler, Barri; Tinkler, Alan – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2013
In response to the increasing diversity in American public schools and concerns over inequities in opportunity and achievement, many teacher education programs are infusing multicultural topics and coursework into their programs (Akiba, 2011; Hollins & Guzman, 2005). While some programs utilize what O'Grady (2000) called the Human Relations…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Sturko, Patricia A.; Gregson, James A. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2009
This multi-case study explored the learning and collaboration of six Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers in two different types of professional development experiences: (a) a course on integrating reading, writing, and mathematics skills into CTE curricula, delivered by a master teacher; and (b) a small teacher study group that met…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Vocational Education, Case Studies
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Pang, Katherine – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
The purpose of this study was to assess the pedagogical equivalence, as determined by knowledge gains, and the pedagogical effectiveness of certain components in a video-driven multimedia, web-based professional development training program as compared to a traditional, face-to-face program under real-world constraints of time and limited economic…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Distance Education, Web Based Instruction
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Robertson, Eleanor T.; Breidenstein, Angela – Teacher Education and Practice, 2007
This article describes a project to teach consultation and collaboration to high school teacher interns and school psychology students at the university level. For 4 years, students participated in a performance-based project as part of a class. Surveys were mailed to graduates to determine the impact of the experience and their current…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Psychology, Teacher Interns, Learning Experience
Newpher, J. Cameron – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2006
By evolving to keep pace with the information technology field, Auburn Career Center ensures its students are prepared for today's workplace. This article profiles Auburn Career Center, the first career and technical center in the state of Ohio. The award-winning career center annually serves approximately 650 high school students within 11 school…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Career Centers, Career Education, Virtual Classrooms
Hertberg-Davis, Holly; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Kyburg, Robin M. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2006
Although limited research exists on the appropriateness of Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Programs for gifted secondary learners, these courses serve as the primary methods of meeting the needs of gifted students in most high schools. This qualitative study employed a grounded theory approach to investigate how…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Honors Curriculum, High Schools, Advanced Placement