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Download full textLampley, Sandra A.; Dyess, Sarah Roller; Benfield, Michael P. J.; Davis, Andrew M.; Gholston, Sampson E.; Dillihunt, Monica L.; Turner, Matthew W. – Education Sciences, 2022
There is a demand for more STEM professionals. Early elementary students' conceptions about engineering can influence whether or not they explore STEM career paths and ultimately select an engineering career. This study examined the conceptions elementary students have regarding the work that engineers perform. The research questions were the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Engineering Education, Engineering, Technical Occupations
MetLife, Inc., 2010
"The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Collaborating for Student Success (2009)" was conducted by Harris Interactive and is twenty-sixth in a series sponsored by MetLife since 1984 to give voice to those closest to the classroom. This "MetLife Survey" examines the views of teachers, principals and students about respective roles and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Public School Teachers, Academic Achievement
Direct linkMawhinney, Lynnette – Ethnography and Education, 2008
The structure of the teaching profession leaves teachers professionally and personally isolated from other adults. This article will discuss the results of an ethnography focused on the rare informal social interaction that occurs among teachers in a United States' school, with a particular focus on the lunch hour. Specifically, this article…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Ethnography
Primary-Grade Students' Knowledge and Thinking about Food Production and the Origins of Common Foods
Brophy, Jere; Alleman, Janet; O'Mahony, Carolyn – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2003
Individual interviews were conducted with 96 K-3 students, stratified according to grade level, achievement level, and gender. The students were asked to explain land-to-hand progressions involved in bringing several common foods to our tables, identify products derived from common farm animals, explain why a pound of cereal costs more than a…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Food, Food Processing Occupations, Food Service
Woody, Elisabeth L.; Buttles, Melissa; Kafka, Judith; Park, Sandra; Russell, Jennifer – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ1), 2004
In an effort to understand teachers' and administrators' experiences with public school accountability, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), with the support of the Noyce Foundation, established the Educator Responses to Accountability Project (ERAP). During the 2002-2003 school year, the authors conducted in-depth interviews with…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Public School Teachers, Academic Achievement, Policy Analysis
