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Direct linkFletcher, Edward C.; Hernandez-Gantes, Victor M. – Education and Urban Society, 2021
In this study, we explored how an urban high school with a STEAM (Science, Technology, Arts, and Mathematics) theme approached racialized student experiences as learning opportunities. We were interested in documenting curricular and pedagogical practices, and the mission of the STEAM Academy, which was aimed at exposing African American/Black…
Descriptors: Student Experience, African American Students, High School Students, STEM Education
Hsu, Pei-Ling; van Eijck, Michiel; Roth, Wolff-Michael – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
Working at scientists' elbows is one suggestion that educators make to improve science education, because such "authentic experiences" provide students with various types of science knowledge. However, there is an ongoing debate in the literature about the assumption that authentic science activities can enhance students' understandings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Job Shadowing, Informal Education
Download full textDeLuca, Stefanie; Plank, Stephen; Estacion, Angela – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2006
Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) and its transcript component, we examine vocational education (now known as career and technical education, or CTE) for a recent cohort of youths. We describe and distinguish between CTE coursetaking and participation in particular career-related programs of courses and activities…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Technical Education, Enrollment, College Attendance
Neumark, David – Public Policy Institute of California, 2004
This report uses national data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) to evaluate the effectiveness of the types of school-to-career (STC) programs that were encouraged and supported in California by the grants received by the state from the federal School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 (STWOA). In particular, the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, College Attendance, Tech Prep, Job Shadowing
Sanders, Mavis G.; Lewis, Karla C. – High School Journal, 2005
Despite increasing interest in the role of community involvement in school improvement, few studies have examined motivations for, or results of community partnership development in high schools. To fill this gap, the authors conducted case studies of three high schools with successful community partnerships. The authors found that case high…
Descriptors: Community Development, High Schools, Partnerships in Education, Excellence in Education
