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Status of Elementary Teacher Development: Preparing Elementary Teachers to Deliver Technology and Engineering Experiences
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Rose, Mary Annette; Carter, Vinson; Brown, Josh; Shumway, Steven – Journal of Technology Education, 2017
For over a century, teacher preparation programs (TPPs) have experienced peaks and valleys in preparing preservice teachers to deliver technology and engineering (TE) experiences in elementary classrooms. Calls to integrate engineering concepts into elementary education (Katehi, Pearson, & Feder, 2009; Kimmel, Carpinelli, Curr-Alexander, &…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers
Fathers' Autonomy Support and Social Competence of Sons and Daughters
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Corwyn, Robert F.; Bradley, Robert H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2016
Relations between paternal autonomy support and four aspects of adolescent social competence and responsibility at age 16 were examined using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. With controls on maternal autonomy support, significant relations were observed between paternal autonomy support and three of the four…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Fathers, Sons, Personal Autonomy
The Engaged Organization: Corporate Employee Environmental Education Survey and Case Study Findings
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Gullo, Krista; Haygood, Leah – National Environmental Education Foundation, 2009
When the modern U.S. environmental movement began in the 1970s, it relied largely on regulation to reduce negative environmental impacts. Companies responded by creating centers of environmental expertise within their organizations. The major focus of a second wave of corporate environmentalism, which began during the late 1980s, was on…
Descriptors: Employees, Environmental Education, Case Studies, Surveys
Evaluation of Arkansas Vocational Training Programs in Relation to Economic Development, Part II-Survey of Vocational Schools' Performance. Industrial Research and Extension Center Publication No. L-6.
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Troutman, Frank H.; And Others – 1969
The primary objective of this survey was to obtain useful information about the State's existing vocational schools and training programs in order to aid in evaluating and improving vocational education in Arkansas. Information was obtained by mail survey of former students, contracts with students currently enrolled, and interviews with teachers,…
Descriptors: Graduate Surveys, Interviews, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires
Library Cooperative Programs and Coordinating Agencies of Higher Education.
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Gregory, Vicki L. – Library and Information Science Research, 1988
Describes study that examined both currently operational and planned programs where academic libraries are involved in cooperative programs either financed or encouraged by state coordinating agencies of higher education. Limitations of the study are discussed, and a questionnaire and interview questions are appended. (eight references)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cooperative Programs, Educational Finance, Higher Education
Vocational Rehabilitation of Individuals with Employability Skill Deficits: Problems and Recommendations.
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Roessler, Richard; Bolton, Brian – 1984
Fifty-seven former vocational rehabilitation clients were interviewed regarding their employability skill training and job placement needs. The sample, which was balanced in terms of sex, type of disability, and area of residence (rural versus urban), was biased in favor of individuals having greater employability deficits (persons served by…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Delivery Systems, Educational Needs