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Martha J. Bailey; Peter Z. Lin; A. R. Shariq Mohammed; Alexa Prettyman – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2024
This article examines the role of the Great Depression in shaping the intergenerational mobility of some of the most upwardly mobile cohorts of the twentieth century. Using newly linked census and vital records from the Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-database, we examine the occupational and educational mobility of more…
Descriptors: Trauma, Economic Change, Economic Impact, Occupational Mobility
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Andrea Arce-Trigatti; Ada Haynes; Jacob Kelley – Thresholds in Education, 2023
Scholarship underscores the experiences of Appalachian students who must confront a social reality that consistently expects less from them because of their circumstances and the narratives surrounding their social context (Collins, 2020; Piene et al., 2020). Traditionally, the Appalachian people have been viewed by educators from a deficit…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Place Based Education, Social Environment, Culturally Relevant Education
Dewey, Thomas F., Jr. – American School Board Journal, 1993
An Ohio school board member contends that standardized tests wrongly assume a standardized test-taking population and that legislatures and others believe education is not successful unless students pass tests. Believes the goal should be to help all students perform up to their own potential and to instill in children a love of learning. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation, Multiple Choice Tests, Role of Education
Van Tilburg, Emmalou – 1986
A study examined the relationship between reward contingencies and the levels of job performance and job satisfaction of Cooperative Extension Service county agents. Variables included self-rating of job performance; overall job satisfaction; satisfaction with pay, promotion, co-workers, the work itself, and supervision; agent program area; the…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Incentives
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Smitherman, Barbara J.; And Others – Journal of Home Economics, 1978
The author describes a vocational home economics program called "Impact" designed to meet the needs of inner city junior high school students in Ohio. Standard home economics units are taught in Impact classes, but the content varies according to individual student needs. Emphasis is on developing a positive self-image in students with…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Home Economics, Junior High Schools, Motivation Techniques
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1992
Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified competency profile for work and family life courses. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Planning, Child Rearing, Competency Based Education