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Incentivising Student Enrolments in Secondary Mathematics Courses: Is a 10% Bonus Enough?
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Hine, Gregory – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2023
This replicated research project [see Hine, G. S. C. (2019). Reasons why I didn't enrol in a higher-level mathematics course: Listening to the voice of Australian senior secondary students. "Research in Mathematics Education," 21(3), 295-313. https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2102/10.1080/14794802.2019.15999982019] explored the reasons why senior secondary…
Descriptors: Incentives, Enrollment, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Education
Exploring Careers in Education and Leadership (ExCEL): Outcomes from Year One of a High School Education Camp
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Kelly C. Margot; Melissa Pierczynski; Kelly Lormand – School-University Partnerships, 2024
Purpose: The paper aims to address the increasing issue of teacher shortages and the lack of diversity in America's educators. Highly diverse communities need ways to support community members interested in careers as teachers. This article explores one promising approach to reach and inspire high school students considering the teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teaching (Occupation), Diversity, Camps
From Classrooms to Careers: A Descriptive Examination of High School Students' Interest in Teaching Professions
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Ashley Ellison; Thomas Smith – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: School districts across the United States face persistent difficulties recruiting and retaining teachers (García & Weiss, 2019; Schmitt & deCourcy, 2022). Over the last decade, every state in the south has faced a growing teacher shortage, with some facing shortages in all grades and subjects (U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Choice, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment
Research Factors That Affect Skills Center Enrollment. Final Report.
Abendroth, Ruth B. – 1985
A study examined the attitudes of 546 randomly selected 10th- and 11th-grade students attending 14 public high schools serving the Spokane Area Vocational Skills Center to determine who and what influenced students' decisions to enroll in the center. Parents, friends, and counselors were ranked as people who influenced the students' interest and…
Descriptors: Enrollment Influences, Grade 10, Grade 11, High School Students
Factors That Influence Students Not To Enroll at the Vanguard Joint Vocational School. Factors That Influence Students Not To Enroll at the Lawrence County Joint Vocational School.
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Rossetti, Rosemarie – 1991
Two research reports provide results of two Ohio studies to investigate factors that influence a student not to enter a high school vocational curriculum. The studies focus on the Vanguard Joint Vocational School (JVS) and five feeder comprehensive high schools and the Lawrence County JVS and seven feeder comprehensive high schools. Both reports…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, College Bound Students, Decision Making
State Fair Community College Experience Based Career Education, 1978-79. Third Party Evaluation Report.
Neely, Margery A. – 1979
An experience-based career education (EBCE) program for grades 10 and 11 in a community college district was assessed to determine the level of accomplishment of program objectives and those factors that either enabled or precluded their accomplishment. Program/process objectives addressed included expanding employer and community involvement in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Career Education, Career Exploration