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Fowler, Matthew – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purposes of this multiple case study were to determine if manufacturing and services sector employers found value in the use of an ePortfolio in the hiring process, and to develop a suggested template for an ePortfolio format to be used within career and technical education. Electronic portfolios "allow students to showcase their…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Vocational Education, Case Studies, Electronic Publishing
Sawyers, Betty A. – 1976
The purposes of the study were to (1) determine the overall perception of vocational education in Indiana as held by the general public, (2) determine if there are differences in perceptions related to the various areas within vocational education, (3) identify perceptions of vocational education by junior and senior high school students,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
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Legacy, Jim; And Others – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1978
Describes a study to provide a source of employment data for vocational agriculture programs. Data collected from a stratified, random sample of ten percent of the agribusinesses in fourteen Indiana counties formed the basis for projecting 1977-1981 agribusiness employment needs for high school level workers. (MF)
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
Reisner, Elizabeth R.; Balasubramaniam, Meena – 1989
A study examined the circumstances underlying the school-to-work transition problems of disadvantaged youth and strategies that school systems in Detroit, Pensacola (Florida), New Castle (Indiana), and Pittsburgh have adopted to address these problems. Among the problems studied were lack of information about jobs and careers, too few role models…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Wentling, Tim L.; And Others – 1991
An evaluation described Tech Prep prototypes as they were implemented in five different Indiana sites and assessed their effectiveness. Evaluation procedures included: (1) collection and analysis of data from students involved in Tech Prep for the first time in 1990-91 and students involved for the second year; (2) analysis of prototype project…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Demonstration Programs, Employer Attitudes, High Schools
Sawyers, Betty A. – 1977
A study was done to define the general image of vocational-technical education in Indiana as represented by a statistical sampling of respondents from a variety of categories of the general public, including junior and senior high school students, elementary and secondary teachers and school personnel, parents, and employers. A stratified random…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Schenck, Norma Elaine; Powers, Kim – 1975
During the 1974-75 school year, 23 educators and counselors participated in the third annual Career Guidance Institute, a cooperative effort of the National Alliance of Businessmen, Indiana University at South Bend, and the South Bend Community School Corporation. The institute was organized to increase the participants' awareness and knowledge of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Audiovisual Instruction, Business, Business Responsibility
Fields, Charles E.; Drucker, Eugene H. – 1978
A project was initiated (1) to improve internal communications among various vocational education providers within the River Hills Region (Indiana), (2) to improve external communication among providers and users of products of vocational education, and (3) to incorporate vocational education information into regional planning efforts. Local…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Employer Attitudes