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Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2023
The non-traditional gender occupational divide weakens state economies by decreasing economic productivity and reducing diversity in decision-making. By creating gender parity in which "women participate in the labor force at the same rate as men, work the same number of hours as men, and are employed at the same levels as men across…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Postsecondary Education, Vocational Education, Nontraditional Occupations
Ghisiawan-Whittaker, Wanetta – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Little is known or understood about the intimate experiences of single mothers and how they navigate being both mother and a college student while working in non-traditional occupations. Pertaining to gender, non-traditional occupations are defined in the literature as those occupations that are disproportionately filled by a specific gender.…
Descriptors: One Parent Family, Mothers, College Students, Employed Parents
Jill Neuhard – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Professional learning is defined as a context-specific, career-long endeavor that is guided by standards, grounded in the educator's individual work, and tailored to the educator's stage in career development (Schlager & Fusco, 2003). Research related to professional learning for educators conveys the need for change. Studies indicate that a…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Recognition (Achievement), Professional Development, Nontraditional Occupations
Sheri Marie Horn-Bunk – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This grounded narrative inquiry study analyzes the self-selection transitional career motivations by California Community College chief fundraising executives when considering the pursuit of a California Community College presidency. A theoretical research framework is an approach that integrates narrative inquiry in the development of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Fund Raising, Leadership, Administrators
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Wakefield, Wendy; Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Collins, Clarin; Parra Gaete, Ivet; Glassmeyer, Kristi; Palandjian, Garine; Pretti, Esther do Lago e; Roberts, T'ata; Terada, Takeshi – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2022
As part of efforts to become more interdisciplinary, socially embedded, and innovative, leaders of a large college of education reimagined a program originally designed to retain struggling students to target students interested in nontraditional educational careers (e.g., nonprofits). Researchers in this study explore reasons why this program has…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Teacher Education Programs, Schools of Education, College Students
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Neha Nanda; Carolyn Corea; Luke Patterson; Eileen Poe Yamagata; Paula Mian; Chris Zhang – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) defines Non-Traditional Occupations (NTOs) as occupations where specific populations (i.e. one gender or a minority group) are traditionally underrepresented, comprising less than 25 percent of the individuals employed in them. Barriers associated with entry into NTOs can prevent these populations from accessing…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Community Colleges, Student Recruitment
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Warin, Jo – Gender and Education, 2019
This paper aims to open up the rationales that are used to argue for an increase in male participation in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce. Two theoretical concepts are highlighted and compared: gender balance and gender flexibility. An ethnographic study was conducted in one unusual nursery that has five male workers, using…
Descriptors: Males, Nontraditional Occupations, Sex Fairness, Early Childhood Education
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Brown, Josh; Ernst, Jeremy; Clark, Aaron; DeLuca, V. William; Kelly Daniel – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2018
Teachers must adapt their instruction to accommodate individual student disabilities, culture, and life experience to improve student learning in the classroom and to ensure that all students have the opportunity to improve their knowledge and skills. One method used is differentiated instruction. Differentiated instruction is based upon the idea…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Individualized Instruction, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Economically Disadvantaged
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Struthers, Karen; Strachan, Glenda – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2019
Context: The persistent low female participation in male-dominated trades and VET courses is not attracting a high level of public attention and policy action. There are determined, albeit ad hoc actions by advocates to raise awareness of the economic and social benefits that can result from increased female participation in the male-dominated…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Nontraditional Occupations
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Evanovich, Lauren L.; George, Heather Peshak; Kern, Laura – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2018
Students at risk for behavioral difficulties have unique needs that affect their academic, behavioral, and social skills. Many of these students are served in various educational settings, possibly transitioning back and forth from traditional schools to alternative settings. As they transition, there is a chance that the students' behavioral data…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Behavior Problems, Data Collection, School Districts
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Whitford, Alyssa J. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2019
While guest teaching in a third-grade classroom as part of her doctoral studies, the author became interested in how students think about female pioneers and what it means to be first in a historical sense. This article explores the potential of interactive read-aloud books to teach women's history with young students.
Descriptors: Athletics, News Media, News Reporting, Females
Coco, Marlena; Bonazzo, Claude – Online Submission, 2019
This report summarizes Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program Analysis Scorecard results from the 2017-2018 school year. To better understand and measure conditions in the program prior to implementation of the CTE 5-Year Plan. To establish a baseline data, indicators related to quality of instruction, program alignment, and access and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Educational Quality
Erkkila, Rachel Roth – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This research is an exploratory study that focused on describing the experiences of adult students who identify themselves as women enrolled in male-dominated Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) career pathway programs at a large Midwestern multi-campus community college. The study was undertaken to build on the research of women in…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Females, STEM Education, Vocational Education
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Børve, Hege Eggen – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
This article examines the impact on work culture when men work in kindergartens. In Norway, as in other countries there has been a call for more male staff in kindergartens. Increasing the amount of men may imply that institutionalized norms and practice are put under pressure. By using a case study approach, the focus is on employees' experiences…
Descriptors: Males, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Organizational Culture
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Simon, Linda; Clarke, Kira – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the issues affecting successful employment outcomes for young women in male-dominated careers, focusing on those generally accessed via a traditional Australian apprenticeship model. Current patterns of participation in trades-based fields of education and training reinforce the highly…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Females, Mixed Methods Research, Career Exploration
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