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Rigor And Academic Achievement: Career Academies Versus Traditional Class Structure, Linda Kyees
Rigor And Academic Achievement: Career Academies Versus Traditional Class Structure, Linda Kyees
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
The purpose of this study was to determine if students who attended high school Career Academy classes, as part of Career and Technical Education, showed greater academic achievement than students who attended traditional high school classes. While all participants attended schools in the same school district, and were seeking the same goal of graduation with a standard diploma, the Career Academy students had the benefit of all classes being directed by a team of teachers who helped them connect their learning to their desired career through collaborative learning projects and assignments. The traditional high school classes taught each subject independent …
The Effects Of Teacher Experience On The Workplace Readiness Of High School Students, Katherine Thomas
The Effects Of Teacher Experience On The Workplace Readiness Of High School Students, Katherine Thomas
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Over the last decade attention has been placed on the emergent gap between education and the workplace. In response, school systems have provided instructional opportunities such as career pathways to better prepare students with the necessary knowledge and skills needed to be workplace ready. This dissertation sought to review two factors considered essential to this endeavor--teacher experience in business and industry and career and technical education (CTE). In doing so, this causal-comparative study examined 594 high school students in a northwest Georgia school district to see if there was a difference in the ACT WorkKeys® scores of students completing a …