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The Sustainability Of Career And Technical Education Teacher Preparation Programs In Florida, Lisa Martino
The Sustainability Of Career And Technical Education Teacher Preparation Programs In Florida, Lisa Martino
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
There is a historical trend of decline in available Career and Technical Education (CTE) Teacher Preparation programs and an increase in CTE course and program enrollments in Florida’s secondary school system. This contradiction in CTE teacher supply and demand raises an important question. What is going on? More specifically, what sustains the remaining programs in the face of this decline?
The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore sustainability factors from past and present CTE teacher preparation program educators and administrators to gain a better understanding of this issue. The participant selection for this study was identified from four …
Predictors Of Student Enrollment Patterns In High School Career Academies, E. Daniel Cox
Predictors Of Student Enrollment Patterns In High School Career Academies, E. Daniel Cox
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to describe participation patterns at the district level of students enrolled in career academies and determine whether participation in career academies is a function of demographic and/or prior learning experience and prior performance variables. Ex-post facto data was used to determine six-year enrollment trends. In addition, both binary logistic regression and multinomial logistic regression methods were employed to determine the extent demographic along with prior learning experience and prior performance variables could be used to predict participation within career academies. Trend data results indicated slight increases in the proportions of students of color (including …