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Full-Text Articles in Vocational Education
Improving Stakeholder Involvement In High Schools Using Community-Based Student Internships And Student Information Systems, Richard Lee Dooley
Improving Stakeholder Involvement In High Schools Using Community-Based Student Internships And Student Information Systems, Richard Lee Dooley
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Stakeholder involvement in education, according to literature, has been shown to decrease steadily as students progress from elementary to high school. Stakeholder involvement in this study included community involvement in the form of community advisory councils to assist in increasing the number of secondary students’ internship experiences available for a small, rural high school made up of approximately 300 students. Stakeholder involvement also included increasing parental involvement using technology in the form of student information systems and access to parents and students via smartphone apps and computer access.
This improvement science, mixed-methods project included two iterations of interventions aimed at …
High School Principals’ And Assistant Principals’ Perceived Knowledge Of Career And Technical Education, Sara Jo Greene
High School Principals’ And Assistant Principals’ Perceived Knowledge Of Career And Technical Education, Sara Jo Greene
Dissertations
An employment crisis is ever growing in Kentucky. Business and industry continue to search for reliable skilled employees without success. These representatives have started looking at local high school and technical education centers to help fill these employment gaps. Career and Technical Education (CTE) provides students with a strong foundation to become a well skilled, employable individual who will make a great employee. Although CTE programs are available throughout the state of Kentucky, enrollment is not where it should be. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of perceived knowledge of CTE held by Kentucky high school …
Evaluating The Impact Of A Flexible Delivery Model In Advanced Manufacturing Technologies On Key Stakeholders, Lisa Ann Hunt
Evaluating The Impact Of A Flexible Delivery Model In Advanced Manufacturing Technologies On Key Stakeholders, Lisa Ann Hunt
Dissertations
Community colleges in the United States play a critical role in preparing students for employment in the workforce. Nationally, there is a severe shortage of trained workers to fill positions within the manufacturing industry. Manufacturers need to replace workers who retire and add employees to expand their businesses and the economy. State Community and Technical College (SCTC) began looking for ways to increase the number of students enrolled in manufacturing-related programs and increase the number of employees ready to meet the needs of employers
To increase access to its programs, the success of students in the programs, and to increase …
Factors That Positively Affect Agricultural Educator Longevity And Retention In Kentucky: A Delphi Study, Loren Clifford Gross
Factors That Positively Affect Agricultural Educator Longevity And Retention In Kentucky: A Delphi Study, Loren Clifford Gross
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this study was to determine the favorable factors that positively affect the longevity and retention of agricultural educators in the state of Kentucky. This issue was examined by answering the following questions: What are the primary reasons you decided to become an agricultural teacher? Why have you decided to stay in the agricultural education profession for five or more years? What are some of the barriers that you have encountered during your teaching career that you have had to overcome that may have caused you to leave the profession? A three-round Delphi study was utilized to capture …
The Skills Gap In U.S. Manufacturing: The Effectiveness Of Technical Education On The Incumbent Workforce, Robert Michael Deal
The Skills Gap In U.S. Manufacturing: The Effectiveness Of Technical Education On The Incumbent Workforce, Robert Michael Deal
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This thesis explores the skill sets of the current American workforce, the skills required in modern, technically advanced U.S. manufacturing facilities, and the multiple approaches postsecondary education has employed to bridge the gap between the two. Millions of dollars are spent each year educating and training the incumbent workforce without any definitive measure of whether the financial investment or effort is actually providing a return.
To illustrate, organizations typically require a projected return-on-investment (ROI) before committing funds to a project. However, the same approach does not seem to be applied when investing in human capital for the purpose of improving …
Ua3/2/1 President's Office-Garrett Correspondence/Subject File, Wku Archives
Ua3/2/1 President's Office-Garrett Correspondence/Subject File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
General correspondence and subject files regarding Western Kentucky University.
Ua64/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Industrial Education & Technology, Wku Archives
Ua64/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Industrial Education & Technology, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the departments of Manual Training, Industrial Arts and Industrial Education and Technology.
Series 1. Administrative
Series 2. Self-Studies
Series 3. Curriculum
Series 4. Publications
Series 5. Student Organizations
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - N & O Topics, Lowell Harrison
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - N & O Topics, Lowell Harrison
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 41 topics beginning with N ranging from Nalbach, Walter 1910-2001 to Nursing and 53 topics beginning with O ranging from Observatory to Owensboro Protests.
The Development & Study Of A Competency-Based Vocational Education Drafting Program, Kenneth Mussnug
The Development & Study Of A Competency-Based Vocational Education Drafting Program, Kenneth Mussnug
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this curriculum project was to develop, revise, and field test a competency based vocational drafting program which was accomplished in four phases. An existing CBVE drafting program, developed by this author, was revised prior to the field test. New modules and audio visual presentations were developed, the program was tested in two vocational programs, and the program evaluated again after the test.
Twelve modules were revised and one new module developed. Nine new slide tape presentations were developed to supplement the modules and existing slide tapes.
The program was tested at the Russellville Vocational School, Russellville, Kentucky, …
Ua37/2 The Haile Method Of Classical Guitar Instruction (Outline), Frank Pittman
Ua37/2 The Haile Method Of Classical Guitar Instruction (Outline), Frank Pittman
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Haile method of classical guitar construction outline used by Frank Pittman for Industrial Education & Technology courses. This is the 1980 revision of his 1976 outline.
Ua12/10 Co Op Topics, Vol. 1, No. 1, Wku Cooperative & Experiential Education
Ua12/10 Co Op Topics, Vol. 1, No. 1, Wku Cooperative & Experiential Education
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by and about WKU Cooperative & Experiential Education.
Ua64/3/1 Industrial Arts Department, Wku Industrial Education & Technology
Ua64/3/1 Industrial Arts Department, Wku Industrial Education & Technology
WKU Archives Records
Brief history of the WKU Industrial Arts Department from 1920 through about 1959.
Building A Curriculum For The Rineyville School, H. L. Perkins
Building A Curriculum For The Rineyville School, H. L. Perkins
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
I shall approach this study, both from a survey of the vocation that the students have followed when out of school, and by what they have recommended to be offered in high school. By listing the subjects most needed when out in life, and also a list of the subjects that they would take, should they have their high school days to go over again, should help us to determine just what curriculum to offer.
A Course Of Study In Beginning Bookkeeping, Burton C. Jones
A Course Of Study In Beginning Bookkeeping, Burton C. Jones
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
After having majored in Commercial Education and having taught bookkeeping for three years, the writer is attempting to organize his past experiences, knowledge, and material into a concise form. It is hoped that by so doing it will be possible to make a course of study in beginning bookkeeping interesting and beneficial to his students and help the teacher do a better job of teaching.
The writer realizes that he has three types of students – (1) those who plan to continue their education; (2) those who do not plan to continue their education and feel a need for a …
A Comparative Study Of Industrial Arts In The United States, Clyde Pool
A Comparative Study Of Industrial Arts In The United States, Clyde Pool
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
It is the purpose of this study to determine to what extent industrial arts has been developed as a part of the educational program in the United States.
The Status Of Industrial Arts In Mississippi, Francis Matthews
The Status Of Industrial Arts In Mississippi, Francis Matthews
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this study was to find out: the number and kinds of schools in which industrial arts is being taught; what industrial arts subjects are being taught in the approved high schools; the amount of teaching time given by each teacher to the subject; the number of teachers and scholastic preparation of each; the school from which each teacher got his training; his age and salary; the teaching experience of the teachers; and as far as possible, the progress of industrial arts.
The Present Status Of Industrial Arts In The State Of Virginia, Horace Knight
The Present Status Of Industrial Arts In The State Of Virginia, Horace Knight
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The chief concern of this study is “The Present Status of Industrial Arts in the State of Virginia.” There are three main divisions of the study:
- Factors Influencing Industrial Arts in Virginia
- The Present Status of Industrial Arts in the Schools of Virginia
- The Present Status of the Industrial Arts Teacher in Virginia
In obtaining the information for this study the following three methods were used: 1. Questionnaires were sent to each shop teacher in the State teaching shop subjects in junior and senior high schools. 2. Research was done by investigating: a. Other studies in the field of Industrial …
The Status Of Industrial Arts In The State Of Kentucky, Lurad England
The Status Of Industrial Arts In The State Of Kentucky, Lurad England
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This study concerns itself with, "The Status of Industrial Arts in the State of Kentucky." This study is divided into the following three divisions:
- The distribution of students by grades, who are taking industrial arts.
- Important factors in the organization of industrial arts work.
- The type and scope of industrial arts subjects or activities being taught.
Preparation & Certification Of Industrial Arts Teachers, Thomas Zoretic
Preparation & Certification Of Industrial Arts Teachers, Thomas Zoretic
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This study was prepared primarily to show the students of the industrial arts field and later teachers of industrial arts that the curriculum is providing them with both academic and technical opportunities. It will also give the layman an idea that time and effort has to be put forth in planning the curriculum.
A Proposed Administrative And Supervisory Organization For Vocational Rehabilitation In Kentucky, Clifton Cook
A Proposed Administrative And Supervisory Organization For Vocational Rehabilitation In Kentucky, Clifton Cook
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The urgent need for tapping new reserves of manpower during the recent war emergency caused new stress to be put upon the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals. Employers were more willing than ever before to give the handicapped person a chance to prove that he could produce in competition with those who were physically whole. These two factors combined to bring about an increase in the staff personnel in Kentucky in such a short period of time that it was impossible to revise the organization of this division of the State Department of Education rapidly enough to keep pace with its …
A Study Of Pupil Rating In The Field Of Industrial Arts, Ralph Lewis
A Study Of Pupil Rating In The Field Of Industrial Arts, Ralph Lewis
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Rating in its many forms and phases seems to be recognized as an integral part of standard classroom procedure. Industrial arts is one of the fields in which there is a great need for the application of the best known principles and procedures in educational measurement. Industrial arts teachers and supervisors need reliable measuring instruments and methods in order to give better educational guidance, to evaluate personality traits, to motivate learning, to study the effectiveness of teaching materials and methods, and to measure pupil progress more accurately through the establishment of more definite standards of performance and through the diagnosis …
Safety In The School Shop, Hubert Dupin
Safety In The School Shop, Hubert Dupin
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this study is to locate some of the existing problems of safety in the shop and remedy them by furnishing some means that the teacher may use in presenting a safety program in the school shop. Too many shop teachers have not realized the importance of safety, therefore, they have not organized their program on a safe basis.
Present Practices & Methods Of Supervising Student Teachers In Industrial Arts, Walter Nalbach
Present Practices & Methods Of Supervising Student Teachers In Industrial Arts, Walter Nalbach
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The problem is threefold:
- To determine the present practices of the programs in which student teaching is done.
- To analyze significant variations and to show important central tendencies in the technique of supervision of student teachers.
- To ascertain a means of evaluating student teaching in industrial arts.
Some Common Errors In English Made By Business College Students In Daily Transcription Work, Homer Williams
Some Common Errors In English Made By Business College Students In Daily Transcription Work, Homer Williams
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The present study was made for the purpose of ascertaining the particular types of errors that students make in transcribing their shorthand notes from day to day. In addition to finding out the kinds of errors and their frequency, it is earnestly hoped that some conclusions may be reached as to what instructional methods may be employed to advantage in teaching English to dictation students in such a way that they will be well prepared for the tasks that the business office will require of them.
Social-Business Curricula For The Training Of Commercial Teachers, Carlos Steed
Social-Business Curricula For The Training Of Commercial Teachers, Carlos Steed
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
A necessary corollary of any progressive movement is research. In the United States business has become the chief corner-stone of our social and economic systems, and it is a recognized fact that every phase of the welfare of this nation has business implications. Since these effects are inescapable by society, and since business is so vital to the progress of our civilization, it is in the field of business education that we find one of the greatest needs for research.
Ua99/9 Southern Exponent Of Business Education, Vol. I, No. 1, Bowling Green Business University
Ua99/9 Southern Exponent Of Business Education, Vol. I, No. 1, Bowling Green Business University
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by the Bowling Green Business University to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.
- Southern Exponent
- The Banking Course
- The Bowling Green Business University Catalogue
- The Commerce Course
- The New Stenographers
- Penmanship
- Spirit of the Institution
- A Great Institution
- Thanks
- The School of Telegraphy
- Millionaires Once Telegraph Operators
- Mammoth Cave, the Greatest Natural Wonder of the World, Near the BGBU
- They Hold Fine Positions – Alumni
- Twelve Applications in One Day
- A Few of Our Former Students Whose Monthly Salaries Run from $100 to $250 Each
- Rates of Tuition
- Something Else …