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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"Family and Consumer Sciences"”.
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The Socialization Process of New College Faculty in Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Education
… to examine the socialization experiences of new family and consumer sciences teacher educators, including their interpretations of career preparation, their first job, socialization during the first year, continuing socialization and career development, and respondents' recommendations for …
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Investigating the role of family and consumer sciences teachers in nutrition education in Texas secondary schools
This research was designed to explore the role of family and consumer sciences (FCS) educators in teaching nutrition content to students as one intervention to combat the rising obesity rates in the United States. The purpose of this research was to determine secondary level FCS educators' …
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Career choice decisions of Family and Consumer Sciences education recent graduates: implications for recruitment to address the teacher shortage
A national teacher shortage in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) prompted the development of this study. This study examined career motivations of recent graduates of FCS to determine target audiences and marketing strategies for recruitment to address the teacher shortage. Personal, educational, …
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Effects of Students' multiple Intelligences on Participation Rate of Course Components in a Blended Secondary Family and Consumer Sciences Course
… style participation rate within a blended Family and Consumer Sciences Exploring Childhood constructivist secondary course using an exploratory quantitative approach with descriptive analysis, ANOVA testing, and contingency tables. Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence inventory was used …
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Examining the Construction of the Perceived Teacher Identity of Secondary Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers in Career and Technical Education Classrooms
… the current state of public education reform and policy conversations, a fundamental component of effective teaching is left out of the dialogue: teacher identity. At present, few studies were found in the literature that focus specifically on the construction of the perceived teacher identity …
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Physical Activity Stages of Change, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Needs and Interests of Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Agents and Clientele
… significantly reduces the risk of morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease while providing protective benefits from hypertension, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, and colon cancer. Physical activity can lead to positive psychological improvements by decreasing levels of anxiety and …
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Stages of Concern in the Implementation of the Virginia Credentialing Initiative in Rural Southwestern Virginia
… purpose of this study was to describe the needs and concerns regarding the Virginia Credentialing Initiative (VCI) of career and technical education (CTE) stakeholders in rural southwestern Virginia. These stakeholders included central office CTE administrators, high school principals, guidance …
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Caregiving: An exploration of African American male caregiver roles in Texas
Over the last three decades of family caregiving research, only a few studies have provided insight into the roles men play (Fromme et al., 2005), and even fewer addressed African American males. Traditionally, caregiver research focused on females as primary caregivers. The National Alliance for …
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Personal Resource Systems Management (PRSM): A proposal for interactive practice
… personal well-being, societal satisfaction and overall quality of life. This study explores the construct of such systems through the emerging concept of Personal Resource Systems Management (PRSM) and models that concept for future research, consideration and debate. It is a qualitative …
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The Effectiveness of an Infant Simulator as a Deterrent to Teen Pregnancy Among Middle School Students
… female eighth-grade students (221) in 1994-1995 and 1995-1996 from a suburban North Texas middle school were part of this study. They were tracked from the eighth grade through high school graduation to determine whether and when pregnancies occurred. The Kaplan-Meier procedure for survival …
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Connecting university early childhood and family educators' experiences with student ipads through dialogical positioning to shifting pedagogies and culture
… tactics to influence teaching practices and emerging cultures of innovation. Students whose learning experiences manifested new considerations of iPads as future early childhood and human service practitioners determined culture shifts. The problems that prompted this research were …
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Attrition of Career & Technical Education (CTE) Teachers: A Phenomenological Analysis of Former Secondary CTE Teachers
Career and Technical Education (CTE) provides secondary high school students with skill-based instruction in technical programs that lead to high-wage, high-demand career opportunities. CTE secondary teachers are critical in student skill achievement through industry-based skill development, career …
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Farmers Market Access by Snap-eligible Mothers of Young Children: Barriers and Impact on Nutrition Education Programming for Cooperative Extension
Providing improved access to farmers markets and other local food outlets for low-income audiences is an increasingly popular nutrition intervention strategy to promote consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables and address obesity. The USDA encouraged more farm to fork initiatives and efforts to …
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Factors Influencing African Americans To Select Teaching Careers In Vocational Education And Experiences That Relate To Their Progress In Vocational Teacher Licensure Programs
… African Americans to become vocational teachers and to identify experiences related to their progress in vocational teacher licensure programs. Factors identified as influencing African Americans to select vocational teaching careers were linked with factors found in the O'Neil, Meeker, and …
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The Impact of Career and Technical Education (CTE) on Student Academic Achievement and Graduation Rates in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… Act of 2001 required that states set clear standards for what all students should learn, and hold schools accountable for student progress in the areas of language arts, reading, and mathematics to assess their abilities (USDOE, 2002). However, while NCLB emphasizes the core academic subjects …
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Describing the Use of Microsoft? Lync? in the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service among County Extension Agents
The purpose of this study was to describe the use and acceptance of Microsoft? Lync? among agents from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. A survey research design was used with an on-line questionnaire containing 23 items. The questionnaire was modified from the Unified Theory of Acceptance …
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Computer Anxiety Among Virginia Cooperative Extension Field Personnel
Extension professionals must have easy access to and knowledge of emerging technologies to deliver programs more efficiently and effectively. With the increasing use of computer technology comes an increasing number of individuals who have computer anxiety. This study examined selected variables as …
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Curriculum Track And Its Influences On Predicting High School Dropout Likelihood
… of factors that predict dropouts at individual and school levels. Curriculum track choice, or high school course-taking sequence, defines students' schooling career and ultimately the post-secondary path that they choose (Plank, DeLuca, & Estacion, 2008). Scholars have debated on various …
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