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Showing 1 to 20 of 83 for “"Family and consumer"”.
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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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Consumer Socialization in Families: How Parents Teach Children about Spending, Saving, and the Importance of Money
The current study examines the consumer socialization practices of American parents, and provides an analysis of the various ways in which they socialize their children into a consumer role within the family. Drawing from literature on gendered patterns of consumerism, familial consumer …
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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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