A comparison of secondary and postsecondary school teachers' and administrators' attitudes toward tech-prep programs
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description: The tech-prep program is a educational initiative to improve the quality of instruction and employment potential of students. It also represents a trend in educational reform with strategies for articulation and integration between secondary and postsecondary schools or from school to the workplace. The purpose of this study was to compare and obtain a better understanding of attitudes toward tech-prep programs between secondary and postsecondary school tech-prep teachers and administrators. The relationship among the curriculum and the administration of tech-prep programs and several demographic variables: educational level; years of teaching/administrative experience; and the number of in-service training activities attended was researched in this study;The survey research method was employed in this study. Samples were selected from tech-prep teachers and administrators in secondary and postsecondary schools which had the strongest tech-prep programs and had implemented them for at least two years in the state. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed to tech-prep teachers and administrators with a response rate of 79.5 percent. The main findings were: (a) tech-prep teachers in secondary and postsecondary schools who had a higher educational degree, particularly the doctoral degree, demonstrated more favorable attitudes toward the curriculum of tech-prep programs than those who had less education; (b) administrators in secondary and postsecondary schools who had a higher educational degree demonstrated more favorable attitudes toward the curriculum of tech-prep programs than those who had less education, particularly a masters degree or masters + 30 credits vs. a bachelors degree; (c) administrators in secondary and postsecondary schools who had attended a greater number of in-service training activities (between 1990-1993) demonstrated more favorable attitudes toward the curriculum and the administration of tech-prep programs than those with a fewer number…
abstract: The tech-prep program is a educational initiative to improve the quality of instruction and employment potential of students. It also represents a trend in educational reform with strategies for articulation and integration between secondary and postsecondary schools or from school to the workplace. The purpose of this study was to compare and obtain a better understanding of attitudes toward tech-prep programs between secondary and postsecondary school tech-prep teachers and administrators. The relationship among the curriculum and the administration of tech-prep programs and several demographic variables: educational level; years of teaching/administrative experience; and the number of in-service training activities attended was researched in this study;The survey research method was employed in this study. Samples were selected from tech-prep teachers and administrators in secondary and postsecondary schools which had the strongest tech-prep programs and had implemented them for at least two years in the state. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed to tech-prep teachers and administrators with a response rate of 79.5 percent. The main findings were: (a) tech-prep teachers in secondary and postsecondary schools who had a higher educational degree, particularly the doctoral degree, demonstrated more favorable attitudes toward the curriculum of tech-prep programs than those who had less education; (b) administrators in secondary and postsecondary schools who had a higher educational degree demonstrated more favorable attitudes toward the curriculum of tech-prep programs than those who had less education, particularly a masters degree or masters + 30 credits vs. a bachelors degree; (c) administrators in secondary and postsecondary schools who had attended a greater number of in-service training activities (between 1990-1993) demonstrated more favorable attitudes toward the curriculum and the administration of tech-prep programs than those with a fewer number…
author: Huang, Liang-Chih
language: en
date published: 1994
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:37:38Z
provider: Iowa State University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Iowa State University

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value: 10.31274/rtd-180813-9820