This study was a quantitative multiple regression investigation into the relationships between campus factors of high school students graduating in 2013 who immediately enrolled in first-year college freshman level remedial coursework at a large, Central Texas two-year postsecondary institution. The goal of this study was to determine which high school campus-level factors predicted enrollment into college remedial education coursework. The dependent variable was a continuous variable representing the percentage of students from Texas public high school campuses enrolled into at least one student credit hour of remedial education during their first semester as a first-year college student. Eight high school campus-level independent variables were included in the regression model at the campus-level: at risk percentage, economically disadvantaged percentage, limited English proficient percentage, advanced course/dual-enrollment percentage, college ready math percentage, college ready English percentage, ACT average, and SAT average. Pearson correlations and linear regression results were examined and interpreted to determine the level of relationship between the eight selected variables and first-year college student remedial coursework. The multiple regression model successfully explained 26.3% (F(8,286) = 12.74. p < 0.05, r2 = 0.263) of the variance between first-year college students enrolled into remedial coursework at a large, Central Texas two-year postsecondary institution and the campus-level variables from high schools from which they graduated and indicated campus-level economic disadvantaged percentage and campus-level SAT average to be statistically significant at the p < 0.05 level.

Chaque année de nombreux adultes font le choix de retourner aux études, notamment au sein des services de formation continue des cégeps. Ils y suivent des formations créditées menant à des diplômes reconnus leur permettant d’accéder rapidement au marché du travail avec des compétences renouvelées. Dans ce milieu, ces adultes se trouvent dans une nouvelle culture éducative différente de ce qu’ils ont vécu dans leur parcours scolaire initial. Du fait qu’ils sont plus âgés, souvent avec des responsabilités familiales, un capital scolaire et des expériences de travail variées, ces étudiants non traditionnels se distinguent des jeunes en continuité de formation, ce qui conditionnera leur nouveau parcours scolaire. D’autant plus que, pour ces adultes, le retour aux études constitue une rupture et une décision radicale eu égard aux conséquences socioéconomiques immédiates de ce choix. En plus de vouloir décrire et analyser les pratiques éducatives qui concourent à soutenir les parcours de formation et d’insertion sociale de ces étudiants, cette thèse veut, dans une perspective andragogique, décrire et analyser : comment l’expérience des étudiants et des enseignants influencent les pratiques éducatives; les dynamiques de reconnaissance dans le contexte de la formation continue chez les étudiants et chez les enseignants; et la manière dont les stratégies de mobilisation de l’autonomie et de la capacité d’apprentissage autodirigé des apprenants sont utilisées par les enseignants. Nous définissons l’andragogie comme une philosophie existentialiste et humaniste de l’éducation des adultes fondant une théorie critique qui vise l’émancipation et la réalisation de soi à travers l’éducation et la formation tout au long de la vie. Cette théorie place la personne au centre des préoccupations et fait de l'apprentissage un élément fondamental du devenir de l'individu et de son émancipation. Notre démarche de recherche est basée sur l’ethnographie critique de Carspecken (2013). Le travail d’enquête de terrain a été réalisé au sein d’un service de formation continue dans un cégep dans la grande région de Montréal qui accueille annuellement environ 1000 étudiants adultes. Son intégration à l’offre montréalaise en fait un lieu important de formation pour ces étudiants, notamment pour des individus qui ont des parcours migratoires, d’emploi et de formation variés. Notre enquête fut déployée en trois phases : d’abord nous avons observé les pratiques éducatives des chargés de cours en classe. Ensuite, nous avons réalisé des entretiens avec ces enseignants pour approfondir notre compréhension de leurs pratiques et obtenir leur point de vue sur l’éducation des adultes au cégep. Nous avons réalisé, de même, des entretiens avec des diplômés afin de connaître leur parcours et les mesures de soutien qui leur ont permis de réussir leur formation et leur insertion sociale. Finalement, nous avons réalisé des entretiens avec des étudiants actifs afin de connaître leurs parcours et contextualiser leurs expériences éducatives. Notre recherche a permis de brosser un portrait global des pratiques éducatives qui visent à soutenir les adultes dans leur parcours de formation et d’insertion sociale. Elle montre que, malgré les structures institutionnelles et le contexte des cégeps qui présuppose un modèle pédagogique, les enseignants de la formation continue inscrivent leur pratique dans le cadre andragogique tel que nous l’avons défini. De plus, nous avons constaté que c’est l’expérience antérieure des enseignants qui influence le plus leurs pratiques et conditionnent leurs actions en classe. Au début de leur carrière, c’est l’expérience scolaire antérieure qui domine, en effet, sur le plan de l’influence et après quelques années, c’est l’expérience de l’enseignement qui devient déterminante. Nous avons aussi montré que les parcours des étudiants sont riches et complexes, mais qu’ils sont majoritairement ignorés et méconnus des enseignants. Finalement, les résultats indiquent que le modèle pédagogique demeure prédominant dans les pratiques observées. Nous souhaitons présenter la formation continue collégiale comme un milieu éducatif et social légitime qui permet de soutenir les adultes dans leur projet de formation. À notre avis, celui-ci dépasse le simple cadre d’un retour sur le marché du travail, alors qu’il permet également aux individus de se transformer et de se réaliser sur plusieurs plans. / Every year, many adults choose to return to school, particularly through cégep continuing education services. There, they follow credited training courses leading to recognized diplomas, giving them rapid access to the job market with renewed skills. In this environment, these adults find themselves in a new educational culture, different from what they experienced in their initial schooling. Because they are older, often with family responsibilities, educational capital and varied work experience, these non-traditional students stand out from young people continuing their education, and this will condition their new educational path. All the more so as, for these adults, returning to school is a radical decision, given the immediate socio-economic consequences of this choice. In addition to describing and analyzing the educational practices that support these students' training and social integration paths. From an andragogical perspective, this thesis aims to describe and analyze: how students' and teachers' experiences influence educational practices; what are the dynamics of recognition in the context of continuing education among students and teachers; and what strategies for mobilizing learners' autonomy and capacity for self-directed learning are used by teachers. We define andragogy as an existentialist and humanist philosophy of adult education based on a critical theory that aims for emancipation and self-realization through lifelong learning. This theory places the individual at the center of its concerns and makes learning a fundamental element of individual development and emancipation. Our research approach is based on critical ethnography (Carspecken, 2013). The fieldwork was carried out in a continuing education department of a cégep in the greater Montreal area, which welcomes around 1,000 adult students annually. Its integration into Montreal's educational offering makes it an important training site for these students, particularly for individuals with varied migratory, employment and training backgrounds. Our investigation was deployed in three phases: first, we observed the educational practices of lecturers in the classroom. Next, we conducted interviews with these teachers to deepen our understanding of their practices and obtain their views on adult education at cégep. We conducted interviews with graduates to find out about their backgrounds and the support measures that enabled them to succeed in their training and social integration. Finally, we conducted interviews with active students to learn about their backgrounds and contextualize their educational experiences. Our research has enabled us to paint an overall picture of educational practices aimed at supporting adults on their path to training and social integration. Our research shows that, despite the institutional structures and the cégep context that presuppose a pedagogical model, continuing education teachers inscribe their practice within the andragogical framework as we have defined it. What's more, we've found that it's the teachers' prior experience that most influences their practices and conditions their actions in the classroom. At the start of their careers, previous school experience is the most influential, while after a few years, teaching experience becomes the determining factor. We have also shown that students' backgrounds are rich and complex but are largely ignored and misunderstood by teachers. Finally, the results show that the pedagogical model remains predominant in the practices observed. We wish to put forward collegiate continuing education as a legitimate educational and social milieu that supports adults in their educational project, which we believe goes beyond simply returning to the labor market, but also enables individuals to transform and realize themselves on many levels.

The problem of this study concerns the needs of female students and their perceptions of satisfaction with the role of the two female institutions of higher education in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: King Abdul-Aziz University (KAU) and the College of Education for Girls.

The purpose of the study was to describe factors that influence black females to choose engineering as a career. It transpired from the literature study that enabling environment, gender of role models, self-efficacy and socialization are important factors in terms of causing and attracting females into the fields of science and engineering study. From the empirical study it came out clearly that family members, female role members, and confidence in mathematics and science were factors that caused the females in engineering group to choose it as a career. Findings also revealed that gender stereotypes did not deter them from choosing engineering and that they were content with their career choice. For the above factors to be addressed incentives exclusive to females should be launched by government so as to attract more females to the fields of science and engineering. Schools also need to pursue programmes that expose learners to these fields. / Educational Studies / M. Ed.

Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / The worldwide emphasis on lifelong learning, the continuous and fast pace of change and the competitive nature of practice forces professionals in all sectors to remain abreast of the latest knowledge, skills and/or innovations. This has contributed to the evolution of the term continuing professional development (CPD). The university lecturer in the natural sciences functions within a unique area of professional practice, as the practice requires scholarship – which contains elements of both subject-specific and educational expertise. It remains unclear how CPD within this professional arena is defined in terms of need, purpose and provision. The current quality of learning and evaluation of learning also warrants investigation. This study aimed to investigate how CPD could play a role in scholarly development from the perspective of lecturers in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University (South Africa). A qualitative approach was followed. Semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample, followed by an open-ended questionnaire with a stratified random sample, were used. The results are reported in seven chapters, of which the first provides an orientation to the conducted study. The second chapter focuses on placing CPD in the context of scholarly practice in the natural sciences at Stellenbosch University. The third chapter investigates the provision of CPD in the natural sciences that could enhance integrated scholarship. The fourth chapter investigates the quality of learning within CPD as a measure of scholarly development. The fifth chapter reports on the evaluation of scholars’ learning in CPD in the natural sciences at Stellenbosch University, while the sixth chapter focuses on current issues and future trends in CPD for natural science lecturers at Stellenbosch University that will motivate an integrated and holistic approach to scholarly development – based on their own insights into their professional practice. The final chapter concludes the study with recommendations for the future practice of CPD within this sphere. The main findings indicate a difficulty in defining CPD, as these lecturers see themselves as a diverse group not easily confined to the traditional boundaries of a professional sphere. This difficulty in defining CPD has a direct influence on the lecturers’ need for CPD and the purpose of CPD within this sector of higher education. The provision of CPD for lecturers in the natural sciences does not conform to an integrated and coherent system of provision between the different stakeholders. Many initiatives are informal and are initiated according to individual needs. There is evidence of collaborative efforts within the different disciplines, although they are limited in terms of transdisciplinarity and true integration of scholarly roles. As a result of the complexities of academic practice, the quality of learning within the existing CPD initiatives is not easily determined. The progression from novice to expert is a continuous process, which is mostly self-directed and reflective in nature. Formalised government interventions, Total Quality Management systems, leadership development, mentorship and situated learning are presented as possible means of enhancing the quality of learning in CPD. The present study indicates the lack of appropriate evaluation of learning in CPD as the main shortcoming in the total process of CPD conceptualisation, provision, quality assurance and evaluation within the study population. Accountability for the monetary investment and energy spent on any CPD initiative is therefore limited. Portfolios, peer review, open-ended problems and simulations, auditing and observation of practice are presented as viable options for effective evaluation of learning in CPD that could enhance integrated scholarship. The future trends in CPD are discussed in terms of the future context of practice; the role of and need for experts; how experts will be educated and how they will maintain their competence. This provides a holistic view of scholarly development through CPD within the context of lecturers in the natural sciences in the Stellenbosch University.

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The curriculum developed in this project was designed to meet the requirements of the Clay County gifted program. It provides a comprehensive American history curriculum, discovery through the Civil War, to promote mastery of the content area, increase involvement and interest of students in learning through the reduction of irrelevant and redundant material, and encourage individual initiative for one/sown investigations. The program consists of a series of independent studies in which the teacher is a facilitator who sets the stage and encourages students' endeavors. The study units developed for this project include objectives representing all levels in Bloom/s Taxonomy. The curriculum was evaluated by pilot-testing and surveying the students involved, as well as by surveying a team of teachers of the gifted and a university faculty member in social studies education.

The present study was conducted in order to determine if a relationship exists between those comprehension processes measured by the Paragraph Comprehension subtest of the McGraw-Hill Basic Skills System Reading Test and the cloze test developed for this project. Two classes of undergraduate education majors enrolled in “Foundations of Performance-Based Education” were administered both the cloze test and the multiple choice comprehension test. A correlation coefficient was computed between the summary scores on the McGraw-Hill and the summary scores on the cloze test. The results yielded a correlation of .021. These results did not support the research hypothesis.

The goal of this project was to survey selected school systems in the State of Florida and to determine their philosophies, policies: and techniques for grading reading. The area of special concern was children reading below assigned grade level but up to potential. The focus of this paper was to identify reports to parents that dealt in a positive way with below grade level readers and allowed for effective as well as cognitive development. Positive aspects of current reports were pointed out and suggestions for improvement to better serve needs of children reading below grade level were made. Since most school systems do give grades, recommendations were made for further research and development of this project topic.