Looking inside the Black Box: The Value Added by Career and Technical Student Organizations to Students' High School Experience

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Autor/inn/en	Alfeld, Corinne; Stone, James R., III; Aragon, Steven R.; Hansen, David M.; Zirkle, Christopher; Connors, James; Spindler, Matt; Romine, Rebecca Swinburne; Woo, Hui-Jeong
Institution	National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, St. Paul, MN.; National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education, Columbus, OH.
Titel	Looking inside the Black Box: The Value Added by Career and Technical Student Organizations to Students' High School Experience
Quelle	(2007), (63 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Technical Education; Career Education; Student Organizations; Student Motivation; Self Efficacy; High School Students; Classes (Groups of Students); Student Attitudes; Student Participation; Extracurricular Activities; Educational Experience; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Transitional Programs; Employment Potential; Organizational Objectives; Leadership; Service Learning; Competition; Professional Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technikunterricht; Arbeitslehre; Student organisations; Schülerorganisation; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; Schulische Motivation; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Klassengemeinschaft; Schülerverhalten; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Bildungserfahrung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Business goal; Unternehmensziel; Führung; Führungsposition; Service-Learning; Wettkampf
Abstract	In addition to hands-on learning in classrooms and work-related activities such as co-op, many CTE programs offer a career-focused student organization, known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, or CTSO. CTSOs have been touted as developing such characteristics as leadership and employability skills in students; however, there is little research definitively showing the benefits of participation in CTSOs. In this study, we hypothesized that CTSOs provide a variety of experiences that either directly or indirectly affect three important outcomes of secondary education: achievement, transition to postsecondary education and training, and employability. A pre-test/post-test comparison study of high school students in CTE classes that included a CTSO, CTE classes without a CTSO, and general non-CTE classes such as English and social studies was conducted over the course of one academic year. Findings showed that, on a variety of measures, CTSO students began the school year with similar or higher scores than the other groups of students and did not change (gain or lose) as much as did the other groups over the course of the year. With the exception of college aspirations--where students in the general classrooms reported the highest levels--the scores of the CTSO students remained higher than those of students in the other two groups on all measures. A positive association between amount of CTSO participation and academic motivation, academic engagement, grades, career self-efficacy, college aspirations, and employability skills was also found. Finally, of the four specific organizational elements of CTSOs (leadership, community service, competitions, and professional development), competitions were found to have the most positive effects. The potential benefit of CTSO participation to a larger and more heterogeneous group of students is discussed. The following are appended: (1) Career and Technical Student Organizations in America; (2) Survey Questions and Scale Reliabilities; and (3) Degree of Participation in CTSO. (Contains 10 figures, 13 tables, and 8 footnotes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10