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Attitudes of freshmen in Saudi technical colleges toward vocational-technical education

Alandas, Saleh N.

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2002, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, ED Policy and Leadership.

In Saudi Arabia, there is a clear, and general, shortage of technical and vocational manpower. The shortage in the country's manpower indicates that there is a gap between workforce needs and trained personnel. This gap created through a prolonged history of bad image for manual jobs. Lately, however, many Saudi students are interested in vocational higher education. The recent interest in vocational-technical education suggests a promising shift in students' attitudes toward vocational-technical education. The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of freshmen, in Saudi Technical Colleges, toward vocational-technical education.

The dependant variable for this study is: The attitudes of Saudi freshmen in technical colleges toward vocational-technical education. The independent variables are in the following categories: Freshmen's religious beliefs; freshmen's traditions and customs; freshmen's perceptions of vocations; parent's occupations and education; freshmen's perceptions of people around them (friends, teachers and parents) attitudes toward vocational-technical education; type of high school attended (academic or technical high school), birthplace size, socioeconomic status, and age.

R. C. Bates (Advisor)
David Stein (Committee Member)
Wesley E. Budke (Committee Member)
167 p.

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  • Alandas, S. N. (2002). Attitudes of freshmen in Saudi technical colleges toward vocational-technical education [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1277380259

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Alandas, Saleh. Attitudes of freshmen in Saudi technical colleges toward vocational-technical education. 2002. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1277380259.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Alandas, Saleh. "Attitudes of freshmen in Saudi technical colleges toward vocational-technical education." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1277380259

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)