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Choosing to Attend a Career Technical Center (CTC) in Ohio is a Choice - "Why Did Students Choose to Attend a CTC, and How Did Their Career Outcome Expectation Influence Their Decision To Attend?"

Phillips, Rhonda
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-4368
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1593041353706625

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2020, Doctor of Education, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
Students make a choice to attend the Career Technical Centers (CTC) in Ohio. This choice involves leaving their home school district(s). Students are leaving the known to go to the unknown. The research question is, "Why did students choose to attend a CTC, and how did their career outcome expectations influence their decision to attend?" The data were collected utilizing both a quantitative questionnaire and a qualitative focus group. Utilizing the theoretical framework, Social Cognitive Career Theory, the data were analyzed through the lens of a student’s self-efficacy, career interests, and career outcome expectations. The analysis indicated three themes: career education, decision-making, and career and college readiness. The participants in the study were current second year students at the career center, which made them seniors in high school. These students had made the choice to attend a CTC and also made the choice to return and stay for a second year. Participants voluntarily participated and completed an anonymous survey and also volunteered to participate in a focus group. The survey and focus group questions focused on the reasons students enrolled in the CTC. The results indicated a strong influence of a student's self-efficacy in the decision process that included career interests and career outcome expectations. The quantitative data of the questionnaire provided statistical analysis of questions asked; the qualitative questions provided additional details and specific examples. The research project was a problem-in-practice, and the data gathered will be utilized to implement strategies to maintain and grow enrollment at the Ohio CTC. The final analysis indicated five areas of implication to the problem-in-practice. The study collected the research data directly from the students who experienced the decision-making process personally. This is their opportunity to tell their story.
Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Dr. (Committee Co-Chair)
Lucian Szlizewski, Dr. (Committee Co-Chair)
James Swartz, Dr. (Committee Member)
76 p.
Education; Vocational Education
Career Technical Education; CTC; Ohio CTC; Enrollment; Career Outcome; Career Decision Making; Social Cognitive Career Theory; School of Choice; Ohio; Vocational Education; Joint Vocational School District; JVSD

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  • Phillips, R. (2020). Choosing to Attend a Career Technical Center (CTC) in Ohio is a Choice - "Why Did Students Choose to Attend a CTC, and How Did Their Career Outcome Expectation Influence Their Decision To Attend?" [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1593041353706625

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Phillips, Rhonda. Choosing to Attend a Career Technical Center (CTC) in Ohio is a Choice - "Why Did Students Choose to Attend a CTC, and How Did Their Career Outcome Expectation Influence Their Decision To Attend?". 2020. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1593041353706625.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Phillips, Rhonda. "Choosing to Attend a Career Technical Center (CTC) in Ohio is a Choice - "Why Did Students Choose to Attend a CTC, and How Did Their Career Outcome Expectation Influence Their Decision To Attend?"." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1593041353706625

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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