Doctoral Dissertations
Date of Award
12-1990
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Major
Teacher Education
Major Professor
Carroll B. Coakley
Committee Members
Walter Cameron, Bill Radcliff, Dan Quarles
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to develop and recommend for implementation an articulation model for the State of Tennessee that will provide the framework for institutions to facilitate smoother student matriculation from the secondary to the postsecondary level of vocational-technical education. The development of the model necessitated the identification and analyses of articulation practices to determine the degree of actual practice and the degree of ideal practice as perceived by secondary and postsecondary administrators with responsibility for vocational-technical education programs and/or articulation. The Survey of Articulation Practices consisted of two forms, What Is and What Should Be, developed by the researcher to determine: 1. Are there differences in perception with regard to the degree of actual practice? 2. Are there differences in perception with regard to the degree of ideal practice? 3. Is there consensus as to the most appropriate articulation practices to follow? The following conclusions emerged from the study: 1. Chief academic officers at the postsecondary level perceived a greater degree of actual usage of the articulation practices than did the secondary directors indicating that the perceptions of the administrators varied considerably. 2. Administrators at community colleges and state technical institutions were more likely to rate the degree of actual practice higher than either the administrators of state area vocational-technical schools or secondary schools. 3. In most cases, postsecondary and secondary administrators considered an articulation practice identified for the study as an appropriate practice, but were much less likely to be following the practice. 4. For a majority of the articulation statements, postsecondary and secondary administrators were in agreement on whether a practice was valuable as evidenced by their perceptions of the degree to which the practice should ideally be used. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that the Tennessee Board of Regents and the Tennessee Department of Education takes steps to jointly promulgate an accepted philosophy for articulation which will serve as a basis for operational policies for all administrators of vocational-technical education programs at the postsecondary and secondary levels throughout the state.
Recommended Citation
Green, Judith Canavan, "Development of an articulation model for vocational-technical education in Tennessee. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1990.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/11406
