Vocational Teacher Education Study.

Overview & Synopsis

A study was conducted to determine the present state of vocational education in Kentucky and the supply of and demand for vocational teachers. Results are summarized for vocational teacher education in general and for teachers in the areas of agricultural education, business and office education, marketing and distributive education, health and personal services occupations, home economics education, industrial arts and industrial education, and special vocational education. Information is provided on numbers of teachers, age and experience, turnover, rank, degrees completed, enrollment in higher education, degree goals, institution awarding first degree, historical perspective, enrollment patterns, faculty, enrollment and output, follow-up of graduates, and potential changes. This document contains 166 statistical tables. Data from a national survey of vocational education teachers are also included. Appendixes include the study instruments and related documentation. (KC)