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Régions: Sahtu Settlement Area

étiquettes: social sciences, economics, education, employment, school attendance

Objectif(s): To explore the association between career and technical education programming and attendance rates of secondary school students in the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories.

Description du projet: To explore the association between career and technical education programming and attendance rates of secondary school students in the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories. This study is a concurrent triangulation mixed methods study that will involve three steps. The first process involves students from grades 10 to 12 at community secondary schools in the Sahtu region completing and submitting a survey. This survey is based on a 6-point Likert scale and should take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. A total of 122 participants will be selected to complete the survey. The second process involves the researcher conducting interviews with 20 students who are randomly selected from the participants. The interview involves 10 questions and should take no longer than 20-30 minutes per participant. The third and final process will involve the researcher compiling and analyzing attendance reports from the participating students to determine if a connection exists between enrolling in career and technical education courses and attendance rates. This final step will involve 122 participants. The anticipated benefits of this research are twofold. The first benefit would involve the students in local secondary schools in the Sahtu region. The researcher is hoping to identify the importance of hands-on, real world learning opportunities that can transcend to work experience and possible future career opportunities for the youth in the NWT. The second benefit would involve society as a whole. By allowing secondary school students greater access to career and technical education programming, the education system helps individuals escape poverty by allowing them to develop the skills and knowledge to help succeed at gaining employment and earning a salary. Therefore, education allows individuals to promote economic growth within his or her community and the NWT and to promote greater independence. Professionally, this study will give insight into the relationship between career and technical education programming and attendance rates, which will encourage professionals in the field of education, such as researchers, teachers, principals, district education authorities, superintendents, and ministers of education, to investigate and examine the level of career and technical education programming for students that is currently available in local secondary schools and how restructuring existing programs could promote positive social change and benefit the students both academically and as responsible citizens of the NWT and Canada. The results will be communicated to the individual community organizations who have requested to see the results of the study. As well, each school principal will be given a copy of the data summary. The Superintendent of the Sahtu Divisional Education Council will be given the summative report. The dissemination of information will be completed via email. All participant names, communities, and schools will remain anonymous or will include a pseudonym. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from April 2, 2010 to April 30, 2010.