Date of Award
8-1980
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Thelma M. Urbick
Second Advisor
Dr. Richard E. Munsterman
Third Advisor
Dr. Gordon G. McMahn
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
A longitudinal follow-up was conducted of three and five year graduates of vocational .high school programs in Cassopolis, Dowagiac, Edwardsburg and Marcellus High School in Southwestern Michigan. A questionnaire was administered to determine if high school vocational training was related to the graduate's present occupation, leisure time activities and advanced educational training.
Only 18% of the questionnaires were returned. The findings revealed 61% of the respondents indicated present employment was directly or somewhat related to vocational training in high school; 4-6% of those who responded replied that present leisure time activities were directly or somewhat related to their high school vocational training; 58% indicated that secondary vocational training was directly or somewhat related to advanced training.
Because of the very small percentage of returned responses, no conclusions can be drawn from this study. Rather, the results might be thought of as a sampling of a larger population. Follow-up is already in progress in an effort to obtain a sufficient number of responses fro.in which some generalizations could be drawn.
Recommended Citation
Stull, Sylvia Joyce, "A Longitudinal Study of Vocationally Trained High School Graduates to Determine the Relationship of Vocational Training to Present Employment, Leisure Time Activities and Continued Education" (1980). Masters Theses. 1926.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1926