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Plasman, Jay; Thompson, Caleb – International Journal of Training and Development, 2023
Recent updates to federal policy governing career and technical education (CTE) in the United States have emphasised the need to include work-based learning (WBL) experiences as central components of CTE programming. Many of these experiences showcase an informal learning component which has strong ties to early career success as suggested by the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Experiential Learning, Work Experience Programs, Informal Education
Rooney-Kron, Magen; Dymond, Stacy K. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2022
The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the literature about the participation of students with intellectual disability in community-based work experiences (CBWEs). We analyzed 54 original research articles written in English, conducted in the United States, and published between 1975 and 2020 in peer-reviewed journals. We identified…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Student Participation, Work Experience Programs, Research Reports
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Drysdale, Maureen T. B.; McBeath, Margaret – Journal of Education and Work, 2018
This study examined differences in the psychological constructs of motivation, academic self-efficacy, and learning strategies between higher education students who participated in a work-integrated learning (WIL) programme and those who did not. Undergraduate WIL (n = 1048) and non-WIL (n = 656) students in all years of study and from several…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, College Students
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Lee, Cheryl D. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: The purpose of this research was to (a) learn how confident social work students were with social work with groups' ethics and standards, (b) explore strengths and challenges, (c) examine if group work experience impacts results, and (d) discover if confidence improved when the International Association of Social Work with Groups…
Descriptors: Social Work, Standards, Ethics, Counselor Training
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Dinning, Track; Ünlü, Hüseyin – Cogent Education, 2017
With graduate employability being high on many universities' agendas, it becomes vital that a curriculum delivers not only subject knowledge but also the opportunity for students to develop and enhance industry-specific skills. This paper is concerned with how a work-based project can support skill development and considers the views of students…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Curriculum Enrichment, Skill Development, Undergraduate Students