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Niman, Neil B.; Chagnon, Jennifer R. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2023
This book examines the tide of change facing higher education as it grapples with providing a more relevant and demonstrated value for its graduates entering the workplace. Based on their experience with the Business in Practice program they created, the authors share the rationale and practical approaches colleges and universities need to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Graduates, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
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Gerhardt, Trevor, Ed.; Annon, Paulette J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
It has become evident within higher education and within (or in partnership with) the workplace that there is a growing demand for an integration of learning within the workplace. Formal and intentional models and processes utilizing experiential learning methods and pedagogy are often referred to as work integrated learning. However, there is a…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Workplace Learning, Experiential Learning, Apprenticeships
Zilvinskis, John, Ed.; Kinzie, Jillian, Ed.; Daday, Jerry, Ed.; O'Donnell, Ken, Ed.; Zande, Carleen Vande, Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2022
Research shows that enriching learning experiences such as learning communities, service-learning, undergraduate research, internships, and senior culminating experiences -- collectively known as High-Impact Practices (HIPs) -- are positively associated with student engagement; deep, and integrated learning; and personal and educational gains for…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Equal Education, Fidelity
Ainley, Patrick, Ed.; Rainbird, Helen, Ed. – 1999
The 14 chapters in this volume examine different types of apprenticeships from a variety of perspectives. "Introduction" (Patrick Ainley, Helen Rainbird) provides an overview of the content. Three chapters in Part 1 examine the history of apprenticeship: "The Apprentice in History" (Richard Aldrich); "The Changing…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational History
Denise, Paul S., Ed.; Harris, Ian M., Ed. – 1989
The third in a series of volumes of curriculum essays on the concepts, issues, and strategies of community development education and training is presented. Five sections with 20 papers are as follows: (1) introduction: theories, definitions, and origins of experiential education--"Experiential Education for Community Development" (I. Harris, P.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Cooperation, Educational Experience, Educational Innovation
Boud, David, Ed.; Garrick, John, Ed. – 1999
This book contains 14 articles on learning and work that focus on the following: (1) expectations about learning at work into the next century; (2) learning theories, practice, and performance implications; (3) the relationship between workplace learning and other forms of life-long education; (4) international developments in competency-based…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship
National Commission on Resources for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1974
This book provides descriptions of youth involvement projects that have made significant contributions to young people, their schools, and their communities. Each description is intended to provide information for starting and operating similar youth projects. They explain how a particular project began, mention the important problems encountered,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Newman, Robert E. – 2000
Urban Little Schools (ULS) is a model that presents an alternative to failing urban schools. In these schools, each student's education is planned and guided in trusting teacher-student relationships where students take responsibility for their own learning. Secondary ULS students work alongside people in their community to learn to be…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Education Work Relationship, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies
Thiessen, Victor; Looker, E. Dianne – 1999
Economic, technological, and social changes occurring around the world have produced incredible challenges for youth, symbolized by persistently high youth unemployment rates despite increasing educational attainments and a shrinking youth population. Chapter 1 of this book provides an overview of the initiatives undertaken by Canada and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning
Springer, Judith W., Ed. – 1980
This book contains six presentations from the American Society of Training and Development National Conference in St. Louis. The paper, Career Development, Personal Growth, and Experiential Learning, sees learning as the central task of career development, with experiential learning theory providing a framework for mapping career changes and a…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Development, Career Education, Cognitive Style
Hunt, Donald C. – 1978
A series of opinions on many facets of the administration of cooperative education programming is presented. Part One reviews the philosophy of cooperative education including Lawrence Canjar's "convert" speech, a comparison of experiential and cooperative education, and discussions of parallel programs. In Part Two employers discuss cooperative…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
Beckett, David; Hager, Paul – 2002
This book argues that adult learning from experiences in paid and unpaid work contexts should be the basis for a new perception of what is truly educative about life. Part I sets out what practice is like in postmodern times. Chapter 1 introduces the argument that 'know how' is important in lifelong learning. Chapter 2 shows organic learning is a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Developed Nations
Knapp, Joan; Sharon, Amiel – 1975
A wide variety of techniques are appropriate for evaluating different types of experiential learning. This monograph includes sections on performance tests, simulations, interviews, ratings, self evaluation, and product assessment. Each section orients the reader to one of these general types of assessment and then provides brief illustrations of…
Descriptors: College Students, Essay Tests, Evaluation Methods, Experiential Learning
Steinberg, Adria – 1998
This book examines and illustrates the process of transforming school-to-work into real learning for real work. In chapter 1, guidelines are presented for designing project-based learning programs that are both academically rigorous and grounded in community and workplace realities, and the attempts of three very different high schools to develop…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis
Steinberg, Adria; Cushman, Kathleen; Riordan, Robert – 1999
This book, which is intended to facilitate dialogue among educators, parents, students, and policymakers, provides practical approaches to reforming secondary schooling to increase its rigor and relevance to the "real world." Chapter 1 reviews 10 guiding principles of the Coalition of Essential Schools and school-to-work movements and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Career Education, Change Strategies
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