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Willis, H. L. – School Guidance Worker, 1979
Co-operative education is a new concept in Canadian secondary education. It lends itself to credit courses in career development. High school students usually take programs with work components to broaden their experience. Innovative courses are emerging with many in social and environmental studies. Some are described and problems are discussed.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Experiential Learning
King, Al – 1986
In efforts to upgrade the quality of education, many schools are finding ways to use community resources by forming partnerships with local businesses and other organizations. Businesses can help provide enrichment experiences, school to work preparation, incentives/equal educational opportunities, and assistance to school staff and administration…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
Johnson, Thomas G. – 1989
This paper sketches several successful community economic development programs that have implications for rural education. Case studies are used to discuss community characteristics that contribute to development success. In Virginia, a Community Certification Program offers statewide business recruitment services to communities that meet program…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Cooperative Programs
Cobb, R. Brian; Larkin, Dave – 1983
Apprenticeship is primarily a training activity, is administered by the United States Department of Labor, and is probably the oldest systematic form of employment preparation for youth in this country. Cooperative education (CWE), on the other hand, has as its focus an education (versus "training") philosophy, is administered by the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1996
Contextual learning--also known as "learning by doing, experiential learning, real-world education, or active learning"--has long been advocated for students. In practice, however, schools often offer the opposite: individual learning, independent of tools, dependent upon symbols, and theoretical. Today the school-to-work movement has…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources, Educational Strategies
Hutcheson, Polly, Ed. – 1998
This is the first of a series of National Commission for Cooperative Education (NCCE) publications for college and business leaders that will address issues related to postsecondary cooperative education (CE) and workforce development through the integration of work and learning. This document highlights the various strategies used to relate co-op…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development
National Restaurant Association/American Vocational Association Advisory Council. – 1982
This document contains transcripts of nine speeches presented at a panel discussion. During the panel presentations, speakers, who are restauranteurs, food service vocational teachers, food service program coordinators, and industry association representatives, described the programs with which they are involved. The programs range from having…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Dining Facilities, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
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Braun, Frank – Comparative Education, 1987
Provides a detailed examination of the "Dual System" of vocational education--a system combining compulsory part-time education with on-the-job training. Spells out the system's strong points and main problems and discusses issues such as labor supply and demand, educational/vocational discrimination against girls and women, and problem…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Wasson, Louise E., Ed.; Miguel, Richard J. – 1978
This primer provides resources for individuals seeking exemplary programs and effective policy in the field of experiential education. The first of three parts presents a descriptive overview of programs catalogued under the rubric of experiential learning. These include cooperative vocational education; employment, training, and education…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs
Poland, Robert, Ed. – 1980
The nine articles in this monograph deal with techniques for increasing communication between the professional world of business and business education with respect to career education. The first article stresses the need for communication between schools and the related business community. In the second article school-related experiences that…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business, Business Education, Career Education
Bujea, Eleanor – 1987
The findings of a literature review of business education in Great Britain, the United States, and Canada were as follows: business education will be in greater demand in the high school and it will be extended downward into the elementary school and upward into the postsecondary institutes, especially in the areas of keyboarding and computer…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Accounting, Business Communication, Business Education