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Researching 40 Years of Learning for Work: The Experiences of One Cohort of Workers
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Goodwin, John; O'Connor, Henrietta – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2007
Using previously unanalysed data from a lost study--the "Adjustment of Young Workers to Work Situations" and "Adult Roles" (1962-1964)--and data from a subsequent restudy, this paper contributes to debates on vocational education by examining three themes. First, the methodological issues raised by undertaking a restudy are discussed. Second, the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Vocational Adjustment, Industrial Psychology
YES. The Young-adult Employment Supports Project. School-to-Work Outreach Project 1998 Exemplary Model/Practice/Strategy.
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Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Inst. on Community Integration. – 1998
The Young Adults Employment Supports Project (YES) of Matrix Research Institute (MRI) has been identified as an exemplary school-to-work program that includes students with disabilities. The program serves young persons with serious emotional disorders between the ages of 17-22 throughout Philadelphia who are preparing to exit special education…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Emotional Disturbances, Partnerships in Education
Experience-Based Career Education. High School Level Demonstration Project. Final Report (October 1, 1976 to July 30, 1979).
Greenville County School District, Greenville, SC. – 1979
An Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) exemplary project was conducted for three years in four high schools in Greenville County, South Carolina, and then evaluated for this final program report. Guidance and community components made up the program's major strengths. A third component (academic) proved nonessential. The guidance component…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
EBCE Programs: Evaluation Highlights.
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Bridgeford, Nancy J.; Owens, Thomas R. – Journal of Career Education, 1979
Developed and implemented through four regional educational laboratories, Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) provides secondary students with an alternative education program combining academic learning, community resource career experiences, and life skill development. Program evaluation of data from sixteen pilot sites indicates that EBCE…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Attitudes, Cooperative Education, Experiential Learning
Oswego County Board of Cooperative Education Services Youth Employment Training Program, 1978. Final Report.
Belkin, Allen; Dries, Cindy – 1978
The goals of the Oswego County (New York) Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) Youth Employment and Training Program (YETP) was to improve job-readiness posture and self-concept of unemployed youth and in-school youth. Two types of classroom training supported the major learning activity, which was work experience. These activities…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
A Process for Affecting Student Career Maturity Development in a Rural Schools System.
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Peters, Richard Oakes; Fisher, L. Timothy – 1976
Career education is an ongoing process which begins at an early age in the life of the child with the development of an awareness of careers and occupations, and proceeds systematically through the stages of exploration, counseling and guidance, training, and job placement. The New Hampshire Supervisory School Union 58 Experimental Schools (ES)…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Education
Methods and Materials for Teaching Occupational Survival Skills. Phase III: Influences of the Occupational Survival Skills Modules on the Attainment of Skills and Attitudes toward Employment of Selected High School Students.
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Leach, James A. – 1978
The Occupational Survival Skills (OSS) Modules were designed to offer high school students an opportunity to develop skills applicable to a wide range of jobs in the work world and to develop positive attitudes, perceptions, and motivations toward work. The primary purpose of this study was to describe and interpret the influence of the OSS…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Experience Based Career Education Project. Annual Evaluation Report, 1976-1977.
Edwards, Judith B.; Van Dusseldorp, Ralph A. – 1977
Fifty-eight Iowa high school seniors participated in an experience based career education (EBCE) project conducted at Storm Lake, Sac City, and Pocahontas during 1976-77. The program followed the EBCE model developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. Technical assistance and training for the project was furnished by that laboratory. A…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration