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Action Learning: FBLA-PBL in Business Education.
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Fracaroli, Mary Lynn – Business Education Forum, 1988
The author discusses the recognition and integration into the curriculum of business student organizations. Emphasis is placed on Future Business Leaders of America, a secondary education organization, and its postsecondary sister organization, Phi Beta Lambda. (CH)
Descriptors: Business Education, Experiential Learning, Postsecondary Education, Secondary Education
The Nature and Value of Experience in Contemporary Programs.
Shinn, Glen C. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1988
The author discusses the nature of experience and comments on the value of experience to the learner. He relates this information to the use of experience in teaching, especially in the area of agricultural education. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Experiential Learning, Postsecondary Education
The Role of Regional Accreditation in the Assessment of Non-traditional Education: Implications for Experiential and Cooperative Education Programs.
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Andrews, Grover H. – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1980
A study of nontraditional education conducted by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation emphasized the need for the development of reliable means of evaluating educational achievements and learning outcomes and the necessity for accrediting agencies to assume leadership in this process. (SK)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Cooperative Education, Experiential Learning
Cooperative Education: Working towards Your Future.
Stanton, Michael – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1988
The author discusses cooperative education at the postsecondary level. Topics include (1) college credit for work; (2) participant requirements; (3) benefits to students, including a salary and experience; (4) midcareer changes; and (5) benefits to employers. Several examples are provided. (CH)
Descriptors: Career Development, Case Studies, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship
Education and Work: Toward an Integrated Curriculum Framework. A Report on the Integrated System for Workforce Education Curricula Project. [Revised.]
Prescott, Carolyn A.; Edling, Walter H.; Loring, Ruth – 1996
The Integrated System for Workforce Education Curricula (ISWEC) project is designed to integrate academic and vocational education in a curriculum framework for grades 9-14. Pedagogical advantages to integration include the following: humans learn by connection-making, students can apply their knowledge and skills to new and unfamiliar situations,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Experiential Learning Programs: An Organizational Schema.
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Bounous, Ruth M. – Journal of Career Development, 1986
Depicts an experiential learning schema that is a framework for an integrated postsecondary program. The program would be located in the career center and would include (1) volunteer service, (2) externships, (3) internships, (4) cooperative education, and (5) part-time work or work-study. Presents possible outcomes. (CH)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Cooperative Education, Counseling Services, Experiential Learning
School-to-Work Transition and High Performance: The German Approach. Paper No. 44.
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Prewo, Wilfried – 1994
Job training is a powerful tool for growth, but only if embedded in a climate of pro-growth policies that it complements. To attract capital to create growth and jobs, a country has to offer favorable supply side conditions. A skilled labor force is one of several important supply side categories, whose growth effects are strongest when the other…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Academies, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning