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Mayall, Robert M.; Arcellana-Panlilio, Mayi – Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2019
With the ever-increasing push towards authentic learning within post-secondary institutions, many approaches are being explored. One such method with a particular focus on real-world applications has been the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition program. At the University of Calgary, the iGEM program sees teams of…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Teacher Workshops, College Faculty, Vignettes
Gable, Robert A. – 1983
The article presents a detailed description of an integrated program that includes functional life-related academics, social skills training, and both simulated and actual time-limited work experience for severely behaviorally disordered youngsters (5-17 years old). The academic-remedial curriculum focuses on instruction in areas deemed essential…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Prevocational Education
Illera, Juanita – 1977
The author discusses two essential ingredients of a school program for behaviorally handicapped adolescents--the work experience program and group evaluation meetings. It is noted that these components help to provide experiences and develop behaviors that are relevant to the world of work and meet the unique needs of the young adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Group Discussion
Cummings, J. R. – 1979
Educators sometimes fail to adequately bring about school community collaboration. To do so, cooperative policy adjustments must be made, such as the supportive network created in the Dallas "Adopt-a-School" Program. Too, implementation adjustments must be made in the development of an action-learning program such as the flexible…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Experiential Learning, Policy Formation, Program Descriptions
Buckner, Madeline P. – 1976
The Chicago public schools have implemented two dropout prevention programs in five high schools. The Early Action Opportunity Centers program gives priority to identified potential dropouts who have records of entanglement with law enforcement agencies. Fifty percent of the students in the Chicago Receptions Center program are returnees from…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Dropout Prevention
Simek, Thomas S.; And Others – 1980
Project PISCES (a Pilot Infusion System for Career Experiential Studies) combines curriculum and work experience components to meet the vocational education needs of emotionally disturbed and learning disabled students in Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) Unit No. 23. Core elements of Project PISCES include a curriculum which focuses on self…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum, Demonstration Programs, Emotional Disturbances
Fredericks, H. D. Bud; And Others – 1985
A high school program to prepare severely handicapped students for supported community work changed its original purpose, to develop jobs that would provide full time support work in the community after graduation, to include part-time possibilities. Advantages of incorporating part-time work include eliminating boredom and providing greater…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Job Skills, On the Job Training
Gustafsson, Ingemar – 1986
This paper describes two programs in Botswana and Zimbabwe in which manual work forms an integral part of the educational program. It analyzes their objectives and structure and discusses constraints against the background of socioeconomic change in the two countries. Differences are identified and discussed. The first two sections deal separately…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Parkinson, Guy M. – 1980
The paper describes the Related Vocational Instruction (RVI) and Career Employment Experience (CEE) Programs at a Georgia high school and explains how the programs cooperated to better serve the needs of the educable mentally handicapped students in the school. The goal of the RVI program is to provide secondary handicapped students with job entry…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Experiential Learning
Southard, Sherry G. – 1983
The internship program in technical communications at Oklahoma State University is a 3-credit-hour course that offers students an opportunity to apply the principles of technical communication learned in the classroom to an on-the-job situation. The prerequisites for the course are 9 hours of English and a course on intermediate…
Descriptors: Editing, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education, Internship Programs
Loeb, Helen M. – 1982
Northeastern University (Boston) offers an internship program to train technical writers for the computer industry. The program is designed for 20 individuals with bachelor's degrees and writing experience. Students attend classes at night, taking one computer science course and one graduate level writing course per academic quarter. The computer…
Descriptors: Evening Programs, Higher Education, Internship Programs, Job Skills
Heiges, Harvey E. – 1977
An internship program is described in which geography undergraduates and graduate students receive on-the-job career training as well as academic training. This particular program was begun in 1969 at San Diego State University to help geography students relate their academic training to practical job experiences and to help them obtain meaningful…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Opportunities, Geography, Geography Instruction
Stephenson-Miles, Belinda – 1990
At LaGuardia Community College, students enrolled in the cooperative education (Co-Op Ed) program are required to complete three internships and concurrent seminars as a requirement for graduation. The seminar curriculum provides a theoretical framework for analyzing and evaluating the students' internship experiences. The seminars also serve as a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Writing, Cooperative Education, Course Objectives
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Upshur, Carole C. – 1979
The youth work curriculum, developed as a special degree program at the College of Public and Community Service of the University of Massachusetts at Boston as part of a demonstration grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to the Boston Teen Center Alliance is presented. The Youth Work Career Certificate (equivalent…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Education, Curriculum Design, Delinquency Prevention
Marrow, Alvin J.; McLaughlin, Jack – 1995
Catonsville Community College (CCC), in Maryland, has developed partnerships with business, industry, government, and other educational institutions to address the educational needs of the community. Programs established as a result of these partnerships include the following: (1) an automotive technology program sponsored by major automobile…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
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