Work-integrated learning, also known as co-operative education, allows students to alternate between on-campus classes and off-campus work terms. This provides an enhanced learning experience for students and a talent pipeline for employers. We observe that co-operative job postings are a rich source of information about the required skills,…

Higher education institutions nowadays are eyeing the potential of cooperative & work-integrated education programs (CWIE) in increasing the English proficiency level of Thai students. Hence, this study aims to interlink English language teaching and learning vis-à-vis the various CWIE programs utilized by the College of Local Administration,…

The following study utilizes an ePortfolio platform to examine desirable employment competencies during an introductory level professional development course for cooperative education students at a large, research intensive institution. The researchers created course activities allowing students to demonstrate essential learning outcomes derived…

We propose a graph mining methodology to analyze the relationships among academic programs from the point of view of cooperative education. The input consists of student - job interview pairs, with each student labelled with his or her academic program. From this input, we build a weighted directed graph, which we refer to as a program graph, in…

On the basis of the role and the social exchange theories, this research investigated the direct and indirect antecedents of three dimensions of team performance (proficiency, adaptivity, proactivity) developed through cooperative education. The theoretical model examined how proactive socialization behaviors led to team socialization and team…

In the current reform of mathematics classrooms teachers are charged with the role of facilitating collaborative groups during problem-solving activity. The challenge is for teachers to engage students in making mathematical meaning during collaborative group discussions. In this paper we draw on the concept of adaptive expertise to report on…

The screen of the computer provides good practice for the writing process and functions as an exemplar for it since what is being written is not permanent in contrast to writing with pen on paper. The following research questions were addressed to explore the area and were investigated through the data: (1) Do students revise their writing…

Discusses the need to develop an appropriate pedagogy for cooperative education to integrate the educational outcomes from the work and classroom experience. Suggests that the model should structure, guide, and provide for the systematic evaluation of the learning resulting from the cooperative education assignment. (JOW)

Discusses the national perspective on cooperative education, including its role in the areas of economic, technological, and demographic change. Emphasizes the advantages that cooperative education programs offer employers, employees, educational institutions, and students. (W.C. Publications, P.O. Box 1578, Montclair, NJ 07042) (NRJ)

Papers presented at the 1979 National Technical Education Conference. Includes: a perspective of technical education, aids in providing quality instruction, opportunities as technical education leaders, values in technical education, opportunities for females in engineering technology, equal access/equal opportunity, and the impact felt as a…

The laboratory phase of a materials course at the General Motors Institute is described. In the first six weeks of the laboratory, each student works individually to learn laboratory techniques; in the last six weeks the students work in teams of two on a project. The students are responsible for writing a project proposal and a project…

Based on the premise that there has been relatively little effort in coordinating the activities of engineering-related areas in the community college to those of the engineering schools, a project to improve these efforts in the State of Missouri was undertaken and is discussed in this paper. The project has generated cooperative curricula…

The areas of business, education, trade unions, and government must cooperate to develop effective solutions to economic problems. A collaborative system should relate education, training, and work strategies that incorporate productive employment in the education process. (SK)

Basic to good programming is input from and support of the individuals for whom the program is developed. This essential philosophy is termed "participatory management" in business environments and provides a framework in a university setting for establishing a program involving considerable money, staff commitment and effort, institutional…

Scholars have long acknowledged the role schools have in reproducing a sexual division of labor. Despite the reemergence of a feminist movement and anti-sex-discrimination legislation, schools are still places where boys and girls tend to study different curricula and where traditional sex roles are perpetuated. Physics, calculus, and shop classes…