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Brett Ranon Nachman; Christopher Wernimont – Career and Technical Education Research, 2024
Increased attention toward filling skills gaps have prompted community colleges to prepare a new wave of employees. Community colleges have long turned to former industry professionals, now serving as career and technical education (CTE) faculty, to train students for fruitful careers. This narrative inquiry study featured interviews with 20…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Vocational Education Teachers, Vocational Education
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Eisenstein, Alon; Goh, Cynthia; Istrate, Emanuel – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2021
Experiential learning is increasingly being recognized as the preferred teaching method in entrepreneurship education, with particular emphasis on students' 'real-world' experience. This paper critically examines the adequacy of using work-integrated learning (WIL) pedagogy for the purpose of entrepreneurship education. A novel approach is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Work Experience Programs, Experiential Learning
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Yang, Wenhsien – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2018
The Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach has been broadly adopted and extensively researched at different educational levels across European contexts. It is also becoming popular in Asian settings due to its dual focus on developing both language skills and content knowledge. It aims to empower learners with high mobility and…
Descriptors: Course Content, English for Special Purposes, Interdisciplinary Approach, Instructional Materials
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King, Mary A.; Sweitzer, H. Frederick – Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 2014
This paper responds to the relatively scant literature on effective learning practices in one area of applied learning: internships. This dearth of literature is striking given the growing body of research and knowledge in such applied learning contexts as undergraduate research, study away experiences, community-based research, and…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Teaching Methods, Experiential Learning, Career Exploration
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Kettis, Asa; Ring, Lena; Gustavsson, Maria; Wallman, Andy – Quality in Higher Education, 2013
Placements have the potential to contribute more effectively to the quality of higher education. The aim of this article is to discuss how placements can be made more worthwhile for individual students, while also contributing to the overall quality of teaching and learning at HEIs as well as to the development of workplace cultures that are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Workplace Learning, Teaching Methods, Learning Experience
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Guy, Barbara A.; Sitlington, Patricia L.; Larsen, Michael D.; Frank, Alan R. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2009
The purpose of this study is to determine (a) the patterns that existed in employment preparation courses offered by districts across a midwestern state and (b) the primary intent, primary method of instruction, and location of the classroom-based and work-based components of these courses. Findings indicated that (a) employment preparation…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Job Training, Teaching Methods, Education Work Relationship
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Wallace, Patricia – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
This paper describes an instructional technique in an Information Systems course that provides students with actual work experience as part of an internship and/or apprenticeship assignment while completing additional course requirements. The course, Information Resource Management, provides students with a comprehensive overview of Information…
Descriptors: College Students, Apprenticeships, Internship Programs, Information Systems
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Carson, Lyn; Fisher, Kath – Journal of Management Education, 2006
Critical reflection promotes the questioning of assumptions, the rendering visible of the otherwise invisible. This article describes and analyzes the teaching and learning of critical reflection in the context of an internship program at the University of Sydney within the framework of completing a reflexive report for assessment. The authors…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Internship Programs, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking
Smith, Charles W. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1975
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Internship Programs, Job Skills, Off Farm Agricultural Occupations
Hughes, Katherine L.; Moore, David Thornton; Bailey, Thomas R. – IEE Brief, 1999
A study tested the claim that work-based learning can have positive effects on academic learning. Data were obtained through interviews with faculty, staff, students, and employers, and observation of classroom-based links to the work-based learning components at three sites involved in a work-based learning project. At the three sites, a total of…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Internship Programs, Outcomes of Education
Sexton, Robert F.; Ungerer, Richard A. – 1975
The concept of experiential education, defined as learning outside the normal classroom environment that has been planned for prior to the experience, is reviewed. This includes internships, field experience, practicums, and cooperative education. Topics covered deal with the liberal arts, professional training, institutional reform and the…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Education, Educational Experiments, Educational Objectives
Hughes, Katherine L.; Moore, David Thornton – 1999
This document, which is based on 3 years of research on 14 school-to-work programs across the United States, outlines pedagogical strategies for work-based learning. Pedagogy is defined as the organization of the social activities, organizational structures, and cultural practices by which newcomers, such as student interns, come to acquire and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Context Effect, Definitions, Education Work Relationship
Svicarovich, John, Ed. – 1974
The manual describes an offcampus intern program for 12th-grade students in political science. Description of the project, Government Responsibility and Student Participation (GRASP), is divided into six chapters. Chapter I, Deciding Whether to Adopt the Model, identifies the need for an intern course and projects presumed student accomplishments…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Evaluation, Experimental Programs
O'Shea, Dan – 2001
A process evaluation was conducted to assess the High Tech Educators Network's (HTEN's) activities. Four basic components to the evaluation approach were documentation review, program logic model, written survey, and participant interviews. The model mapped the basic goals and objectives, assumptions, activities, outcome expectations, and…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation, Internship Programs
Kraft, Richard J., Ed.; Kielsmeier, James, Ed. – 1985
This anthology of 58 pieces originally published in the "Journal of Experiential Education" focuses on the value of experiential learning and the need to incorporate direct experience in formal education. Chapter 1 summarizes and reviews the findings of "A Nation at Risk" and other major national reports on education. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
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