The cooperative education programs provided by the three community colleges which comprise the San Mateo Community College District (California) offer three alternative plans: (1) Alternate Semester--two students hold one full-time job during the year, each spending one semester on campus and one off campus; (2) Parallel--concurrent part-time work…

Monica's educational bearings are now set toward a field she had never even considered a career possibility until she got into Sweden's required work-sampling program. (Editor)

Theoretical and practical considerations for providing severely physically disabled youth access to experiences in vocational development and career planning are presented. A comprehensive career development program developed by the Vocational Services Department of the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (New York) is described. (SBH)

Every young Swede, irrespective of goal or inclination, is exposed to the work world and the community through a blend of career and vocational-education programs. (Editor)

Discusses arguments for and against school-based vocational education; describes an independent Experience Based Career Education Project (EBCE) which can operate within a school curriculum or in a separate training facility. (DR)

Describes changes and improvements in a geography internship program at San Diego State University since its inception in 1969. The program, which integrates unpaid work experience with classroom study, has increased the variety of available jobs, developed guidelines for intern supervisors, places 300 percent more students in jobs, and requires…

The General and Vocational Work Experience Education Programs management system is designed to assist the local school teacher/coordinator in the organization and management of the programs. The system defines and describes the accountability line from the Work Experience Education teacher/coordinator, through the Career Planning and Placement…

The manual describes the development and implementation of the Career Development Program at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). The program is said to provide a step-by-step introduction to the world of work. Nine courses are offered, with a focus on five goals: increased awareness of the world of work; exploration of a variety of…

The report represents an abridged summary of a study which assessed secondary and postsecondary work education programs and suggested ways they might be modified or expanded. A stratified, random sample of 50 work-education sites was drawn for the study from a set of 500 representative programs. Specific occupational training, dropout prevention,…

This article describes the Executive High School Internship Program which is an educational developmental experience that permits the qualified high school student to enter, on a full-time basis, the top-management level of the world of work in a real rather than a theoretical way. (Author)

The Bridgeport (Conn.) Career Education program has three basic functions: (1) preparation for career choice through the study of self-appraisal or self-realization and occupational information, (2) career preparation through basic education skills, employability skills, actual skill attainment and related skills, and (3) placement and follow-up.…

The Fargo area schools work experience program, "Mission Possible," was designed to help students explore career-related activities in three phases: (1) Students Seeking Insight (SSI), the observation-visitation-interview approach in which a student is matched with an employer in the career area of interest; (2) Participate in a Career…

This career education handbook for elementary and secondary education teachers in Dayton, Ohio, was developed to provide them with career development and career exploration program information. Following a brief overview of career education and its components, the content is presented in five sections. The first one on curriculum presents a…

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…

The Career Exploratory Program management system is designed to assist the local school teacher/coordinator in the organization and management of the program. The system defines and describes the accountability line from teacher-coordinator, through the Career Planning and Placement Center teacher/coordinator and the local school principal to the…