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Peer reviewedBelding, Robert E. – Clearing House, 1975
Research reported here is a consequence of a National Institute of Education grant to study Sweden's PRYO on location. PRYO is Sweden's acronym for its Practical Work Orientation, a compulsory involvement for all 15 and 16 year olds presently contained in the nine-year comprehensive school. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Research, Program Descriptions
Carlson, Richard – American Education, 1977
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)
Descriptors: Career Development, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Educational Change
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
Pedraza, Rachel A.; Pauly, Edward; Kopp, Hilary – 1997
The School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) of 1994 provides flexible funding and technical assistance to the education reform strategy known as the school-to-work movement, which offers a broad range of students work-based learning opportunities. In 1994, just before passage of the STWOA, the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Federal Legislation
Download full textChacon, Antonio; Polo, Angel – 1994
This chapter describes a community development project in Siete Pilas (Spain), a village whose economy is based primarily on small family farms and unskilled labor. The project grew out of the Sierra Education Program, which in 1980 sent adult-education teachers to five villages in the Sierra de Ronda region. The goal was to stimulate a socially…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Cooperatives, Education Work Relationship
Farrar, Eleanor; Connolly, Colleen – 1989
This report discusses the improvement initiatives in Boston (Massachusetts) middle schools triggered by the work of the Boston Compact to promote education-business collaborations to improve the public schools and provide better job and college-going opportunities for Boston students. Section 1 describes a study that was initiated to learn whether…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Educational Change
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
