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Download full textPetersen, Dean A., Ed. – 1985
The manual on work experience programs for special education students focuses on issues of program development and enhancement of existing services. Developed by an Arizona state task force, the manual begins with a rationale to students, employers, and the community. A model conceptualizes the career development process as it relates to…
Descriptors: Career Development, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Franklin, Paul L. – 1979
A description of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) precedes an examination of the CETA network. The three fold purpose of CETA is (1) to establish a flexible and decentralized system of federal, state, and local programs; (2) provide job-training and employment opportunities for the economically disadvantaged who are unemployed,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
Brooks, Suzanne – 1975
From January to August 1975, Los Angeles Valley College was involved in a Senior Adult Work-Study-Serve project which provided work-study employment for adults over retirement age. In addition to working at part-time jobs at a salary of $2.25 per hour for 15 hours per week, participants enrolled in a three-unit specially developed course, Career…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Models, Older Adults
Ainley, John; Fordham, Adrian – 1979
An evaluation study of some work preparation (or pre-vocational education) programs in New South Wales and Queensland (Australia) was conducted to accomplish the following objectives: (1) to establish a general methodological framework for the continuing evaluation of Technical and Future Education (TAFE) pre-vocational programs; (2) to obtain a…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Measurement Instruments
Harrow, Anita J. – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1978
Periodic assessment of cooperative education programs is shown to provide a sound information basis for future program directions. A comorehensive evaluation model is described that focuses on what is done, how it is done, and why it is important. Specific goals are outlined. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Direct linkDoty, Ann V.; Odom, Robin T. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Defines youth and adult apprenticeships as key elements in school-to-work transition. Describes key characteristics of apprenticeship programs and the nature of exemplary programs, including a table of characteristics of 12 model programs. Discusses current changes in such programs to meet employer and student needs. Offers suggestions for…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Models
Stern, David; And Others – 1994
School-based enterprise (SBE) can be defined as any school-sponsored activity that engages a group of students in producing goods or services for sale to or use by people other than the students involved. The advantages of SBEs include the following: deeper understanding of academic subject matter through application in a practical context,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Entrepreneurship
Jenks, C. Lynn – 1977
This workbook is intended to help decision makers in a school district make informed decisions concerning possible adoption or modifications of the Far West Laboratory Experience-Based Career Education program (FWL-EBCE). The workbook presents procedures and guidelines for (1) deciding whether the FWL-EBCE program, or some adaptation of it, is…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adoption (Ideas), Career Education, Check Lists
Jenks, C. Lynn – 1976
This study analyzes the extent to which the assumptions and procedures of the Experience-Based Career Education model (EBCE) as developed by the Far West Laboratory (FWL) are supported by empirical data and by recognized scholars in educational theory. The analysis is presented as relevant to the more general problem: the limited availability of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Conceptual Schemes, Definitions, Educational Philosophy
Barrett, John; Lavin, Don – 1987
This guide is based on the principles and methods used at Rise, Incorporated, a sheltered workshop providing successful industry-integrated programs for handicapped persons. It is intended to serve as a model both for existing service providers who are interested in retooling their program in the direction of industrial work services and other…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Guidelines, Job Training
Maguire, Louis M.; Connolly, John A. – 1972
Research for Better Schools, Inc., a regional educational laboratory, is proceeding to develop an employer-based career education model in order to provide further definition and meaning to the concept. The model will be a private academic school, the Academy for Career Education, and will serve 100 11th grade students from Philadelphia. It will…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Counseling, Employer Attitudes
Peer reviewedThompson, Quentin; Ambler, Mark – European Journal of Education, 1990
The evaluation report of the European Community Action Programme for Education and Training for Technology (COMETT) examines COMETT program content, COMETT projects, and initial program impact. It was concluded that COMETT has alerted the educational sector and industry to benefits of cooperative training but that transnational cooperative…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Industry
Kin Maung Kywe; And Others – 1977
Beginning in 1976, Regional Colleges were formed in Burma to implement career and technical education at the post-secondary level. This paper describes the Regional Colleges and explores the possible use of a systemic management information process that could assist in the complex planning required to develop second-year vocational and technical…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Databases
Hutcheson, Peggy G. – 1980
This project was begun to explore the feasibility of instituting a personnel exchange program for vocational education--at both the secondary and postsecondary levels--and business and industry in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Following a literature search for other programs and interviews with representatives of business and industry and of…
Descriptors: Business, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Industry
Dunn, James A.; And Others – 1972
The purpose of this study is to explore the importance and the feasibility of providing guidance, counseling, and other pupil personnel services in experimental Employer-Based Career Education programs, as part of a larger set of studies useful for those who will plan or operate such programs. The five chapters cover: (1) a definition and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Developmental Programs, Educational Needs
