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Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2003
Work-based learning (WBL) includes a range of activities that extend beyond traditional cooperative education, such as job shadowing, service learning, internships, and apprenticeships--all of which provide career and technical education (CTE) students with valuable experience in the world of work. Several issues are involved in developing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship
Laanan, Frankie Santos – 1995
The challenge of preparing young people for employment and facilitating the smooth transition from school to work has spurred the enactment of the federal School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA), in May 1994. The intent of STWOA is to establish a national framework in which states can create work- and school-based learning systems that include…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Awareness, Career Education, College Planning
Kerka, Sandra – 1989
Cooperative education can enhance classroom instruction by providing practical work experience that is relevant to students' career goals. Among co-op's benefits to students are increased relevance of learning and motivation for study; improved self-reliance, self-confidence, and responsibility; contacts with potential employers; and higher…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Naylor, Michele – 1997
Work-based learning may occur in the following forms: contracted instruction; cooperative education; school-to-apprenticeship; registered apprenticeship; career exploration; service learning; career internships; career academies; school-based enterprises; and clinical experience programs. The following are key components of work-based learning…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Career Education, Cooperative Planning
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Recent educational approaches that have career and technical education (CTE) components have integrated work-based learning (WBL) with traditional academics. Among positive effects of the association between WBL and secondary students' educational outcomes are: (1) increased attendance, (2) decreased dropout rates, (3) increased number of academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Career Academies, Career Education