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Download full textWonacott, Michael E. – 1992
One promising practice for improving workplace preparation, apprenticeship, has been effective in preparing skilled workers for the changing needs of the workplace. Apprenticeship is a training strategy with eight components: it combines hands-on training on the job with related instruction; employer needs dictate programs; it is regulated by law;…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Employment Patterns, Government School Relationship, Industrial Training
Hennigan, Jamie – 2001
This digest explores various ways in which businesses have partnered with educational institutions to improve vocational education efforts. It begins the article with an acknowledgment that vocational education has undergone consistent reform in the last decade to satisfy the demands of public, corporate, and government sectors that hold community…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Contract Training, Education Work Relationship
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
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
