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| Reports - Research | 3 |
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Assessments and Surveys
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Misko, Josie – 1998
An Australian study explored assumptions underlying thinking about work experience and vocational placement programs described in the literature, documented how much they were warranted by available evidence, and examined student and employer benefits. Surveys collected data from the following: students in grades 10-12 who participated in…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational Research, Employer Attitudes, Experiential Learning
The Employer Perspective: A Survey of Employer Participation in Structured Workplace Learning, 2000.
Download full textAMR Interactive (Australia). – 2001
In 2000, a quantitative telephone survey of 2,098 businesses in Australia determined employer awareness of and participation in structured workplace learning (SWL) programs. It explored "drivers" of participation and employers' decision-making process. Comparisons with a 1998 survey identified changes in employer awareness, attitudes,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Job Placement
Haley, Mary – 2001
A study assessed the characteristics and practices of employers participating in Florida school-to-work (STW) initiatives, the factors influencing their participation, and the quality and value of their partnerships with schools. Data were gathered through a statewide mail survey of a random sample of employers drawn from more than 15,000 Florida…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Support Services. Module Number 15. Work Experience Program Modules. Coordination Techniques Series.
Struck, John – 1982
This self-instructional module, the fifteenth in a series of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, deals with support services. Addressed in the module are the importance of various support services for work experience programs; financial, placement, work adjustment, evaluation, and transition support services that are…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
Reed, Jack – 1982
This self-instructional module, one of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, provides preservice and inservice educational materials for teacher-coordinators supervising on-the-job training. The two goals for this module are to know the purposes and features of a training agreement and to be able to complete a training…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Kidney, John – 1982
This self-instructional module, one of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, provides preservice and inservice educational materials for teacher-coordinators supervising on-the-job training. The two goals stated for this module are to know the procedure for job placement and to be prepared to instruct students for job…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Education, Counseling Techniques
