Presents an innovative model that demonstrates how occupational social workers can make unique and timely contributions to the placement and retention of chronically unemployed persons in competitive employment. Supported work services model described is based on a national demonstration project recently funded by the federal government and…

The authors discuss the background of the cooperative education concept, as well as the benefits of cooperative education to students, schools, and community. They state that coordination is essential to the success of cooperative education. Guidelines are provided. (CH)

Use of adult undergraduate students' work experience in recruitment, admission, and curriculum design is examined, and it is suggested that institutions must shift the emphasis in admissions from the quantity of prior experience to the quality of learning resulting from it, and organize curricula around that learning. (MSE)

A survey of 13 school of nursing faculty members and service agency staff nurses revealed each group's perceptions of the costs and benefits of having student nurses gain work experience in service agencies through practicums. Results indicated that service agencies benefit at a 2 to 1 ratio from student participation. (CH)

The author describes the testing program designed to determine awarding of the Green Certificate to farming trainees in Alberta, Canada. The three parts of the test include (1) job-site testing, (2) regional test center testing, and (3) written examination. (CH)

The author reports on a survey of recent undergraduate students with and without cooperative education experience. Results indicate that cooperative education experience is not a significant factor in recent students' relative development of a career identity. (CH)

This paper estimates the extent to which workers with different personal characteristics are likely to be employed in the public versus the private sector. Results show that government employment is preferred by veterans, nonwhites, and women; and that highly educated and more experienced workers are more likely to choose the public sector. (CT)

Describes Ontario's secondary school cooperative education program, advocating the community's involvement in preparing students for entry into the working world. (ABB)

This article aims to make a critical analysis of the African attempts at vocationalizing the school curriculum, looking at certain major issues with the views of one prominent critic, Philip Foster, in mind. (Author/CT)

Describes the range of cooperation which exists between Comberton Village College and local industry. Also describes a new videotape on this topic, Links', which is being distributed to all secondary schools in England and Wales. (JDH)

Describes the development of a new type of selection procedure, the activity/achievement indicator, and compares it with the behavioral consistency method of training and experience evaluation. Reports that total scores from these two methods correlated at r=.58. Discusses implications. (Author/CH)

Describes a mini-course called "Women in Managerial Roles," developed as an innovative experiential methodology to help women bridge the reality gap between classroom and corporation in two ways: bring an entire class of women students inside the corporation, and create structured interactions between the students and women corporate executives…

Over the past two decades a number of African and Asian governments have experimented with various types of youth mobilization or employment and training schemes in trying to cope with rural youth unemployment. A critical appraisal is made of some of these in an attempt to establish criteria that productive employment programs for rural youth…

Outlines the author's attempt to investigate the notion that the Youth Training Scheme curriculum is best understood as an expression of ideology. It is a report of an ongoing piece of research and the focus is on the Supporting Studies element of the YTS as the place in the curriculum where ideology is most obviously manifest. (Author/CT)

Investigated the influence of socioeconomic status and work experience on Egyptian children's development of economic concepts. Found that (1) Egyptian children's developmental pattern is comparable to that of children from other cultures, and (2) socioeconomic status is more significant than work experience as a source of conceptual variation…