Resulting from a study that examined ways to implement community-based learning activities into postsecondary curriculum, this sampler contains detailed descriptions of selected courses in the social sciences and humanities that illustrate some of the ways classroom learning is augmented through the use of planned, off-campus learning activities.…

The report evaluates Texas' Multiple Careers Magnet Center (MCMC), a part time program to provide special education secondary students with career training. It is explained that students enter one of six career education clusters: furniture repair and upholstery, general construction trades, building and grounds maintenance, laundry and dry…

The paper describes the Related Vocational Instruction (RVI) and Career Employment Experience (CEE) Programs at a Georgia high school and explains how the programs cooperated to better serve the needs of the educable mentally handicapped students in the school. The goal of the RVI program is to provide secondary handicapped students with job entry…

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS CAN USE THIS HANDBOOK IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATIONS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS FOR WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION. INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS--(1) WHAT IS WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION, (2) WHAT FACTORS MUST BE CONSIDERED BEFORE STARTING A WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM, (3) WHAT STEPS SHOULD…

THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (NYC), A PART OF THE WORK-TRAINING PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964, FIRST ENROLLED YOUTH DURING THE LATTER PART OF DECEMBER 1964. THIS REPORT COMPARES SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIRST 50,000 ENROLLEES AND THEIR HOUSEHOLDS TO THE GENERAL CATEGORY OF POVERTY-STRICKEN HOUSEHOLDS…

A GROUP OF 5,000 STUDENTS FROM GRADES SEVEN THROUGH TEN WERE STUDIED. FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT THE GENERAL REASON FOR DROPPING OUT WAS DISINTEREST IN SCHOOL. ON THE AVERAGE, THE DROPOUT HAD FAILED THREE SUBJECTS--74 PERCENT WERE RETARDED IN ONE OR MORE GRADES. THE DROPOUT WAS A POOR READER, AND HIS SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE LEVEL WAS LOW. HE DID NOT WORK…

THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS WERE PROVIDED TO AID SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF SLOW LEARNERS AND POTENTIAL HIGH DROPOUTS. THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE A BASIC EDUCATION, ENCOURAGE A SUCCESSFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND PREPARE THEM FOR THE WORLD OF WORK. APPROACHES AND METHODS ARE GEARED TO THE SLOW LEARNER, AND MATERIAL IS PRESENTED WHICH WILL BE FUNCTIONAL…

THIS VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROVIDED 4 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED ADOLESCENTS WHO WERE ATTENDING SCHOOL AND LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF A REHABILITATION WORKSHOP, CONCOMITANT VOCATIONAL COUNSELING, AND GROUP VOCATIONAL ORIENTATION SERVICES. IN ADDITION, INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMING PRESENTED…

The document describes the Executive High School Internships program which mainstreamed a pilot group of 14 high potential students with orthopedic, hearing, and sight impairments into a project which enabled them to spend a full term, on leave from classes, in nonpaid placements with public and private sector managers and executives, learning how…

A STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR VOCATIONAL HORTICULTURE STUDENTS WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE KINDS OF HORTICULTURE PROGRAMS AND THE TYPES AND SCOPE OF EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS OFFERED AND OBTAIN TEACHER APPRAISALS OF THE EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS WHICH SHOULD BE REQUIRED AND THE FACILITIES NEEDED TO PROVIDE SATISFACTORY PROGRAMS. OF 25 SCHOOLS…

Of the more than two million seasonal farmworkers in the United States, nearly half are between the ages of 14 and 20 years. Although much has been done recently to meet some of the special needs of these migrant youth, they are still confronted with inadequate educational and training opportunities and limited career aspirations. In the forefront…

The Continuing Conference for the Liberal Arts was organized to test the thesis that interdisciplinary studies involving the basic arts and sciences can be structured in a way to provide superior preparation for immediate entry into careers not always associated with undergraduate education. The programs of Augustana College, Denison University,…

The report describes the first year (1974-75) activities and accomplishments of a project to provide a cooperative-based vocational agriculture program for secondary students in Anniston, Alabama. The overall objectives were to provide instruction in livestock production and horticulture, leadership training, participatory experience on a real…

The primary objective of cooperative education is to provide students with planned and evaluated work experiences which will enhance the integration of theory learned in the classroom. Secondary objectives include learning how to work, selecting appropriate career goals, and broadening and deepening humanistic learning. This position paper…