In this article, the author talks about his experience in moving to Perspectives, a small charter school catering for grades 6-12 located near Chicago's Chinatown. He shares how he felt about transferring in the midst of his final year at elementary school. Compared to his old school, he learned some things that are different about Perspectives…

A study is reported that investigates the relationship between career decision status, quantity and quality of work experience obtained by university students. Career decision status is the term used to capture an individual's level of decidedness and comfort with their career decisions and the reasons underlying this state (Jones & Lohmann,…

This paper explores two different ways of understanding communities of practice in relation to workplace learning. This is based upon a case study of secondary school teachers working and learning in four subject departments in two English schools. In spite of institutional similarities, the cultures and working practices of the departments were…

In research across professions, the development of professional skill traditionally was seen as a process of accumulation of knowledge and skills, promoted by practical experience. More recently, this view has been modified to incorporate skillful know-how that is progressively acquired by passing through developmental stages, such as novice,…

A year-long study evaluated the scope and quality of pre-16 work experience in England and Wales. Its main aims were to map out work experience provision, assess program quality, and examine the impact of new funding. The research included a survey of area work experience coordinators, six detailed case studies, interviews with teachers from 30…

Each year, thousands of high school students enroll and complete secondary occupational education courses, hoping to compete successfully in the job market once they leave school. Yet labor market statistics continue to suggest that America's secondary schools have not helped the non-college-attending high school graduate make an effective…

Based on extensive fieldwork and documentary analysis undertaken during the course of the documentation and evaluation of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement's (OERI) Educational Partnerships Program (EPP), two hypotheses are offered, based on interactionist theory, to explain the differences between school-to-work partnerships and…

This handbook has been compiled for coordinators of cooperative education programs at the secondary level in Maine. The handbook includes in-school classroom instruction relating to specific jobs and the world of work. Introductory material includes the Maine Association for Cooperative Education Constitution, By-Laws, and 1991 officers. The…

The article describes the development of a pre-employment laboratory training program in meat processing and its successful use in conjunction with a cooperative training program in a high school agriculture curriculum. (MS)

Described is an agriculture supply and service curriculum which utilizes student-selected modules (30-hour blocks of instruction), job titles (areas of concentration), a student-run school agricultural supply store, and work experience components. (MS)

Variables related to job satisfaction are discussed, such as technical and social skills required, and a four-process model is described: in-selection, out-selection, socialization, and counter-socialization. (Author)

A 12-step procedure is offered to help cooperative education coordinators develop and build the individualized packages necessary to relate classroom instruction with work experience in their courses. Sample forms illustrate the process of setting behavioral objectives based on task analysis. (AJ)

Designed for students from Jefferson County (Kentucky) public schools doing internships at the Kentucky Opera, this workbook explains the intern's, the supervisor's, and the school coordinator's roles. Intern job descriptions are provided (box office/group sales, company management, finance/data processing, assisting at the Kentucky Opera Guild,…