The unique components of career education for students with visual impairments are identified as exposure to visual input, opportunities to work, realistic feedback, expectations, and compensatory skills. Specific components of career education for young children, middle school students, and high school students are suggested. (CR)

Considers the learning theories that support work-based learning and how these have been used to develop an MA in Management. The mode of the study for this Masters is wholly by work-based learning. The course was offered for the first time in September 1998 and to date 50 students have enrolled. This article outlines the course and considers some…

The reformed Danish vocational training system focuses on alternating training and work placements. Work experiences in other countries are a focus, enabling trainees to attain critical intercultural competencies. (SK)

To develop employability skills, British college students were given materials describing strategies for part-time work and exploring how to learn through reflection on work experiences. In focus groups, students identified ways to improve the materials. (SK)

Human resource management students in Wales undertake a 1-year work placement in which they develop a portfolio submitted for the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development certificate. The process enhances their degree with an additional qualification and provides a framework for structuring the work placement year. (SK)

Describes the preceptorship between DeBakey High School and the Texas Medical Center, a program designed to give seniors a first-hand look at the medical field of their choice. (JOW)

In a sample of nearly 1,800 adolescents in work experience programs, job quality had the greatest positive impact on work attitudes and job satisfaction and was associated with negative job behaviors. Good supervisory relationships were linked to positive attitudes and behaviors. However, school supervision of work did not appear to influence…

A study of entry-phase agriculture teachers (n=90, one-third female) identified personal, professional, and situational characteristics that would explain how long they expected to remain in teaching. Gender and agricultural work experience were significant predictors. (Contains 28 references.) (SK)

The paper, first, outlines the official policy regarding education and training 14-19, second, picks out five areas within which that policy might be assessed, and, finally, raises questions about the educational thinking which underlies the policy.

Seven in-employment postgraduate Master's level students in an e-learning unit participated in this research, designed to identify tensions between participation in a community of learning that was part of their studies, and participation in the communities of practice that they were engaged in at their workplaces. It was hypothesised that…

The Student Library Aide Program provides real-world work experience to students in a safe learning environment. Students who are interested in working in the library complete an application form similar to a real job application listing their classroom teachers as references, telling why they want to work in the library, and any experience they…

In this article, Anane Olatunji examines the effects of work experience on early high school attrition among Mexican-origin adolescents. He proposes a theoretical model that takes assimilation into account as a potential predictor of the consequences of work for this group. In order to estimate the effects of eighth-grade work experience on…

In this study, we explore the value of personality characteristics in explaining success in labor market entry with a sample of graduates in economics from Maastricht University (the Netherlands). Specifically, the paper addresses the following twofold research question: does personality explain labor market outcomes, and how much weight does this…

The ability of counselors to identify their counseling skills and to be confident in their ability to use these skills in real-life settings has a direct influence on the quality of counseling services they provide (Bradley & Fiorini, 1999). Training counselors to be good practitioners is a primary mission of most graduate counselor education…

Collaboration is an interactive process that has become mandated as a part of educational decision-making. School counselors and school psychologists are now guided by professional principles that advocate interdisciplinary collaboration. This study identified activities for which these professionals currently collaborated with each other, as well…