Outlines a community action learning model that stresses the integration of classroom and experiential learning. Program prerequisites, structure, process, and action learning projects are also discussed. (Author/JDH)

Reviews various kinds of student work experiences and their implications for curriculum development in the secondary schools. (FL)

In this study, occupational investment--the accumulation of skills acquired to work within an occupation--is demonstrated to be a more significant determinant of earnings growth than length of experience. (SK)

As federal support has declined, corporations have played a more active role in education. But business, schools, policymakers, and students often disagree on the purpose and desired content of education. Cooperative programs have been developed to resolve this communication gap, but many concerned remain skeptical about the corporation-school…

Work experience programs for youth can be a means of developing coping, decision-making, and problem solving skills, and other affectively oriented outcomes. The types of personal outcomes of career education and the means of fostering these are reviewed. (Author/JDS)

Synanon has eased the school-to-work transition because it does not maintain a dichotomy between vocational education and academic education. At age 10, children take on productive jobs in the community under Synanon School staff supervision. At 13 they begin rotating "mini-apprenticeships", sampling a variety of occupational fields…

The Paraeducator Portfolio Assessment process is a method for paraeducators to meet the Title I requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. The Portfolio Assessment allows paraeducators to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and their ability to assist with instruction in the same areas,…

An experimental and a control group took a two and one-half week vocational orientation and assessment program which for the experimental group had higher scores on the average on a 14-point rating scale developed to measure effectiveness of the Job Experience Kits. (EK)

The educational program of a communist labor university in South China's Kiangsi Province is described. Classes in agriculture, forestry, accounting, animal husbandry, and farm machinery are offered on a part-work, part-study basis which combines education with productive labor. (SM)

Questionnaire responses from graduates of the distributive education program at Fox High School, Arnold, Missouri, indicate that the program, which emphasizes especially supervision and club activities, has succeeded in equipping students with the skills, qualities, and experience necessary to take advantage of the opportunities available to them.…

World of work experiences are best provided in real-life situations; consequently, a program of career education can be successful only with intense community involvement and cooperation. The K-12 program being developed by the Mobile County Public Schools System is described. (Author/KP)

A grogram has been designed which permits Virginia vocational teachers to exchange work experience with people in the area of business and industry in their respective teaching disciplines. There are several advantages to the program. (AG)

Data on 19 threshold work experience variables were obtained by interview from 183 high school graduates and 90 dropouts one and a half years after leaving school. Factor analyses of these data showed strikingly similar factor structures for both groups. (Author)

No uniformity of work experience requirements or policies was found among the states and territories which did require the work experience for certification or employment of business teachers in 1971. (MF)