A cooperative office education program at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, increased its enrollment and work placement of students with the coordinator's treating the program as a year-round process, which is illustrated in her August-through-July schedule of monthly tasks. (MF)

Effects of occupation upon 68 professionals and business managers were studied by means of retrospective focused interviews and objective sorting and rating procedures. Their occupation had nonintegrative effects on their values and self-concepts and autocentric and nonintegrative ones on their personal relationships. (Author)

Tribute is paid to the late Jim Aragorn, developer of the Lincoln Learning Center, a lifetime-learning, community-directed, educational institution offering programs for young children through adults. (JD)

Discusses the latest educational developments in Europe, specifically in England, West Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, and Italy. (RK)

Describes the nature, implementation, evaluation, and future plans of an international cooperative work experience program (called the ABC model) in which undergraduate students combine travel with employment in industrial research-oriented projects. The program involves universities in Australia, Great Britain, and Canada (the letters ABC…

The relationship between work experience and job performance of 88 dietary managers was examined using three instruments. Scores were positively correlated to both quality of experience and the interaction of quality of experience and capacity to learn. Results indicate that quality of work experience scores may be predictive of performance.…

Employed a cross-sectional comparison of 187 mid-level professional managers to assess the relationship of several work-related variables and perceived intellectual aging. Results supported the hypothesis that older managers would report more intellectual processing decline than younger managers, but that both young and old managers would see…

An investigation of the living conditions of 38 patients (mean age=45 years) with Down's Syndrome in Aarhus County, Denmark, found 31 in institutions, five in private homes (parents/siblings), and two in sheltered residences. Eighty-two percent had some sort of daily occupation, and most participated in recreational activities. (Author/VW)

The author describes the development and implementation of a business/secondary school compact in East London, based on the original Boston Compact. This cooperative relationship helps disadvantaged students attain employability skills and work experience, while employers gain a trained labor force for their entry-level jobs. (CH)

Observations from a 1977-78 study of children's cognitive development in Kadavu, Fiji, are discussed in terms of setting, adult work and education, medical care, marriage and residence patterns, infant birth and mortality, and, extensively, cultural values and infant care. It is argued that the observed pattern of infant care fulfills important…

This study examined the experience and perceptions of child care workers regarding three aspects of the child care work setting: (1) center characteristics; (2) task characteristics; and (3) salary and benefits. (PCB)

Predicts that the ability to have a product repaired quickly, correctly, and at a reasonable cost will soon become the key to sales success. Describes the unusual features of the "Chrysler Dealer Apprentice Program," a four-year education/work experience program designed to train automotive repair technicians for employment at Chrysler…

Presents information about women in the adult education professoriat of the United States and Canada. Their educational backgrounds, work histories, professional activities, and job and career satisfactions are contrasted with those of men in the same field. The increasing number of faculty women and their varied interests and activities suggest…

Outlines the recommendations made by the Co-operative Career Work Education Association of Canada for encouraging the cooperation of business and industry in secondary school cooperative education programs. Details the need for such programs and the benefits to both student and community from such a program. (ABB)

A survey of 954 trainees on YTS (Youth Training Scheme) courses wholly or partly provided by further education colleges in 1983/84 is reported. Trainees reported enjoyment and learning from work experience more than from college and valued practical training sessions in college more than other college offerings. (Author/CT)