Student work experience programs using the facilities and environment of cooperating businesses to provide opportunities for teaching and learning are used at the University of Minnesota Technical College. These experiences include a quarter of work experience in agribusiness, a specialized work experience program, and directed study experiences…

Maintains that many adolescents have rebelled against compulsory school attendance and proposes three alternatives: home-based educational work programs, on-the-job training programs through cooperation of schools and industry, and government sponsored work study programs. (ST)

Describes the Bachelor of Science in Technical Careers at Southern Illinois University--Carbondale. Explains theory of the program, requirements for entry and graduation, learning contract (including a career goal statement and a planned program of study), experience-internship, advisory program, and program philosophy. (CT)

Explores need for development of validation and certification procedures. Performance measures used for these procedures must come from on-job experiences. Validity of measures depends on similarity of participant's performance to job exercises. Outlines how to develop reliable job performance measures necessary for job certification and…

Data from a 1977 survey designed to measure the quality of employment in America are compared with data from surveys in 1969 and 1973, providing trends over an eight-year period. The 1977 survey shows declines both in job satisfaction and in workers' desires to stay in their present employments. (MF)

Presents two perspectives on the nature of vocational education: (1) that benefits are "extrinsic," that is, rewards are deferred until after graduation; and (2) that benefits are "intrinsic," that is, vocational education serves to promote full human development by exposing the learner to significant in-class experiences. (DR)

The National Institute of Education recently initiated a three-year effort to encourage implementation of the Experience-Based Career Education program and to study the process by which it occurs. Emphasized are: transferring financial support to States and local systems, developing a network of program sites, and diffusing essential technical…

A study of University of Illinois female students showed that career orientation in college women is increasing (as present students were compared to those in 1962 and 1970). Factors shown to be positively correlated with career orientation were grades in school, mother's employment, mother's educational level, and college major. Factors having…

Discusses the necessity for greater cooperation between the business world and the schools and cites several nationwide examples of places where career education has succeeded. Stresses that United States Chamber of Commerce is commited to breaking down the artificial walls that separate the worlds of work and education. (LAS)

To stimulate thinking and discussion about the world of art, the author, a careers head at a large London comprehensive, gave this document to students in the upperschool. (Editor/RK)

The purpose of this article is to discuss some of the strategies available to the counselor that will help the offender place work in its proper perspective and recognize its potential for growth and creativity. (Author)

Examines the socialization of seven promoted and seven aspiring vice-principal candidates in a large Ontario school district. Certain socialization experiences were highly valued in the selection process: having systems-level administrative experience; being focused toward preparation; practicing instructional leadership; developing a strong…

Describes a model for social work educators and social work school officials who are building academic-field linkages. Survey of social workers on the knowledge and skills they need to respond to new directions in these linkages identified a number of themes for staff development and research. (RJM)

Examines the role of self-esteem and perceived social support in moderating the relationship between dual and social expectations and well-being. Focuses on students (females (n=166); males (n=87)) living in an urban community in the U.S. midwest. Includes references. (CMK)

Several American Indian veterinarians and veterinary students describe their secondary and undergraduate preparation for veterinary school; postgraduate work, including residencies; advice for getting into and surviving vet school; their educational and career paths and various job responsibilities; work with government agencies; special roles for…