The author suggests that the primary purpose of vocational education is to promote human development by exposing the learner to intrinsically meaningful activities. The criterion for evaluating vocational education from this perspective is the growth of students' personal qualities. (SK)

The opinion is expressed that in contemporary liberal education, some assertiveness on the part of liberal arts leadership is long overdue. Project Work-Learn, an effort by Birmingham-Southern College to develop mutuality between liberal arts and the world of work, is detailed. (Author/AF)

It is estimated that some 220,000 students participate each year in cooperative education programs in 1,100 colleges and universities. The cooperative education, or work-study, concept is discussed with focus on the program's major purposes and benefits for the colleges, students and businesses involved. (JMD)

Results of the investigation described in this paper support the hypothesis that there is no significant difference in the occupational competence of trade and industrial teacher education students using three different work experience combinations to meet South Dakota's certification standards for vocational teacher certification in trade and…

Part-time courses for adults often claim the benefits of linking classroom learning to students' work experiences. Author discusses obstacles to the use of learners' experiences in the classroom and argues that attitude changes in learners and lecturers need to occur before full benefits of part-time study can be reaped. (Author/CSS)

Discusses an experimental program to help solve the problems of securing and training new technicians for wastewater treatment facilities. (CS)

The author suggests that the traditional approach to social studies instruction in grades 9-12 is ineffective and sketches out his view of the ideal program. (KC)

Although cooperative education may be uniquely American, other nations place great importance on relating work and education. Types of programs, calendars and schedules are reviewed, and global patterns are described. (Author/LBH)

Examines whether gender differences in recent pay experience influence entitlement views by providing different standards for female and male students' judgments of their entitlements. Responses from 309 undergraduate students reveal that income gaps in the full-time working world extended to their own recent work experiences and that these past…

Discusses the academic research productivity of faculty members and constructs hypotheses based on the life-cycle model of academic research and previous studies. Reports results of a national survey of information systems (IS) faculty that investigated time allocated to research activity, doctoral programs, faculty experience, teaching load,…

Presents an approach to making practical on-the-job work experience of secondary school students part of instruction in social studies. Maintains that social studies classes can serve as a vehicle for students to gain social learning from their work experiences. Includes tables outlining the conceptual framework of this approach. (DB)

Proposes that technical-writing teachers have the responsibility to sensitize students to sexist language, and describes how that language violates professional ethical practices. Demonstrates how technical-writing texts trivialize sexist language. Suggests methods and resources for teachers to use in the classroom. (KEH)

Reviews studies on the demand for learning at work, trends on currently working students, and the effects of both school-supervised and not-school-supervised work experiences. Concludes that labor market demands and the number of students currently working present an opportunity to use work as a deliberate learning experience. (FMW)

Finds that school agricultural "production units," established in Zambia in 1975, have taught useful occupational skills but have had little success in meeting the objectives of linking vocational theory and practice, inculcating desirable attitudes to manual work, teaching management and marketing skills, or producing income for…

Discusses the integration of the Internet at Eagan High School (Minnesota). Highlights include the Internet for Minnesota's Schools (InforMNs) Project; connectivity; and using the Internet in specific disciplines, including English (and history, politics, etc.), work experience, foreign language, and business law and science. A sidebar discusses…