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Sanders, G. A. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Evaluation Needs, Program Evaluation, Research Needs
Frith, Greg H.; Edwards, Raleigh – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1982
A rural school district in Calhoun, Georgia, employs a competitive employment training program for moderately retarded adolescents. The program stresses work habits, social skills, and money management in on-the-job preparation. The program is expected to benefit the students, school system, community, and employer. (CL)
Descriptors: Employment, High Schools, Moderate Mental Retardation, On the Job Training
Bradley, Loretta J.; Warrenfeltz, Rodney B. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1981
The work activity center (WAC) has been severely criticized in recent times for its inability to provide clients with an adequate work component. The paper addresses these problems by proposing a new model which can be utilized by WAC. (Author)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Job Skills, Models, Severe Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedOwens, Thomas R.; Owen, Sharon K. – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1981
Results of a study of over 1,000 experience-based career education students suggest six ways experiential education staff can improve the learning potential of community experiences. These involve giving the students challenge, responsibility, freedom to explore, hands-on learning, a good relationship with individuals at the work site, and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Education, Experiential Learning, High Schools
Peer reviewedCapone, Thomas A.; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1980
Reports results of a questionnaire administered to participants in an antagonist drug outpatient clinic and an antagonist drug work-release program to obtain awareness of acceptance of the program participants. Naltrexone patients recommended an alternative method of administering the drug and changing the money system to award deserving inmates…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Drug Therapy
Ulan, S. J. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1981
Voices concerns about the way the cooperative education program is being handled in Canada. Outlines the history of the program and discusses methods for implementation. (JOW)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, School Business Relationship, Secondary Education, Work Experience Programs
Peer reviewedNorwood, Charles; Egbert, Marie – American Annals of the Deaf, 1979
The article describes a program at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind in which students have an opportunity for practical experience in 25 on-campus or 8 off-campus work stations. Benefits to the employer and employee are discussed. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedCordisco, Jane Hunt – Educational Leadership, 1979
Students in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, are leaving the school to spend as much as a full semester learning about the adult world. (Author)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Program Descriptions, School Community Relationship, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHalliday, John; Hager, Paul – Educational Theory, 2002
Examines the assessment of work-based learning, noting distinctions between "pure" and "professional" knowledge by offering a genealogy of learning; asserting that the distinction between academic and non-academic learning has become what Dewey termed a false dualism; examining relationships between judgment, activity,…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education, Learning
Peer reviewedGreenbank, Paul – Education + Training, 2002
Evaluation of undergraduate placements in two microbusinesses--a printer and a video store--revealed key factors contributing to the efficacy of work experience in small enterprises: preplacement preparation, mentoring for students and employers, and postplacement support for reflection. The need for a learning network of students, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Placement
Peer reviewedBrewer, Malcolm – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1990
Describes the history and current status of sandwich courses offered by all polytechnics and many colleges and universities in the United Kingdom--in which periods of full-time, academically related employment alternate with periods of formal coursework. Topics include responsibilities for placement, pay, assessment, and international placements.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Placement
Peer reviewedStoelinga, Thomas H. J. – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1990
More than half of students in higher education in the Netherlands are following work-integrated programs in professional education (applied arts and sciences). Spectacular growth in professional training institutes has occurred because of their responsiveness to employer needs and the demand for greater flexibility and worker retraining. (SK)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Technical Education
Peer reviewedHammond, Ralph B.; West, Ann J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Describes a biofeedback technician training program which enabled the University of Arkansas (Little Rock) to solve problems concerning budget, dwindling resources, and the provision of clinical training experiences for students. Reports that, at both graduate and undergraduate levels, this program is cost effective, while providing career related…
Descriptors: Biofeedback, Budgeting, Educational Finance, Higher Education
Unwin, Lorna; Wellington, Jerry – Vocational Aspect of Education, 1995
Work-based postcompulsory education has been hindered by association with discredited youth training programs. Interviews with 381 British apprentices (55.7% response) show how this form of work-based education overcomes disadvantages of full-time education, has liberating potential, and is an attractive means of acquiring further education and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Job Training
Peer reviewedHeinemann, Harry N.; Wilson, James W. – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1995
The name of the work-integrated education program, its learning objectives, and other program characteristics were gathered from 18 colleges/universities and 2 community colleges. Three-quarters use internship, practicum, or co-op. Factor analysis grouped objectives as cognitive, communication, job seeking, personal development, career…
Descriptors: Classification, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education
