A proposed career education program for learning disabled adolescents in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District (New York) is described. The program is to include the following curriculum areas: motivation for work, school and the working world, self awareness, occupational knowledge, choosing a field, job selection, securing a job, job…

This is a report of the observations and activities of a group of Americans who visited China to study the Chinese attempt to integrate education with work. As well as general observations by the 22 group members, accounts are included of visits made to specific schools and workplaces. In addition, the report contains a background paper on…

It is the purpose of this paper to provide an overview of the work experience concept for speech communication students. This examination is contained in the following four sections: the student and a rationale for work experience, the professor and a rationale for work experience, the process for maintaining a work experience program, and…

An evaluative study of the New Careers training program of the Oakland (California) Redevelopment Agency was undertaken to measure the program's effectiveness. At the time of evaluation, the program had been in existence for slightly more than one year. Interviews were conducted with 13 New Careerists (68% of those in the program) and 12…

As the first systematic evaluation of an American work-release program, this investigation employed data on all male prisoners placed on the program in North Carolina between 1957 and 1963. Outcome was measured against the variables affecting selection for work-release. The study found that factors affecting parole performance after work-release…

Educational institutions and the functional units of the criminal justice system have not been well coordinated. Working on the assumption that education and training are complimentary processes, there is a current attempt to bring these processes together in a single concept called "work experience." The purpose of this document is to…

In an attempt to correct recent Veterans Administration (VA) regulations restricting benefits for veterans enrolled in cooperative education programs at community colleges, this paper describes the value of cooperative education, both vocational and general, and argues the supporting intent of federal law in Title 38 of the U. S. Code. Many…

A field experience in fashion marketing for Kansas State University students is described. The functions and responsibilities of the coordinator, the student, and the departmental supervisor are outlined, along with the evaluation processes used. (Author/LBH)

The head of the federal vocational training division in Switzerland describes his country's system of vocational education for young people who have completed their compulsory years of schooling. (MF)

The author presents arguments for and against placing distributive education cooperative students in fast-food outlets, criteria for selecting training stations and students, and a model training plan outline for job and class instruction. (MF)

The Construction Trades Foundation, a nonprofit corporation of business, industry, and school leaders, provides high school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, with unique hands-on experiences in construction, home design, marketing, public relations, and other fields. (SK)

Discusses the problems and benefits of cooperative education programs at the graduate level. Cooperative education is presented as a necessity given the current level of full-time student attrition, but the point is made that cooperative education must be supported by employer, institution, and student. (CH)

Describes a teaching technique which integrates the conceptual content of sociology with applied fieldwork. Topics include recruiting students and clients, forming student teams, and conducting the project. Discusses implications for teaching within such a program. (JDH)

Three deaf-blind teenage students were placed for four to eight weeks in a community-subsidized work program modeled on the Specialized Training Program. All students generalized assembly and self-help skills in which they had been trained, with peer tutor assistance, prior to placement. Their rates of productivity and supervisor contacts were…