Descriptor
Source
| ERIC Review | 1 |
Publication Type
| ERIC Publications | 6 |
| ERIC Digests in Full Text | 2 |
| Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
| Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Australia | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textBrown, Bettina Lankard – 1998
Although tech prep is becoming widely accepted by educators and the business community, the jury is still out regarding whether its anticipated student, school, and community outcomes are being realized. In theory, tech prep's focus is primarily on school-based learning, whereas school-to-work programs also include work-based learning and linkages…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Educational Trends
ERIC Review, 1996
The "ERIC Review" announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This issue explores the topic of preparing young people to make the transition from school to work. The lead article by Ray D. Ryan and Susan Imel, "School-to-Work Transition: Genuine Reform or the Latest Fad?,"…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Force Development
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1995
The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report challenged schools, parents, and businesses to help all students develop competencies in the basic skills, thinking skills, and personal qualities required for work in the current and future workplace. In response to this challenge, vocational-technical programs were…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Change, Educational Development, Employment Potential
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Recent educational approaches that have career and technical education (CTE) components have integrated work-based learning (WBL) with traditional academics. Among positive effects of the association between WBL and secondary students' educational outcomes are: (1) increased attendance, (2) decreased dropout rates, (3) increased number of academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Career Academies, Career Education
Imel, Susan – 1996
An initial evaluation of tech prep revealed the following: (1) by 1993, nearly half the nation's school districts were involved in tech prep consortia; (2) changes resulting from tech prep have been more evident at the secondary than the postsecondary level; and (3) tech prep students are most likely to be white and attend a suburban school…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education), Clearinghouses, Consortia
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2002
Exploring the relationship between generic skills (sometimes called employability skills) and career and technical education (CTE) requires asking these three questions: Are such skills taught in CTE? Can they be taught? Do employers value them over technical skills. A literature review of 14 books, reports, and journal articles concludes that…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Competency Based Education, Constructivism (Learning), Context Effect
