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Download full textRohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship
Martin, Barbara N.; Neal, Vicki – 1999
A descriptive study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of career pathways and the extent of their alignment within the high school curriculum and the Missouri A+ Schools Program, which builds on other reform efforts such as tech prep and school-to-work to provide all students with a quality education focused on careers and an academic…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrator Attitudes, Career Education, Counselor Attitudes
Peer reviewedTaylor, Alison; Lehmann, Wolfgang – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2002
Examination of old and new vocational initiatives in Alberta suggests that educators and employers support new school-to-work programs (Tech Prep; Registered Apprenticeships; Careers, the Next Generation). However, these programs are hampered by mixed policy messages; the resilience of existing practices; and lack of provincial resources,…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Swail, Watson Scott; Kampits, Eva – Online Submission, 2004
The Higher Education -- Students Speak II survey was developed by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC) and the Educational Policy Institute to identify the types and breadth of work-based learning activities that four-year college students experienced during high school, and to determine the correlation of these activities on…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Learning Activities, Grade Point Average, Credits
Joyner, Randy L., Ed. – 1995
These proceedings contain 13 papers: "A Study of the Impact of a Community-Based School to Work Program for High School Youth" (Adler et al.); "A Comparison of Workforce Preparation Policies in the United States and Finland" (Lasonen, Frantz, Jr.); "The Association of Social Position to Restructuring Ability and Symbolic Orientation" (Fritz);…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Craig, David G., Ed.; Kirby, Barbara M., Ed. – 1993
This proceedings includes the following papers: "The 'Thoughtful' Health Practitioner: A Study of a Theoretical Basis for Critical Inquiry Regarding Liberal Arts in Health Professions Curricula" (Mary Jo Belenski); "Secondary School Vocational Program Performance Standards and Measures: Virginia's System of Locally Directed…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Black Students
Pautler, Albert J., Jr., Ed. – 1999
This book contains 22 papers on workforce education issues for the new century: "Introduction" (Alfred J. Pautler, Jr.); "Vocational Education: Past, Present, and Future" (Cheryl L. Hogg); "A Philosophic View for Seeing the Past of Vocational Education and Envisioning the Future of Workforce Education: Pragmatism…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Associate Degrees, Career Development, Career Education
