Despite the expectation that work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences will provide a safe and inclusive learning environment for healthcare students this is often not the reality for sexually and gender diverse students. Heteronormativity and microaggressions experienced by sexually and gender diverse healthcare students, are rarely considered…

In this "Reflection on Practice" paper we reflect on an early childhood Work Integrated Learning course redesign that explored new ways of developing and applying playfulness theory to higher education instructional approaches. Our experience was that the higher education students required more support to deepen their understanding of…

This paper describes a case study of how situated learning and community of practice theory were applied to the design and delivery of activities and learning assessments in a remote WIL course in a master-level Kinesiology program, supporting students' learning in professional placements. The rationale and theoretical grounding for the course…

This short report will outline a remote work experience scheme that has successfully been running for three years in the psychology group within the Leeds School of Social Sciences. It is designed to aid transition to university for pre-tertiary students by introducing them to undergraduate literacy skills and making their expectations of…

A work experience program for secondary special education students is described and its advantages and disadvantages are considered, based on responses of program students, regular academic students, and teachers. (CL)

Higher education is increasingly recognizing the importance of developing students' skills for work during their university careers; however work-based placements within the social sciences, whilst growing in popularity, remain relatively rare and little is known about how students experience this type of learning. This article describes the…

Characterizes 90 percent of the native students in Canada's Northwest Territory as dropouts. Offers the Community Occupational Program as an alternative to secondary school graduation. Describes program goals and benefits. (ABB)

Describes the Store Front School project, a program of cooperative education aimed at rekindling students' interest in school and helping them earn their diplomas. The school conducts classes in an office in a shopping mall where the students work. (ABB)

The Vocational Exploration Program was an 8 week summer employment and education program which gave 14 deaf students an opportunity to study the attitudes of employers and students in work situations and some ideas on how to better prepare for jobs in the labor market. (Author/SBH)

This paper describes how undergraduate student interns were utilized in a one-person institutional research office on a small college campus to improve productivity and provide real-life experiences for upper-class students. The pitfalls and benefits of such use of students are discussed from both the students' and institutional researcher's…

Project emphasis during the 1975-76 school year is described in this evaluation report was on implementation, operation, and study of the Far West Laboratory Experience-Based Career Education (FWL-EBCE) program at sites under the control of the respective local education agencies. Three emerging programs designated as pilots for the FWL-EBCE model…

Evaluation of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's (AEL) Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program focused on outcome data pertaining to students, parents, and employers collected at the demonstration site at AEL, and implementation sites located in Bremen, Georgia; Crowley, Louisiana; Ames, Iowa; and Staten Island, Ithaca, and North…

Effective participatory education programs are planned efforts designed to effect cognitive, social, and affective change. Although research does not yet permit unequivocal generalizations about effects, existing research is promising, especially when compared with research on effects of work experience per se. Positive effects include student,…

The appendixes to the final evaluation report of Research for Better Schools' employer-based career education program contain: a listing of FY 1974 evaluation reports, an explanation of evaluation instruments and test procedures, the evaluation instruments (student demographic data questionnaire, student opinion survey, parent opinion survey,…

The appendixes to the final evaluation report for FY 1974 of the Experience-Based Career Education Program at Far West School (FWS) contain the following: an audit of the final evaluation report for FY 1974, a cost-comparison study of Experience-Based Career Education replication, information about data collection, and associated survey…