1st Edition

School To Work Research On Programs In The United States

188 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

An in-depth investigation into career-related programmes in American secondary schools and two-year further education colleges is given in this book. In addition to reviewing evidence on the effectiveness of vocational coursework, the authors analyse programmes involving students who study and work simultaneously, including co-operative education, youth apprenticeship and school-based enterprise.;... Read more
The Transition Problem and Proposed Solutions: Floundering Youth in the US Labour Market; Elements of School-to-Work Programmes. School-and-Work Programmes in Secondary Schools: Cooperative Education; Youth Apprenticeship; School-Based Enterprise; Non-School-Supervised Work Experience; New Findings from the NCRVE Longitudinal Study; Career Counselling and Job Placement; Mentoring. School-and-Work Programmes in Two-Year Colleges: Cooperative Education; Apprenticeship; Career Counselling and Job Placement. Relevance of Vocational Education to Subsequent Employment: High Schools and Secondary Vocational Centres; Two- Year Colleges and Proprietary Schools; Tech-prep: Bridging Secondary and Post-secondary. Programs for Out-of-School Youth. Strategic Choices.

Biography

David Stern, Neal Finkelstein, James Stone, John Latting, Carolyn Dornsife