Extending the Reach.

Autor/in	Beckstrom, Edward S.
Titel	Extending the Reach.
Quelle	(1998), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Education; College Programs; Community Colleges; Education Work Relationship; Educational Benefits; Educational Objectives; Employment Qualifications; Empowerment; General Education; Integrated Curriculum; Job Performance; Job Skills; Program Development; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Bildung; Studienprogramm; Community college; Community College; Bildungsertrag; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Programmplanung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The Academy for High Performance at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, Illinois, attempts through integrated workplace education programs to develop empowered workers capable of functioning in today's high-performance workplaces and individuals who are empowered in the fullest, transformative, liberating sense of the word. The academy's efforts in curriculum integration stem from its recognition that occupational students frequently do not get the general education courses necessary and appropriate to an associate degree level and hence are not getting many of the skills and competencies being requested by employers (the ability to think creatively, solve problems, communicate effectively, work in teams, know how to learn, and reason). To address this problem, the college developed the Academy for High Performance to integrate occupational and academic curricula. The academy's goal is to provide an academically rigorous curriculum in the general education core requirements in a manner that facilitates learning. By connecting courses in the arts and sciences directly with courses in specific occupational areas (for example, manufacturing management) and by preparing teachers to function as a curriculum team, the academy has been successful in reaching students that college would otherwise not have reached. (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC