Academic Credit for Work Experience: A Study of Youth Employment and Training Projects Experience. Occasional Paper #5.

Autor/in	Wiltberger, Heather E.
Institution	State Univ. of New York, Ithaca. Coll. of Human Ecology at Cornell Univ.; Youthwork, Inc., Washington, DC.
Titel	Academic Credit for Work Experience: A Study of Youth Employment and Training Projects Experience. Occasional Paper #5.
Quelle	(1980), (60 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Credits; Employment Programs; Experiential Learning; Job Placement; Job Training; School Districts; Secondary Education; State Programs; Student Certification; Work Experience; Work Experience Programs; Youth Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employment program; Employment programme; Employment programmes; Beschäftigungsprogramm; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; School district; Schulbezirk; Sekundarbereich; Regierungsprogramm; Schulzeugnis; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	A study examined the process of awarding credit to youth participating in a special group of employment and training programs. Using a student questionnaire, field researchers collected data concerning 21 Youthwork, Inc., Exemplary In-School Demonstration Projects with one of the following four program focus areas: academic credit for work experience, career awareness, youth-operated projects, and private sector projects. Of the 21 projects studied, 18 offered credit for work experience as a regular program feature. In general, those projects affiliated with an alternative school, and hence under state education jurisdiction rather than local affiliation, were most likely to grant required credits for experiential learning. Fifteen of the 16 projects routinely awarding academic credit for program participation placed youth on a job. Only those projects placing youth in the public sector more than 70 percent of the time awarded credits for required courses. All the remaining credit-granting projects placed youth in the private sector and awarded elective credits. Among those factors ranked as the most important determinants of receipt of credits were employment-related factors such as employer evaluations, job attendance, and the job attitude of youth. (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC