Improving Employability Skills through Cooperative Education and Tech Prep.

Autor/inn/en	Cumming, Todd; Lesniak, Greta
Titel	Improving Employability Skills through Cooperative Education and Tech Prep.
Quelle	(2000), (42 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Academic Standards; Action Research; Career Development; Check Lists; Competence; Computer Science; Cooperative Learning; Education Work Relationship; Educational Strategies; Employer Attitudes; Employment Potential; Employment Qualifications; Evaluation Criteria; Graduate Surveys; High School Graduates; High School Students; High Schools; Job Skills; Literature Reviews; Program Evaluation; Questionnaires; Records (Forms); Relevance (Education); Skill Development; State Standards; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Suburban Schools; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Surveys; Tech Prep; Transfer of Training; Vocational Education; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Berufsentwicklung; Checkliste; Kompetenz; Informatik; Kooperatives Lernen; Lehrstrategie; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Produktive Fertigkeit; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Fragebogen; Formularsammlung; Relevance; Relevanz; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; School; Schools; Vorort; Vorstadt; Schule; Lehrerverhalten; Dualsystem; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The possibility of improving employability skills through cooperative education and tech prep was examined in an action research project involving high school students from two neighboring suburban communities in northern Illinois. The extent to which the schools were currently teaching employment and career development skills was examined by surveying the following groups: 106 current students; an unspecified number of graduates of both schools; 23 local employers; and 86 vocational and academic teachers. The surveys established that students and graduates lacked critical employability skills. A probable cause analysis was conducted. The results were used to develop an intervention emphasizing relevance to the real world and use of cooperative learning strategies to facilitate development of skills in the following areas: job search, communication, technological literacy, work ethics, critical thinking, work safety, teamwork, and career exploration. Postintervention surveys indicated that the intervention increased the students' confidence in their employability skills. (The bibliography lists 14 references. Appended are the following: high school student, high school graduate, employer, and teacher surveys; checklist listing workplace skills and career development competencies adopted by the Illinois State Board of Education as part of the Illinois Learning Standards; and a cooperative education evaluation form.) (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC