Followup Report on Illinois "Class of '71" Occupational Program Alumni. Final Report.

Autor/inn/en	Felstehausen, Joyce L.; und weitere
Institution	Eastern Illinois Univ., Charleston. Center for Educational Studies.
Titel	Followup Report on Illinois "Class of '71" Occupational Program Alumni. Final Report.
Quelle	(1973), (244 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Choice; Career Education; Data Analysis; Educational Programs; Employment Experience; Entry Workers; Followup Studies; High School Graduates; Job Skills; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Questionnaires; Vocational Education; Vocational Followup; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitslehre; Auswertung; Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Produktive Fertigkeit; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Fragebogen; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The follow-up study evaluating the effectiveness of occupational education programs in Illinois focused on six principal dimensions: the basis on which occupational decisions were made; the post-high school status of occupational program completers; employment experience of program completers; alumni assessments of program helpfulness and recommendations for program improvement; employer/supervisor appraisals of employee preparation for employment; and entry level personal qualities and job skills considered important for employment. Findings, reported by program areas, varied according to program. Occupational program alumni from 102 Illinois high schools provided questionnaire data. The 5,203 usable responses constituted 46.4 percent of the total number sent and 9 percent of the total number of Illinois 1971 program completions. Another 2,651 responses were obtained from employers of alumni. Among the several recommendations for improving the followup system are: develop better identification of occupational programs and standardization of terms; appropriate funds for additional software; make the data available at appropriate times; discover new ways to relate subsequent employment to training taken; increase emphasis on career education; provide school district placement services; re-evaluate evaluative criteria; and base programs on job analysis. (Statistical tables are included.) (AG)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC