Guiding High School Students through Applied Internship Projects in College Environments: A Met School Story

Autor/in	Hassan, Said
Titel	Guiding High School Students through Applied Internship Projects in College Environments: A Met School Story
Quelle	In: Education Canada, 52 (2012) 5 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1253
Schlagwörter	High School Students; College Programs; Education Work Relationship; Work Environment; College Environment; Internship Programs; College Choice; Career Choice; Developmental Studies Programs; Career Education; Effective Schools Research; Science Course Improvement Projects; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Studienprogramm; Arbeitsmilieu; Hochschulumwelt; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Studienortwahl; Developmental studies; Developmental psychology; Study; Studies; Entwicklungspsychologie; Studium; Arbeitslehre; Schulforschung; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	Many high school students are faced with the dilemma of "what next?" as they go through their final years at school. With new-economy jobs becoming more complex and career paths increasingly convoluted, the decision-making process is no simple task. What do these jobs and careers entail? How does what they are studying in school relate to them? A few students with good scores do end up in their profession of choice, normally a well-known career such as medicine, engineering or law, but many others face the challenge of picking something that is within their reach, interests them and possibly has some career prospects. In 2009 the author met a science teacher from Seven Oaks Met School, a school with a unique vision and model of teaching and learning. It didn't take long for him and his colleague at Red River College, Philip Cheng, to be all ears, listening to and imbibing the concept of Met School. They learned that, as part of their educational model, Met School students spend time twice a week in a work environment of their choice. They then share their learning and experiences with their schoolmates and teachers through project presentations and other activities. As the author reflects on his experiences with Met School students and other mentorships he has taken on, he can't help thinking that this model could certainly be part of the answer to the "what next?" question, a small part but a crucial one nevertheless. College environments present some advantages as incubators for such projects. College programs tend to be a closer simulation of actual work environments while maintaining academic components. Besides, the emphasis on direct application of learning to solving industrial problems, in his opinion, is a strong motivator to high school students who are disillusioned with the value of what they learn at school. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10