Working Knowledge: Work-Based Learning and Education Reform

ISBN-13: 9780415945660 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 256 str.

Thomas R. Bailey; Katherine L. Hughes; David T. Moore

Opis

This book describes and analyzes the current state of work-based learning in the US. It begins with a review of the history of work-based learning and its place in policy-making around school reform, which establishes the theoretical and empirical basis for the rest of the book. Based on over five years of research on work-based learning in high school and community college programs across the country, it explores the potential for using work-based learning as part of a broad education reform strategy. The authors emphasize the importance of situated learning in understanding work-based learning and in creating engaging and educational experiences for youth.

Recenzje

"The authors, all respected figures in the school-to-work field, bring a committed but critical perspective to their search for a workable educational reform that can straddle America's ever-waning investment in traditional vocational education and the realization that not all high school students are bound for four-year institutions...Working Knowledge is a sophisticated and balanced treatment of the preparation of youth for the workplace. It deserves and will undoubtedly receive a wide readership." -- Teachers College Record

Spis treści

1. Work-Based Learning and Education Reform 2. The Questions and the Approach 3. Student Participation in Work-Based Learning 4. Employer Involvement in Work-Based Learning 5. Work-Based Learning and Academic Skills 6. Learning Skills and Careers Through Work-Based Learning 7. Work-Based Learning and Youth Development 8. New Modes of Thought 9. Pedagogical Strategies for Work-Based Learning 10. Pedagogy in the Classroom to Support Work-Based Learning 11. Conclusions References Appendix Guidelines for Conducting Ethnography in Research on Work-Based Learning

O autorze

Thomas R. Bailey is the George and Abby O'Neill Professor of Economics and Education, Department of International and Transcultural Studies, and the Director, Institute on Education and the Economy, and Community College Research Center, at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Katherine L. Hughes is the Assistant Director for Work and Education Reform Research, Institute on Education and the Economy, Teachers College, Columbia University.
David Thornton Moore is Associate Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University.