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Peer reviewedGreen, Annette; Smith, Erica – Education in Rural Australia, 2002
A study examined student learning in the workplace. Surveys of 1,451 students from 13 Australian secondary schools and 9 case studies found that communication skills and finding out what workplaces are really like constituted the bulk of workplace learning. Students reported learning experientially, and learning more in paid work and vocational…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Smith, Erica; Wilson, Lou – 2002
Australian school students' views regarding their learning from paid and unpaid work in the workplace were examined. The data sources were as follows: (1) a questionnaire administered in 13 schools in New South Wales and South Australia to students in years 10, 11, and 12; (2) school and locality-based case studies; and (3) interviews with…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Researchers
