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Career Goals and Internship Quality among VET Students
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Gamboa, Vítor; Paixão, Maria Paula; da Silva, José Tomás; Taveira, Maria do Céu – Journal of Career Development, 2021
Given the increased self-directedness of todays' career environment, career goals represent to some extent the exercise of individual agency, particularly during ecological transitions (e.g., school to work). The main purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between internship quality and career exploration behavior, considering…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Goal Orientation, Internship Programs, Program Effectiveness
Internship Quality Predicts Career Exploration of High School Students
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Gamboa, Vitor; Paixao, Maria Paula; Neves de Jesus, Saul – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2013
The provision of workplace-based experiences (internship/placement) is an important component of the training program of students attending vocational education courses. Regarding the impact of such experiences on vocational development, research results are not conclusive enough, mainly, if we consider the theoretical expectation that work…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 12, Internship Programs, Program Effectiveness
Vocational Profiles and Internship Quality among Portuguese VET Students
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Gamboa, Vitor; Paixão, Maria Paula; de Jesus, Saúl Neves – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2014
The provision of workplace-based experiences (internships) is an important component of the training program for students attending vocational education courses. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between internship quality and students vocational development, considering students' vocational profiles, in a sample of 346…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Internship Programs, Profiles
Keeping It Real: A Toledo Public School Prepares Students for College and Career
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Dubin, Jennifer – American Educator, 2014
In this article, author Jennifer Dubin offers a look into the innovations taking place in the Toledo Technology Academy (TTA), a career-tech school within the public school system in Toledo, Ohio. TTA teaches students in grades 7 through 12 using a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum, in addition to the traditional…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, STEM Education, Public Schools
Student Use of Academic Knowledge and Skills in Work-Based Learning
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Hawley, Joshua D.; Marks, Helen M. – Online Submission, 2006
Using data from in a large Mid-western district, this study analyses the use of academic skills in work-based learning. The primary question asked in this study has to do with the impact of participating in work-based learning on the use of academic skills. Four sets of academic skills were measured using surveys (language arts, math, science, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 12, Labor Force Development, Internship Programs
Case Studies of Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools. Relevance Strategic Designs: 6. Perspectives Charter School
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Shields, Regis Anne; Ireland, Nicole; City, Elizabeth; Derderian, Julie; Miles, Karen Hawley – Education Resource Strategies, 2008
This report is one of nine detailed case studies of small urban high schools that served as the foundation for the Education Resource Strategies (ERS) report "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools." These nine schools were dubbed "Leading Edge Schools" because they stand apart from other high…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Urban Schools, Small Schools, Educational Quality