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Workman, Emily – New America, 2019
Early childhood educators have a unique opportunity to foster the development of cognitive, behavioral, and social skills. But the work is not easy. Effective educators need to master a complex set of skills, which requires high-quality educational and training programs rooted in child development and practicums in early childhood classrooms led…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Apprenticeships
MartinRogers, Nicole; Gozali-Lee, Edith; Miller, Julia – Wilder Research, 2021
In late 2020, Virginia community colleges participated in a national study of community college workforce education. Virginia was one of 14 states where education authorities volunteered to encourage colleges to respond early enough in 2020 to receive preliminary statewide results in January 2021. This brief compares Virginia to the 14 states in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Job Training, Noncredit Courses
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
College enrollment has increased over the past 10 years and is projected to continue growing over the next 10 for both full- and part-time students. At the same time, institutions face low retention and graduation rates. One policy that shows promise in increasing completion rates, especially for adult learners and those who served in the…
Descriptors: College Credits, Prior Learning, College Students, Educational Policy
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Brown, Jennifer A. Scott; Stefaniak, Jill E. – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2016
The majority of research that has been conducted on structuring mentorship programs has been on career support in terms of transferring tacit and explicit knowledge from the supervisor to the protégé. While the instructional design literature touts that cognitive apprenticeships provide a great framework for constructivist and situated learning…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Story Reading, Story Telling, Librarians
Alfeld, Corinne; Charner, Ivan; Johnson, Lisa; Watts, Eric – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2013
This report describes the Year 5 work of the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education's (NRCCTE) Technical Assistance (TA) Academy. In 2011-2012, the TA plan carried out by FHI 360 on behalf of the NRCCTE focused on developing a conceptual base for work-based learning (WBL), a strategy that helps students apply academic and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Workplace Learning, High School Students, Job Skills
Lynch, Richard L.; And Others – 1989
A study investigated the feasibility and advisability of restructuring Virginia public vocational education programs to provide blocks of time larger than those traditionally provided for on-the-job, cooperative, and apprenticeship training. Data were collected through a review of research and of education-work models; telephone and personal…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, High Risk Students, On the Job Training
2000
The following 14 papers, with abstracts and references, are compiled in this conference proceedings: "Exploring the Roles and Duties of Vocational Special Needs Educators" (Melanie Fagert); "Professional Competencies for Provisionally Licensed Career and Technical Education Teachers in Virginia" (Betty Heath-Camp, Daisy L.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Agricultural Education, Apprenticeships, Auto Mechanics