The time is right for apprenticeship to come into its own as a model of applied learning that works for today's learners and for industry and the economy. It has the potential to blend into the continuum of learning, not to stand alone as an alternative to formal education. (Author)

Describes the cooperative efforts of the Nova Scotia Department of Education, New Brunswick Community College and the Departments of Labour and Manpower of the two provinces to develop a curriculum for apprenticeship training programs. (JOW)

In this excerpt from their book the authors describe the effect of the Second World War and early post-war years on vocational education. (Editor)

A study assessed the usefulness and effectiveness of a self-instructional print module on multicultural behavior change in learners in trade apprenticeships. The module had a significant effect on learning and retention, a moderate effect on attitude. Similarly designed instruction could provide an avenue to fostering multicultural behavior…

Public opinion of technical studies must be improved in order to make apprenticeships more appealing. A new paradigm is needed to bring vocational education into a more culturally accepted format. (JOW)

Describes Alberta's registered apprenticeship plan (RAP), a three-year program in which students spend part of their time in school and part in industry as a registered apprenticeship. Compares RAP to the federal youth apprenticeship proposed in the United States and the European model. (JOW)

Looks at the problem of obtaining an adequate supply of trained workers in North America and examines the dual vocational system used in Germany. Offers recommendations with an emphasis on cooperative education. (JOW)

Discusses government training programs in Canada and how they might be improved; the need for a more comprehensive training strategy; and apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs. (JOW)

The Green Certificate Farm Training Program is on-the-job training with instruction delivered on a farm site, requiring the employer-farmer to serve as trainer. Trainees learn operational as well as management and entrepreneurial skills upon completion of a test and are certified at the levels of farm worker, foreman, or farm business manager. (SK)

Presents in English and French the main findings of a survey of Canadian business and labor representatives dealing with education and literacy, apprenticeship and training in the workplace, and the training roles and funding responsibilities of business and labor. (Author)

Focusing on problems that relate to vocational training, skills development, and the formation of work attitudes, the author traces the historical developments of training programs in Canada and the relationship of achievement to reward by using comparative data from West Germany. (BM)