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Download full textJames Irvine Foundation, 2009
High school students participating in 16 California multiple pathways programs generally graduated at higher rates, met university requirements in greater numbers, performed better on high school exit exams and were more engaged in school and learning. This report summarizes a 2007-2008 study of the ConnectEd Network of Schools, capturing positive…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, High School Graduates, Program Effectiveness, College Bound Students
Peer reviewedEwing, Martha M. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Assesses the effectiveness of methods used by instructors in Collin County Community College's psychology department to increase student involvement in learning: a laboratory component, extensive writing to learn, classroom research, and business/industry apprenticeships. Concludes that active participation promotes synthesis and integration of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Classroom Research, College Instruction, Community Colleges
Corvalan-Vasquez, Oscar E. – 1981
The development of apprenticeship programs in several Latin American countries was investigated with a focus on the results of an industrial apprenticeship program in Santiago, Chile. The program studied was the Instituto Nacional de Capacitacion Profesional (INACAP), the national vocational training institute of Chile. The purpose of the study…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Educational Research
Glover, Robert W. – 1986
This publication reviews available literature regarding apprenticeship in the United States and 17 other industrialized market-economy nations. It notes outstanding practices that may be replicated or transferred to strengthen U.S. apprenticeship. The publication begins by defining apprenticeships and outlining the unique features of U.S.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations
Bigelow, Donna; And Others – 1988
An apprenticeship preparation program was conducted at Arctic College, Eskimo Point, Northwest Territories, Canada, to overcome young people's educational limitations by offering professional training in a vocational area followed by a combination of work experience and academic upgrading. The academic upgrading stressed computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Apprenticeships, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2001
Dykeman and colleagues developed a taxonomy of career development interventions used in United States secondary schools that can help career and technical education (CTE) practitioners evaluate and improve the effectiveness of guidance programs. The interventions include introductory, advising, curriculum-based, and work-based interventions.…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
