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School-To-Work

Author(s): Packer, Arnold H.; Pines, Marion W.; Stluka, M. Frank; Surowiec, Christine
ISBN10: 1883001188
ISBN13: 9781883001186
Cover: Hardcover
 
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Table of Contents
About the Authors vi
Preface and Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(6)
Part I: The Changes Needed To Integrate Work and School
Changing School so that All Children Acquire Workplace Know-How
7(28)
The Problem: Falling Earnings
7(2)
The Struggle to Change
9(12)
Standards and SCANS
17(4)
Curriculum: The What
21(11)
Learning in Context: The ``How''
32(3)
Integrating Students' Work Experience: Learning-Rich Work
35(20)
The Convergence of School and Work
36(5)
The Places Where Youngsters Work
41(6)
Youth Apprenticeship
44(3)
Motivating the Actors
47(4)
On-the-Job Pedagogy: Inventing Learning-Rich Tasks
51(4)
Making Informed Decisions
55(12)
Portable Standards
57(4)
Tests, Assessment, and Certification
61(2)
Choices, Not Tracks
63(2)
Counsel for the Big Decision, and for the Little Ones
65(2)
The Future: A Vision of School-to-Work on the Information Highway
67(10)
A Possible STW World in 2005
67(6)
Will the Information Highway Be Ready?
73(4)
Part II: Promising Practices 77(158)
Promising Practices: Introduction
79(2)
School-Based Practices
81(56)
Introduction
81(1)
Elementary and Middle Schools
82(18)
Microsocieties
83(2)
Entrepreneurial Projects
85(2)
Media Publications
87(2)
Construction and Manufacturing Enterprises
89(2)
Workplace-Based Activities
91(2)
Guiding Principles
93(7)
High Schools
100(22)
Philadelphia High School Academies, Inc.
100(11)
Roosevelt Renaissance 2000
111(6)
The Smokey House Project
117(5)
Community Colleges
122(15)
An Associate Degree in High-Performance Manufacturing
122(9)
Montgomery College Tech Prep
131(6)
Work-Based Practices
137(42)
Introduction
137(2)
Public Sector Summer Youth Employment Programs
139(17)
Summer Beginnings National Demonstration Project
139(8)
Maryland's Summer Youth Employment and Training Program
147(9)
Private Sector
156(13)
WorkPlus
156(7)
McDonald's Youth Demonstration Project
163(6)
Service-Learning
169(10)
Maryland's Statewide Service-Learning Requirement
169(4)
Magic Me, Incorporated
173(6)
Integrated Practices
179(56)
Introduction
179(1)
Siemens-Lyman-Seminole
179(10)
Partnership for Academic and Career Education (PACE)
189(12)
ProTech Health Care
201(7)
Boeing
208(5)
Craftsmanship 2000
213(7)
Broome County Youth Apprenticeship Program
220(4)
Seattle/King County Youth Fair Chance Initiative
224(11)
Part III: System Building 235(32)
``Leading Edge'' State Systems
237(24)
Introduction
237(2)
Oregon
239(5)
New Jersey
244(5)
New York
249(5)
Wisconsin
254(7)
Conclusion: What Do We Know?
261(6)
Part IV: School-to-Work Practitioner's Directory 267(12)
School-to-Work Practitioner's Directory
269(10)
Index 279

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