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Full-Text Articles in Education
Work Based Learning Experiences For High School Special Education Students: Best Practice And Student Impact, Pauline Shea
Work Based Learning Experiences For High School Special Education Students: Best Practice And Student Impact, Pauline Shea
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this research was to explore the various types and components of work-based learning experiences (WBLE), best practices, and the special education students’ outcomes in a suburban public high school located outside of a large metropolitan area. Students with disabilities (SWD) have a difficult time transitioning postsecondary, and acquiring and maintaining employment in a competitive global working environment. Due to their diverse needs, it became quite complex to match their abilities, interests, and preferences to the appropriate job experiences. In addition, this population needed to acquire not only appropriate job and career related skills but the essential 21st …
Employer Perspective On Augmenting Work Experiences For Individuals With Disabilities, Liza A. Laurino-Siegel
Employer Perspective On Augmenting Work Experiences For Individuals With Disabilities, Liza A. Laurino-Siegel
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to investigate employer perspective on augmenting work experiences for individuals with disabilities in the workplace through a qualitative case study approach. This study utilized two specific workplaces that are structured, have core values, are mission-driven and support individuals with differing abilities. The goal was to develop an understanding on how these workplaces continue to help individuals gain meaningful employment while supporting their differences and unique learning approaches in the workplace. Data collection included employer interviews, employee insight, an employer focus group, observations of employees at the work sites, artifacts, photos and the researcher’s journals. …
The Prickly Embrace Of Engaged Scholarship: What It Means To Do Research In An Urban Secondary (6-12) School, Mary Beth Schaefer, Lourdes M. Rivera
The Prickly Embrace Of Engaged Scholarship: What It Means To Do Research In An Urban Secondary (6-12) School, Mary Beth Schaefer, Lourdes M. Rivera
Curriculum & Instruction Faculty Publications
This paper describes how two professors struggled with traditional and non-traditional approaches to scholarship in order to understand how they could best serve students in a new secondary school (grades 6-12) while fulfilling expectations for tenure and promotion. Using methods related to reflexive autoethnography, the authors explore the rewards and challenges of building a partnership between a college and school that enabled the development of a comprehensive and systemic college and career readiness program called the Career Institute (CI). The professors explore the tensions that arose when they tried to both build and study this program. Over time, the professors …
Partnering For College And Career Readiness, Mary Beth Schaefer, Lourdes M. Rivera
Partnering For College And Career Readiness, Mary Beth Schaefer, Lourdes M. Rivera
Curriculum & Instruction Faculty Publications
The call for educators to include college and career readiness learning standards across their curricula affords schools and universities the opportunity to create meaningful collaborations. This article presents research highlighting the importance of providing college and career opportunities in middle and high school and describes a college-school partnership that enables two examples of college and career readiness programs. Both programs emerge from collaborative efforts among university faculty, teachers and administration.
The Career Institute: A Collaborative Career Development Program For Traditionally Underserved Secondary (6-12) School Students, Lourdes M. Rivera, Mary Beth Schaefer
The Career Institute: A Collaborative Career Development Program For Traditionally Underserved Secondary (6-12) School Students, Lourdes M. Rivera, Mary Beth Schaefer
Curriculum & Instruction Faculty Publications
Career development is integral to students’ academic and social-personal development and addressing students’ needs in this area is recognized as an important responsibility of the professional school counselor. However, efforts to address students’ career development tend to be lacking or services are provided in a disconnected manner. Helping students adequately prepare for the demands of the 21st century requires that they be actively engaged in planning for the future. Facilitating their career development during the school years is an important part of this preparation. This article provides a brief overview of the literature on career development in schools and presents …