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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"school-to-work transition"”.
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School to work transition experience of Year 12 school leavers
… of increased retention rates in post compulsory schooling, educational systems have attempted to expand their curricular offerings. The aims of this study were twofold. The first was to examine a process of transition from school to work and the second considered the implications for improvement …
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The school to work transition of at-risk youth : putting employment and training programs into context
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1993.
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Into the Workplace: Exploring the Learning Experiences of Newcomer Engineers during the School-to-Work Transition
… including engineers. Despite national efforts to improve graduates' competencies, managers and other critical industry stakeholders consistently describe new hires as underprepared for practice. Nonetheless, as engineers move into their new organizations, they learn to participate in and …
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Post-secondary students' and work-site supervisors' perceptions of diversity experiences and needs of students in a school-to-work transition program
The purposes of this study were ( a) to provide documented accounts of cooperative education students' experiences when interacting with diverse groups and (b) to obtain cooperative education students' and work-site supervisors' perceptions of the knowledge and attitudes needed by cooperative …
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Expectations of workforce students based on their self-efficacy and learned experiences versus program outcomes
Webb, Patricia Workplace readiness among students has been a concern of educators and legislators for many decades, but it remains a complex area of research because students are still underprepared for a competitive workforce demanding diverse skillsets and unemployment remains high. This …
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The Rough Road to Work for Rochester Refugees
Refugees face many hardships in adapting to life in new countries, including lack of familiarity with job markets, difficulties with cultural assimilation, and xenophobic resistance from locals. Monroe County and the City of Rochester in New York State have a significant refugee population who are …
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An examination of the perceived factors of internship programs that lead students to remain with an organization after completing an internship
… skills, gaining first-hand experience in the workplace, and bridging the transition from academia to the world of work. As illustrated by the elevated number of college graduates reporting an internship experience upon graduation, internships are becoming a high-impact practice within the …
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PREPARE : program review and evaluation for professional advancement in nurse residency education
… at a large urban academic hospital was evaluated to assess the effectiveness of transitioning new graduate nurses (NGNs) into clinical practice, especially during the pandemic. The evaluation used a mixed-methods approach that combined quantitative data from NGN surveys with qualitative feedback. …
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Youth transitions : re-entry into second chance education
The issue of school non-completion continues to be a matter of concern for policy makers and educators in Australia today. Despite the efforts of governments and school systems to make education more responsive to the needs and interests of young people, recent findings testify to a persistent …
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What are parents' opinions towards their children's transition from school to adulthood?
The purpose of this research was to determine if training affected parent attitudes towards the transition planning process. Twenty-one parent volunteers participated in this study. Parents answered survey questions about their attitudes before attending two training sessions. A second survey was …
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Attitudes of employers and high school teachers toward skills needed for the workplace
… use of competencies and skills needed by high school graduates to be effective in the workplace of the future; determine points of agreement between the two stakeholders; and use findings to generate new philosophies of curriculum and instructional strategies at Walled Lake Central High School. …
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Digging deeper: Enriching transition to adult life outcome research through life-histories
1 PDF file (v, 293 pages)
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Connecting School-Based Learning and Work-Based Learning: Perceptions of Students, Their Teachers, and Their Workplace Supervisors
Vocational educators are reexamining methods of preparing students for the transition from school to the workplace as employers from business and industry are looking to schools for help in meeting their human resource needs. The School-to-Work Opportunities Act (1994) has stimulated a number of …
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Three essays in labor economics
… Microdata. A one-percent increase in production workers’ hourly wages reduces total production worker hours by 0.7 percent and increases capital investment on machines by 2.7 percent. Manufacturing plants reduce average hours per production worker more than number of production workers. The …
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The Trajectory from School to Work: A Study of Life Chances of School Leavers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Sweden
<p>The school-to-work transition is traditionally perceived as a one-time event; moving from education to one’s first job. In response to the increased complexity within today’s relationship between education and work, the research in this dissertation takes a different approach to the study of …
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A model of employment literacy: Young people in Western Australia
This exploratory study aimed to examine the meanings of employment literacy among young people undertaking vocational education or training (VET), trainers, funding representatives and employers in Western Australia. A further objective was to develop a model of employment literacy that would …
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