ERIC Number: ED263755
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 6
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PETCO: An American Workplace Simulation.
Johnston, Amy
Passage, v1 n3 p13-17 Win 1985
PETCO is a simulated corporation used as a teaching tool in the pre-employment training program at the Galang Refugee Processing Center in Indonesia. The refugees in the program are in low-level classes. The use of the simulation allows the staff to present hands-on, task-based learning techniques to address four major concerns of refugees entering the American work force: workplace rules, time, payroll, and workplace behavior. PETCO has been integrated into the larger pre-employment training program, and has been found to be successful. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Cross Cultural Training, Employee Responsibility, Employer Employee Relationship, English for Special Purposes, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Limited English Speaking, Program Descriptions, Refugees, Simulated Environment, Teaching Methods, Vietnamese People, Vocational Adjustment, Work Environment
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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