The teaching of economics to secondary education students can be a challenging endeavor for even the most seasoned professional. Conveying the concepts of this discipline are more difficult when working with "at risk" students. This article examines the "at risk" student and how economics can become more meaningful in their education and applied…

Several studies on cooperative learning suggest that cooperative learning make students develop more higher level reasoning, more frequent generation of new ideas and solutions, and greater transfer of what is learned within one situation to another. Cooperative learning also promotes academic achievement, increases retention, and vastly improves…

University-workplace partnerships are strategies increasingly called for in higher education. This article reports on collaborative knowledge production between employed professional chemical engineers (registered for higher degrees) and their university-based supervisors (researchers in the field of chemical engineering). The study draws on a…

This paper presents the annual report of the Consolidated Grant Title V, Part A: Innovative Programs for the fiscal year 2008-2009. This report contains three sections. Section I, "Progress Report by Program", contains the following programs: (1) Local Education Reform Plan To Improve Reading, Math, and Language Arts; (2) Reading and Math Reform…

A description of the participation by two rural youth from Princeton, Minnesota in a wildlife management training program at the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. (EA)

The best way to maintain the integrity of the on-the-job aspect of cooperative education is through a written plan of learning activities developed by the teacher-coordinator of the cooperative program and the employer of the student-trainee. (Author/MU)

New companies and those opening additional operations in North Carolina have worked closely with the state's Industrial Services Division, Department of Community Colleges, in order to assure an adequate supply of trained manpower. Manpower training courses are cooperatively developed and carried out through the state's 54 technical institutes and…

Proposes an ethical principle to guide evaluators of cooperative education programs: that all actions of the evaluator contribute to a competent, fair, and useful assessment. Applies this principle to each element of the evaluation process. (SK)

Cooperative education has been limited by its characterization as an educational strategy, model, or method. As cooperative education enters its second century, it needs to be reinvented as an academic discipline with its own body of knowledge and precepts in order to assume its place within the academy. (JOW)

Describes the experiences of a secondary education major in speech and drama as a counselor with The Salvation Army Summer Camp. The author found that his cooperative education experience served him well as a career enhancement and dry run in the real world of the workplace. (JOW)

Discusses the history and evolution of the Journal of Cooperative Education and includes information about style and format, contributors, titles of articles, and references. (JOW)

Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) and its transcript component, we examine vocational education (now known as career and technical education, or CTE) for a recent cohort of youths. We describe and distinguish between CTE coursetaking and participation in particular career-related programs of courses and activities…

Purpose: The focus of this paper is to highlight the synergies and mutual benefits associated with a range of entrepreneurship education initiatives for a combination of internal and external stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach: The paper provides a description of four entrepreneurship education initiatives in operation at the University of…