Work Experience Education Programs in American Secondary Schools. Bulletin, 1957, No. 5
Author: Hunt, DeWitt
Date: 1957-00-00
Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Subjects: Educational History,High School Students,Junior High School Students,Student Employment,Part Time Employment,Program Descriptions,Work Experience Programs,Work Experience,Guides,Bibliographies,Government Publications,Program Development,Program Evaluation,Vocational Education,Credits,Cooperative Education,Federal Legislation,Federal Aid,United States History,Definitions,Federal Regulation,State Regulation,Dropouts,Educational Finance,Financial Support,Distributive Education,Staff Role,Coordinators,Job Placement,Trade and Industrial Education,Business Education,Wages,Program Effectiveness,Guidelines,School Administration,School Organization,Administrative Principles,Educational Principles,Child Safety,Educational Policy,Education Work Relationship,Work Study Programs,School Business Relationship,Working Hours,School Schedules,Compliance (Legal),Child Labor,Child Welfare

It is believed that superintendents and principals, school board members, teachers, and employers and other lay citizens--in fact, all those persons who help to decide on public-school curriculum have need for a bulletin in which information is made available concerning work experience education programs. They should be informed about selected publications which describe this program. Enough background material should be made available for them to review the recent development of work as a part of secondary education in American schools. School authorities need to develop an awareness of the educative values in the normal work activities of children and youth, and learn about methods of integrating these experiences in the school program. Teachers and officials need to recognize that there are several types of work experience programs, and that one or all may be put into operation in a single school. Busy school officials need descriptions of several types of work experience programs in order to consider their use locally. Finally, a brief summary of methods of initiating and conducting a work experience education program is needed to serve as a guide on the operational level. This bulletin is designed to serve the local school official who wants to initiate a work experience education program or to assist in evaluation of a program already in operation. Since this bulletin is intended to be a guidebook for those who are interested in initiating a work experience program in a local school system, all types of schoolwork programs are considered, including those designed specifically as vocational preparation for chosen occupations. Included also are those types of work experiences, sponsored, planned, and supervised by the school for their general developmental values. The study is limited to work performed during released schooltime. It includes descriptions of some unpaid work experience programs and some work experience programs without high school credit. An appendix provides lists of: (1) Books, Pamphlets, and Articles from Periodicals and Other Publications from Nongovernmental Sources; (2) Publications from City and County Boards of Education, from State Departments of Education, and from Selected Agencies of the United States Government; and (3) Publications from the United States Department of Labor. (Contains 40 footnotes and 1 table.) [Best copy available has been provided.]