Integrating school and workplace learning in Canada [[electronic resource] ] : principles and practices of alternation education and training / / edited by Hans G. Schuetze and Robert Sweet

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783796303321
• Autore: Schuetze Hans G.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montréal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003
• ISBN: 1-283-53000-7; 9786613842459; 0-7735-7068-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SchützeHans Georg; SweetRobert Arthur <1943->
• Disciplina: 370.11/3
• Soggetti: School-to-work transition - Canada; Education, Cooperative - Canada; Occupational training - Canada
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Contributors -- Integrating School and Workplace Learning in Canada: An Introduction to Alternation Education Concepts and Issues -- A Comparison of Alternation Models and Jurisdictions -- The Restructuring of Work and the Modernization of Vocational Training in Germany -- Toward a Regional Approach to Alternation Education and Training: The Case of Quebec -- Alternation Education and Training in Canada -- Alternation in Canada: School, College, University, and Workplace -- Vocational Education in Ontario Secondary Schools: Past, Present – and Future? -- More than Sorcery Required: The Challenge of Matching Education and Skills for Life and Work -- School-Workplace Collaboration, An Uneasy Partnership: Experiences from Two Alternation Programs in Quebec -- Canada’s Community Colleges and Alternation -- Alternating Education and Training: Students’ Conceptions of Learning in Co-op -- Alternation Career Paths for Teachers: Reconceptualizing Educultural Alliances -- Bridging the Gap between Liberal and Applied Education -- Apprenticeship in Canada: A Training System under Siege? -- Women ; and Apprenticeships: The Role of Personal Agency in Transition Success -- New Policy and Research Directions -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Contributors include Lesley Andres (University of British Columbia), Paul Anisef (York University), Paul Axelrod (York University), Laurier Caron (Université de Montréal), Nancy Émond (Université de Laval), Paul Gallagher (Gallagher and Associates), Garnet Grosjean (University of British Columbia), Marcelle Hardy (Université de Québec à Montréal), Walter Heinz (Bremen University), Ann Kitching (Gallagher and Associates), Zeng Lin (Illinois State University), Carmen Parent (Université de Québec a Montréal), Christian Payeur (Université de Laval), Tom Puk (Lakehead University), Hans G. Schuetze, Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards), Harry Smaller (York University), and Robert Sweet.