ScholarLens Back to search
1996•Employment ResearchOpen access

School-to-Work Programs to Facilitate Youth Employment and Learning

Kevin Hollenbeck

Open full text 4 citations

Abstract

School-to-Work Programs to Facilitate Youth Employment and LearningTraditional vocational education, stereotypically thought of as "shop classes," has undergone a radical transformation.Technical education classes of today emphasize the integration of academic and vocational skills.School districts collaborate closely with employers to ensure that the skills and knowledge that are taught align with today's workplaces.Tech-prep programs articulate coursework from high school through two-year postsecondary degrees.The term "vocational education" has been replaced by the terms school-to-work or school-to-career programs.The federal government gave this transformation a boost with the passage of the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA).

Open-access reader

About this research paper

What this paper is about

School-to-Work Programs to Facilitate Youth Employment and LearningTraditional vocational education, stereotypically thought of as "shop classes," has undergone a radical transformation.Technical education classes of today emphasize the integration of academic and vocational skills.School districts collaborate closely with employers to ensure that the skills and knowledge that are taught align with today's workplaces.Tech-prep programs articulate coursework from high school through two-year postsecondary degrees.The term "vocational education" has been replaced by the terms school-to-work or school-to-career programs.The federal government gave this transformation a boost with the passage of the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA).

Why it matters

OpenAlex reports 4 citations for this work. Citation counts describe recorded attention and do not establish research quality.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

School-to-Work Programs to Facilitate Youth Employment and LearningTraditional vocational education, stereotypically thought of as "shop classes," has undergone a radical transformation.Technical education classes of today emphasize the integration of academic and vocational skills.School districts collaborate closely with employers to ensure that the skills and knowledge that are taught align with today's workplaces.Tech-prep programs articulate coursework from high school through two-year postsecondary degrees.The term "vocational education" has been replaced by the terms school-to-work or school-to-career programs.The federal government gave this transformation a boost with the passage of the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA).

Key concepts: Work (physics), Youth work, School-to-work transition, Mathematics education, Sociology, Pedagogy, Psychology, Political science

Related papers

Related paper 1Related paper 2Related paper 3
Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
School-to-Work Programs to Facilitate Youth Employment and Learning — Research Paper | ScholarLens