Assessing for work integrated learning experiences : a pre-service teacher perspective

A critical aspect of the debate about work integrated learning in the university context is the blurring of boundaries and responsibilities in terms of student learning. In an Australian pre-service teacher education program this blurring of boundaries is apparent in stakeholder tensions about the nature and role of assessment during the practicum. In the study reported in this paper students responded positively to the content of assessment tasks but maintained that their efforts to implement the associated planning in the workplace were stymied because of disparate understandings between university and school staff about the purpose of the task.

Developing a collaborative model of industry feedback for work placement of business students

Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a signature feature of study in many higher education institutions. In business degrees, industry feedback is recognized as an integral part of the assessment of WIL, yet the role played by industry in appraising student performance in the workplace has not been clearly defined. Based on interviews with industry supervisors and academic mentors, this paper addresses the integration of academic and industry supervisor assessment practices designed to maximize student learning outcomes and capture the depth of the learning experiences during a work placement. A model of industry feedback was developed to incorporate planned assessment practices that achieve the learning outcomes agreed to at the start of the placement by all stakeholders: the student, the academic mentor and the industry supervisor.

Gestão escolar, trabalho associado e participação no âmbito da Cooperativa Educacional de Marília

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Los periódicos cooperativos y la educación cooperativa en la provincia de Córdoba (Argentina) : El caso de 'El Cooperativista'

El periódico institucional es un órgano de difusión del quehacer cooperativo y una de las mejores vías para llevar adelante la educación cooperativa, especialmente en lo que se refiere a la difusión de los principios cooperativos y de los objetivos perseguidos por las sociedades de este tipo; pero también es un vehículo para dar a conocer entre los asociados y sus familiares y a la comunidad en su conjunto tanto los actos cooperativos con sus fundamentos y ventajas, como otras tantas cuestiones que involucran directa o indirectamente aspectos substanciales del quehacer cooperativo e informaciones que atañen a la propia localidad donde se asienta la entidad. En este artículo se estudia un caso especial, el del periódico publicado sin interrupción por la cooperativa vini-frutícola agrícola "La Caroyense" entre los años 1946 y 1967, analizando especialmente en los 233 números publicados en ese lapso junto con ese tipo de anuncios, aquellos que sirvieron para formar y fortalecer entre los asociados los principios cooperativos y el sentido de solidaridad.

Los periódicos cooperativos y la educación cooperativa en la provincia de Córdoba (Argentina) : El caso de 'El Cooperativista'

El periódico institucional es un órgano de difusión del quehacer cooperativo y una de las mejores vías para llevar adelante la educación cooperativa, especialmente en lo que se refiere a la difusión de los principios cooperativos y de los objetivos perseguidos por las sociedades de este tipo; pero también es un vehículo para dar a conocer entre los asociados y sus familiares y a la comunidad en su conjunto tanto los actos cooperativos con sus fundamentos y ventajas, como otras tantas cuestiones que involucran directa o indirectamente aspectos substanciales del quehacer cooperativo e informaciones que atañen a la propia localidad donde se asienta la entidad. En este artículo se estudia un caso especial, el del periódico publicado sin interrupción por la cooperativa vini-frutícola agrícola "La Caroyense" entre los años 1946 y 1967, analizando especialmente en los 233 números publicados en ese lapso junto con ese tipo de anuncios, aquellos que sirvieron para formar y fortalecer entre los asociados los principios cooperativos y el sentido de solidaridad.

Los periódicos cooperativos y la educación cooperativa en la provincia de Córdoba (Argentina) : El caso de 'El Cooperativista'

El periódico institucional es un órgano de difusión del quehacer cooperativo y una de las mejores vías para llevar adelante la educación cooperativa, especialmente en lo que se refiere a la difusión de los principios cooperativos y de los objetivos perseguidos por las sociedades de este tipo; pero también es un vehículo para dar a conocer entre los asociados y sus familiares y a la comunidad en su conjunto tanto los actos cooperativos con sus fundamentos y ventajas, como otras tantas cuestiones que involucran directa o indirectamente aspectos substanciales del quehacer cooperativo e informaciones que atañen a la propia localidad donde se asienta la entidad. En este artículo se estudia un caso especial, el del periódico publicado sin interrupción por la cooperativa vini-frutícola agrícola "La Caroyense" entre los años 1946 y 1967, analizando especialmente en los 233 números publicados en ese lapso junto con ese tipo de anuncios, aquellos que sirvieron para formar y fortalecer entre los asociados los principios cooperativos y el sentido de solidaridad.

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"NCES 97-581"--P. [4] of cover.

Co-operation; a magazine of economic progress.

Right relationship league, formerly Cooperative education bureau (?)

Fostering professional development through integrating work and formal learning

The Undergraduate Site Learning Program (USLP) is an innovative work-based learning program that addresses the call to develop a broader set ofattributes in engineering graduates. Unlike cooperative education programs, site learning can give students full academic credit for their placement without extending the duration of the degree through the use of an innovative learning alignment model. A cenrralpart ofthis program is a unique course entitled Professional Development in which students articulate and reflect upon the lessons they leom while on placement in industry. Students spend the bulk ofa semester on-site often in remote locations, which requires a flexible approach to course operation and fosters independent learning. Thus the USLP challenges both staff and students and produces outcomes that bofh the alumni and industry value.

Sociodrama as a criative learnig strategy in business

Sociodrama is a learning process focused on solutions for human relationship problems. It offers the opportunity for groups to clarify values and review behaviors, practicing new spontaneous and creative attitudes. The objective of this work is to analyze and discuss how sociodrama can be used as a methodological strategy for cooperative education in business administration. More specifically, to show how sociodramatic sessions can be used in different organizational contexts and to discuss how sociodramatic interventions foster creativity and change in the learning process between the main facilitator and other actors involved. To reach those objectives, three experiences are presented in the paper. The situations here presented show that the same technique, used with different groups, is a creative way to intervene and work with groups. It can serve critical thinking and group bonding, can foster motivation or help a group clarify values and define priorities.

Exploration of a reflective practice rubric

Work integrated learning (WIL) educators using reflective practice to facilitate student learning require a set ofstandards that works within the traditional assessment frame of Higher Education, to ascertain the level at which reflective practice has been demonstrated. However, there is a paucity of tested assessment instruments that provide guidance for measuring student demonstrations of reflective learning in WIL. This paper provides a preliminary exploration (pilot) of the reliability and validity of a WIL placement rubric for grading reflective practice across an alternate WIL placement-like context, for the purpose of testing the potential transferability of the rubric. The study supports earlier research that suggests that inter-assessor shared understanding of standards are crucial for achieving reliable and valid results. The rubric’s value is in providing a foundation set of standards that can support WIL educators to expedite discussions for developing and using assessment tools grounded in reflective practice theory for grading student achievement across a range of WIL placement-like learning contexts.

Cooperative learning in Thailand : professional development to enhance primary education

The overall purpose of this study was to develop a model to inform the design of professional development programs and the implementation of cooperative learning within Thai primary school mathematics classrooms. Action research design, with interviews, surveys and observations, was used for this study. Survey questionnaires and classroom observations investigated the factors that influence the implementation of cooperative learning strategies and academic achievement in Thai primary school mathematics classrooms. The teachers’ interviews and classroom observation also examined the factors that need to be addressed in teacher professional development programs in order to facilitate cooperative learning in Thai mathematics classrooms. The outcome of this study was a model consisting of two sets of criteria to inform the successful implementation of cooperative learning in Thai primary schools. The first set of criteria was for proposers and developers of professional development programs. This set consists of macro- and micro-level criteria. The macro-level criteria focus on the overall structure of professional development programs and how and when the professional development programs should be implemented. The micro-level criteria focused on the specific topics that need to be included in professional development programs. The second set of criteria was for Thai principals and teachers to facilitate the introduction of cooperative learning in their classrooms. The research outcome also indicated that the attainment of these cooperative learning strategies and skills had a positive impact on the students’ learning of mathematics.