Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education
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Chris Eames |
Report
of the seventh New Zealand Association Cooperative Education Annual
Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 20-21 March 2003. |
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New Zealand Association for
Cooperative Education |
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| Subhashni Nathan and Neil Taylor | Education for sustainability (EfS) is a provocative and topical subject in education at all levels. In this article the authors argue that cooperative education provides a unique means of addressing EfS. The authors propose three models for the delivery of EfS via cooperative education and assert that the time is ripe for cooperative education to led the way for the development of EfS. | |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2003), 4(1), 1-8. | ||
| Linking Cooperative Education and Education for Sustainability: A New Direction for Cooperative Education | ||
| Key words: Education for sustainability; social justice; environmental education; linking EfS and cooperative education |
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| Karsten Zegwaard, Richard K. Coll and Dave Hodges | The assessment of the work placement for cooperative education programs is a worldwide problem. In this paper the authors propose a framework based on research in education and sociocultural views of learning. The framework is then used to develop three models for the assessment of work placements. The authors argue that workplace learning is complex and socially-situated and thus any assessment model needs to take such complexities into account in order to do justice to the learning that occurs. | |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2003), 4(1), 9-18. | ||
| Assessment of Workplace Learning: A Framework | ||
| Key words: New Zealand; science; technology; assessment; framework; sociocultural |
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| Susanne Taylor | The first 100 days in office for any manager is seen by many as crucial. In this article the author traces the beginings of the Director, Cooperative Education and Placement at a South African technikon. The author reports on the analysis of the Director's reflective diary and this suggests that the largest proportion of time is spent in management activities with little time spent on adminstration. The tensions between managemnt, administration and leadership are explored. | |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2003), 4(1), 19-23. | ||
| The Roles of a Director, Coopeartive Education: Leading, Managing and Adminsitration | ||
| Key words: South Africa; management; leadership; administration; cooperative education unit; workplace learning |
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| Richard K. Coll*, Dhirawit Pinyonatthagarn and Issra Pramoolsook | The research reported in this work is concerned with the internationalization of cooperative education, from the perspective of Thai students who completed work placements overseas and overseas students who completed placements in Thailand. The research represents a small-scale case study in which student views of the good and bad features of their placements were elicited via semi-structured interviews. The study suggests that there are common problems such as immigration difficulties and common advantages such as increased self-confidence and communication skills. This study, however, identified cultural issues particular to the context of the study. The paper concludes with some recommendations for practitioners. | |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 4(2), 1-6. | ||
| The Internationalization of Cooperative Education: A Thailand Perspective | ||
| Key words: Thailand; technology; engineering; international exchange; student perceptions | ||
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| Chris Eames | The research reported in this work represents a case study of 'Joe' a science and technology major in a cooperative education program. In this work Joe reflects on the learning encountered in his two work placements. The author uses sociocultrual theories of learning to examine Joe's story and argues that Joe became enculturated into a particular community of practice, that of a research scientist, as a result of his work-based learning program. | |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 4(2), 7-15. | ||
| Learning to Work: Becoming a Research Scientist Through Work Experience Placements |
| Key words: New Zealand; science; technology; learning; sociocultural; enculturation | ||
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| Dave Hodges* and Noel Burchell | This paper reports on a study of New Zealand employers of business graduates. The employers rated a series of graduate competencies in terms of importance using a seven-point Likert scale and also rated new graduate performance across the same competencies. In addition, the employers were asked their views of the value of prior experience on graduate competence. The study shows a large 'competency gap' between importance and performance. The implications of this gap are explored. | |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 4(2), 16-22. | ||
| Business Graduate Competencies: Employers' Views on Importance and Performance | ||
| Key words: New Zealand; competencies; employers; business |
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| Karsten Zegwaard* and Dave Hodges | This paper reports on the third study of a four part study of New Zealand of science and technology graduates. The new graduates rated a series of graduate competencies in terms of importance using a seven-point Likert scale and also rated new graduate performance across the same competencies. Recent graduates' views have shifted away from that of students to become more in accord with employers | |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 4(2), 23-35. | ||
| Science and Technology Stakeholders' Ranking of Graduate Competencies Part 3: Graduate Perspective | ||
| Key words: New Zealand; competencies; science; technology; graduate |
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| Karsten Zegwaard* and Dave Hodges | This paper reports on the fourth study of a four part study of New Zealand of science and technology graduates. Science and technology faculty from two New Zealand tertiary education providers rated a series of graduate competencies in terms of importance using a seven-point Likert scale and also rated new graduate performance across the same competencies. Faculty have strong views on what they perceive to be important competencies ands it seems these views may have influenced the views of student and graduates completing further studies. | |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 4(2), 36-48. | ||
| Science and Technology Stakeholders' Ranking of Graduate Competencies Part 4: Faculty Perspective |
| Key words: New Zealand; competencies; science; technology; faculty | ||
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| Thomas Groenewald | Internationally, talent is seen as a key factor for global competitiveness. In this paper a case is made for the use of cooperative education to foster talent in post-Apartheid South Africa. The research reported in this work is based on a phenomenological approach. | |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 4(2), 49-61. | ||
| Growing Talented People Through Cooperative Education: A Phenomenological Exploration | ||
| Key words: South A rica; talent; phenomenological; learnerships |
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