Thomas Dobbelstein and Susanne Taylor

This essay suggests some methods to measure the companies’ satisfaction with the education institution they collaborate with and to find out how these institutions may enthuse their employers to maintain this critical partnership.  A brief contrast will be made between the South African model of cooperative education (as practiced by universities of technology/polytechnics) and that of the German Berufsakademies.  The framework outlined will be the basis of a future comparative study measuring the satisfaction and enthusiasm companies demonstrate in the different educational contexts in which the cooperative education model is applied.  Customer satisfaction, with the employer company that is offering the student an experiential (work-based learning) opportunity being the customer, is an important consideration in this education model.

1-6

Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2004), 5(1), 1-6.

Analysing the World of Work's Requirements with the Aim of Enthusing Companies About Cooperative Education

Keywords: Cooperative education; customer satisfaction; Germany; South Africa

Merrelyn Bates

This paper describes a course field placement that provides practical learning opportunities for students in Griffith University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.  The author takes the position that knowledge development is limited with out action and bases her augments on work by Hövels prepared for the WACE conference in Rotterdam, 2003.

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Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2004), 5(1), 7-14.

From Knowledge to Action and Back again: Building a Bridge

Keywords: Criminology education; workplace learning; practicum

Neil Ward and A. Jefferies

This paper describes the formation of a network called 'The Analytical Club' a cohort of industries in the United Kingdom that support the University of Surrey's cooperative education or professional training program in analytical chemistry.  The nature and practice of the club is described, along with perceived advantages for all parties.

15-18

Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2004), 5(1), 15-18.

'The Analytical Club': A Unique Cooperative Education Link Between Industry and Academia

Keywords: Chemistry; United Kingdom; industry links

Neil Ward and Robert Laslett

This paper describes an international exchange program for chemistry students between the University of Surrey's cooperative education or professional training program in the United Kingdom and Swinburne University of Technology industry-based learning student from Melbourne in Australia  The nature and practice of the exchange arrangements described, along with perceived advantages reported by students.

19-26

Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2004), 5(1), 19-26.

International Cooperative Education Student Exchange Program: Lessons from the Chemistry Experience

Keywords: Chemistry; United Kingdom; Australia;  international exchange

Neil Ward, Robert Frost, and Laura Yonge

This paper describes an international program for chemistry students of the University of Surrey's cooperative education or professional training program in the United Kingdom and  employers in Europe. The nature and practice of the co-op placement are described, along with perceived advantages reported by student participants.

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Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2004), 5(1), 27-34.

International Cooperative Education: The European Experience for Students in Chemistry

Keywords: Chemistry; United Kingdom; Europe;  international exchange

Thomas Groenewald, Melanie Bushney, Aletta Odendaaal, and Melanie Pieters

This paper describes an innovative experiential learning portfolio in the area of human resource management.  The approach was driven by an obligation to introduce a work-integrated learning component to the South African National Diploma in Human Resource Management in the face of a restraining national curriculum.  The authors developed a experiential learning guide and here describe features of that guide and its subsequent refinement.

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Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2004), 5(1), 35-44.

A Case Study Regarding the Implementation of an Innovative Experiential Learning Portfolio in Human Resource Management

Keywords: South Africa; experiential learning guide; human resource management; personal development plan; outcomes based; role clusters; assessment; employers

Jenny Fleming and Jo Ann Walton

This paper describes an approach for assisting learners to make best choices within an ethical practice context, and to teach learners how to deal with complex ethical issues.  The approach consists of real-world cooperative education projects in the topic of sport and recreation studies in a New Zealand educational setting.

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Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2004), 5(1), 45-49.

Sport and Recreation Cooperative Education Projects: A Medium for Teaching and Learning Ethical principles

Keywords: Cooperative education; ethical principles; ethics; learning; sport 

Neil Ward, Naiomi Hammond, Andrea Marcilla, Victor Brion and Mario Gustavo Mujica

Community-based projects in analytical chemistry resulted in real experience learning in an undergraduate science degree in Rio Negro, Argentina.  A project involving the development of a research methodology skills through the assessment of the health status of a regional population formed the basis of the project.  This program illustrates how such community-based projects could be used in developing countries as cooperative education opportunities.

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Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2004), 5(1), 50-59.

Community-based Research projects: A New Educational Link Experience for Academia and Industry in Rio Negro, Argentina

Keywords: Community-based research; professional training; cooperative education, Argentina

Neil Taylor and Tom W. Maxwell

Professional doctorates have attracted criticism in a recent Australian government report: many such doctorates are reported to be almost indistinguishable from conventional PhD programs.  In this paper .we describe the Doctor of Education (EdD) degree at the University of New England and detail features of this degree that brand it as a professional degree.  A key emphasis is the learning that occurs in the workplace.  Recent evaluation of the EdD at UNE has been very favorable with students claiming to have gained significant professional benefits.

60-69

Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2004), 5(1), 60-69.

Enhancing the Relevance of a Professional Doctorate: The Case of the Doctor of Education Degree at the University of New England

Keywords: Australia; professional doctorate; evaluation

Dale Holt, David MacKay and Ross Smith

Many organizations have felt a need to adapt and transform themselves in response to the forces of globalization.  This also applied to universities and in this paper the authors present a contemporary case of a professionally designed curriculum in the filed of information technology. Key integrative dimensions are identified along with an analysis of the perspectives of teaching staff and  students on the educational experience.

1-11

Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, (2004), 5(2), 1-11.

Developing Professional Expertise in the Knowledge Economy: Integrating Industry-Based Learning with the Academic Curriculum in the Field of Information Technology

Keywords: Learning environments; professional education workplace learning; education design; IT/IS profession