UID:
almafu_9959240377702883
Format:
1 online resource (461 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-135-63813-6
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1-135-00277-0
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1-135-63814-4
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1-283-10264-1
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9786613102645
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1-4106-0943-X
Content:
This Handbook is designed to help cooperative education and internship professionals and employers design, carry out, and disseminate quality research and evaluation studies of work-based education. It offers examples of current, leading-edge studies about work-based education, but with a practical twist: The chapter authors frame their studies within a specific key research design issue, including finding a starting point and a theoretical framework; fitting research into one's busy practitioner workload; deciding on particular data-gathering methods and an overall methodological appro
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Handbook for Research in Cooperative Education and Internships; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Author Biographies; Part I Cooperative Education and Internships in Context; 1 Cooperative Education and Internships at the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century; 2 Theories About Learning and Development in Cooperative Education and Internships; Part II Beginning Phase of Research Projects; 3 Getting Started and Achieving Buy-In: Co-op Education Is Continuous, Contextualized Learning; 4 Identifying Resources: Ethics in Cooperative Education
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5 Researching in Cooperative Education: How a Practitioner Met the ChallengePart III Methods and Analysis; 6 Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Data: A Lifespan Study of Cooperative Education; 7 Choosing a Research Instrument: Investigating the Benefits of Cooperative Education; 8 Analyzing Data With Statistics: Business Internship Effects on Postgraduate Employment; 9 How to Measure Complex Learning Processes: The Nature of Learning in Cooperative Education; 10 Correlation Analysis in a Natural Experiment Design: Seeking the Opportune Grade Point Average Cutoff for Internships
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11 Issues in Case Study Methodology: Examining the Influences of Class Status on Cooperative Education ExperiencesPart IV Dissemination, Use, and Application; 12 Considering the Needs of Different Stakeholders: The Impact of Co-op Job Quality on Post-Graduation Earnings; 13 Program Evaluation in a Business Environment: An Employer's Journey With Cooperative Education; 14 Dissemination of Research to Reform Practice: Fishing (and Lawyering) to Learn; 15 Writing for Publication: Preparation of the Research Report; Part V Overriding Considerations
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16 Using Theory in Research I: Understanding the Learning Experienced in Structured Internships in Construction Engineering17 Using Theory in Research II: Atypical Cross-Cultural Experiences That Lead to Growth; 18 Program Assessment I: A Focused Approach to Measuring Learning Outcomes; 19 Program Assessment II: Cooperative Education Objectives Nestled in ABET EC2000 Criterion 3: a-k; 20 Ethical Issues in Experimental and Qualitative Research; Part VI Implications for Research and Practice; 21 Implications for Research and Practice; Author Index; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8058-4121-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8058-4120-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781410609434
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