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JB Cc Single Issue Community Colleges Ser.: New Vocationalism in American Community Colleges No.115 by Debra D. Bragg (2001, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-100787957801
ISBN-139780787957803
eBay Product ID (ePID)1903583
Product Key Features
Number of Pages120 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNew Vocationalism in American Community Colleges No.115
SubjectCounseling / Career Development, Vocational, Higher
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorDebra D. Bragg
Subject AreaEducation
SeriesJB Cc Single Issue Community Colleges Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight6.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.8 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume Number116
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentEDITOR'S NOTES (Debra D. Bragg). 1. Opportunities and Challenges for the New Vocationalism (Debra D. Bragg). 2. The Role of Leadership in Successful Vocational Initiatives (Michael D. Summers). 3. From Isolation to Integration: Postsecondary Vocational Education and Emerging Systems of Workforce Development (W. Norton Grubb). 4. Community Colleges and Their Communities: Collaboration for Workforce Development (Margaret Terry Orr). 5. Two-Year Colleges and Tech Prep Partnerships: A Texas Perspective(Carrie H. Brown). 6. Blurring the Lines: Transforming Terminal Education to Transfer Education (Barbara K. Townsend). 7. Work-Based Learning: Finding a New Niche (George H. Johnston). 8. Learner-Centered Instructional Practices Supporting the New Vocationalism (Donna E. Dare). 9. Community Colleges and the Workforce Investment Act: Promises and Problems of the New Vocationalism (James Jacobs). 10. Sources and Information: Postsecondary Vocational Education (Jung-sup Yoo). INDEX.
SynopsisWith a broadened purpose in academic preparation and greater commitment to promoting a wide range of career choices, "new vocationalism" in community colleges plays an increasingly prominent role in the new economy., With a broadened purpose in academic preparation and greater commitment to promoting a wide range of career choices, "new vocationalism" in community colleges plays an increasingly prominent role in the new economy. This volume provides valued perspectives from practitioners on these emerging vocation education programs, both in terms of theory and practice, and highlights intriguing changes in the field. Chapters analyze the role of community college leaders in developing programs, successful partnerships and collaboration with communities, work-based learning, changes in perception of terminal education and transfer education, changing instructional practices for changing student populations and the integration of vocational education into the broader agenda of American higher education. This is the 115th journal in the Jossey-Bass series New Directions for Community Colleges.
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