Rethinking Work ExperienceAn overview of organizational and curricular development in work experience in the UK in recent years, which draws on the involvement of the authors at national level in consultancy with the DES, NCC, DTI, DoE and many LEAs concerning the role of work experience in the school curriculum. |
Contents
History and Policy Context | 3 |
The Concept of Work Experience | 16 |
1 | 17 |
Some International Comparisons | 39 |
23 | 41 |
The Changing World of Work | 55 |
32 | 70 |
36 | 77 |
3 | 112 |
4 | 122 |
Legal Issues | 124 |
Employers Perspectives | 137 |
Integration | 151 |
Progression | 173 |
Matching Students to Placements | 189 |
Teaching Strategies | 210 |
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