Handbook For Research In Cooperative Education And Internships
by Eric Miller /
2003 / English / PDF
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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 approach; integrating qualitative and quantitative
methodologies; and disseminating results. Also addressed are
questions and concerns that are relevant throughout the course of a
research project: the use of theory in research; the role and
relationship of program assessment to research; and ethical
considerations in research.
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 approach; integrating qualitative and quantitative
methodologies; and disseminating results. Also addressed are
questions and concerns that are relevant throughout the course of a
research project: the use of theory in research; the role and
relationship of program assessment to research; and ethical
considerations in research.
By combining descriptions of exemplary research and evaluation
studies with practical advice from top researchers in the field,
this volume is a useful tool for educators and employers who are
designing and carrying out their own studies, as well as a resource
for what current research is discovering and affirming about the
field itself. Educators from other fields, such as study abroad and
service-learning will also find this book an indispensable
reference in conducting research on experiential learning and
teaching.
By combining descriptions of exemplary research and evaluation
studies with practical advice from top researchers in the field,
this volume is a useful tool for educators and employers who are
designing and carrying out their own studies, as well as a resource
for what current research is discovering and affirming about the
field itself. Educators from other fields, such as study abroad and
service-learning will also find this book an indispensable
reference in conducting research on experiential learning and
teaching.