A cooperative work-study plan for a junior college

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by  Thompson, Collis Porter

A COOPERATIVE
WORK-STUDY PLAN FOR A JUNIOR COLLEGE
A Project
Presented to
the Faculty of the School of Education
The University of Southern California
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Education
by
Collis Porter Thompson
August 1950
UMI Number: EP46614
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TABLE OP CONTENTS
PART I. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER PAGE
I. INTRODUCTION ....................................... 1
Statement of the problem ......... 1
Definition of Cooperative Education ......... 1
Delimitation of the project ................... 1
Importance of the problem . . .............. 2
The need for Cooperative Education...... 2
Brief history of Cooperative Education . . . 5
The objectives of Cooperative Education . . 7
Method of procedure and source materials . . . 9
Organization of the project ............ 10
II. CRITIQUE OP THE LITERATURE................... 12
Introduction............. 12
An overview of the Nineteen Selected Studies . 15
The issues r a i s e d .......................... 19
Evaluation of the caliber of the research . . 30
The Smith s t u d y ............................. 35
The need for additional research.......... 47
S u m m a r y .................. 49
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PART II. THE PLAN
CHAPTER PAGE
III. ORGANIZING AND ADMINISTERING THE COOPERATIVE
WORK-STUDY P L A N ........... 52
Frame of ref erence............................ 52
Organizing the plan . . ....................... 54
IntroductIon--surveying community needs . . 54
Securing approval from constituted
authority................................... 54
General meetings .......................... 54
Advisory committees .......................... 55
Summary ...................................... 56
Administering the p l a n ....................... 57
Introduction ................................ 57
Providing proper personnel and physical
equipment and facilities ................ 57
Contacting employers . . . . .............. 58
Organizing the College into the quarter
system ............................ 58
Selecting'the s t u d e n t s ..................... 59
Placing the students ..................... 63
Alternating the s t u d e n t s ........... 64
Rules governing work p e r i o d s .............. 64
Memo of agreement............................ 66
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CHAPTER PAGE
Supervising and following-up students . . . . 67
Credit and graduation requirements ......... 67
.Summary.......... 67
IV. COORDINATING THE SCHOOL AND WORK EXPERIENCE . . . 69
Frame of reference ....................... 69
Need for coordination............................ 71
Reasons for clear understanding of need
for co-ordination .......................... 71
Scope of co-ordination.................... . . 71
Objective of co-ordination . . . . 72
The work of the coordinator .................. 73
Techniques to be utilized in coordinating
school and work experiences................. . 75
Introduction ................................... 75
Sequential, graded job experiences ......... 75
Reports by students ......................... 77
Coordination c l a s s ......................... . . 80
Periodic reports from employers .............. 81
Personal interviews with students . . . . . . 85
Visits to students on the job , ......... 85
Summary ............. . . 86
CHAPTER PAGE
V. EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COOPERATIVE
W O R K .................................. ’ ............ 87
Frame of reference . . ............... 87
Counseling and guiding the students . . . . . 89
Introduction ............................ 89
Findings of the Dillon study re guidance . . 90
Self Rating Scales for students ............ 93
Follow-up studies of graduates . . . . . . 94
S u m m a r y ..................... ................... 95
PART III. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
VI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS . -.............. 97
BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................... 101
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LIST OP FORMS
FORM DESCRIPTION PAGE
1. Application blank .................................. 61
2. Card of introduction................................ 65
3. Memorandum of agreement . . . .......... . . . . . 66
4. Student work r e p o r t ................................ 79
5. Employer rating s c a l e ........................... . . 83
PART I. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Statement of the Problem
It was the purpose of this project to prepare a
cooperative work-study plan for a junior college.
Definition of Cooperative Education
See complete discussion of various definitions found
In the literature in part IV A of chapter II of this project.
The most adequate definition was found In the Smith
study (71:4) as follows:
"By cooperative education is meant that type of
curriculum which is based upon alternation between
regularly scheduled instructional periods in school
and supervised periods of employment In business or
industry, with definite provision for treating work
experiences as an Integral part of the total education
•of the student."
Delimitation of the Project
It was necessary to delimit the present project to
the junior college level of education. The review of the
literature however, contains studies and materials from the
high school level and above the high school level. Any
studies or materials deemed of value in setting up a
cooperative work-study plan for Los Angeles City College
were utilized.