Workers Education

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This paper discusses the pioneers in worker education: Jane Addams and her Hull House, Miles Horton and the Highlander and Herbert Kliebard, the model for contemporary public vocational education. The paper states that an ideal curriculum for workers includes both vocational and academic subjects and allows for individual needs. The author believes that the most significant problem today is the lack of a mandated systematic process for delivering worker education services.

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"The national education reform movement of the 1980's helped to prepare America's youth for work and for making career choices. The basic objective to educate the disadvantaged is still evident within our society. The School-to-Work Opportunities Act was designed to improve student learning, school retention and transition to the workplace by improving the quality and relevance of education for all students. This is achieved through experiences that integrate school-based and work-based learning and improve knowledge of and access to career opportunities. The implementation of career education programs and the use of job shadowing allow students to learn what job opportunities are available while learning how to prepare for them. The implementation requires the restructuring of secondary education and the extensive involvement of business in the work force preparation of youth. "

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