Overview

A considerable number of higher educational institutions in North America, Oceania, and Europe, offer what are known as cooperative education, work-integrated learning, work placements, sandwich courses, or internships, to provide pragmatic experience to students, and its popularity is spreading to many higher educational institutions in the world. Alongside such development, the rising needs for theoretical research and objective assessment are felt among those academics and practitioners involved in these programmes. The book offers a rigorous theoretical framework based on the human capital theory of labour economics and econometric analysis, which are well-established concepts in the field of economics, with an objective quantitative methodology to analyze and assess cooperative education programmes.

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Author:   Yasushi Tanaka (Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9780415638876

ISBN 10:   0415638879
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   04 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part I: The Background 2. History, Present State and Definition of Cooperative Education Part II: The Theoretical Framework: an economic analysis of cooperative education 3. Investing in Human Capital: Education and OJT 4. Economic Analysis of Cooperative Education Part III: The Empirical Assessment: A statistical/econometric evaluation of cooperative education 5. Statistical/econometric Tools to Analyse the Effectiveness of Cooperative Education 6. Hypothesis Testing: t-test, z-test, χ2 test and ANOVA 7. Constructing a Framework for Regression Analysis 8. Who Takes Cooperative Education Programme? 9. Does Cooperative Education Help Raise Academic Performance in Japan and Hong Kong? 10. Does Cooperative Education have Positive Effects on Job Search and Performance? 11. Conclusion

Reviews

Through this book the author, Dr. Tanaka, achieves his goal of making the economic analysis of questions relating to the value of co-operative education accessible and possible for researchers and practitioners alike. This is a unique and valuable addition to the field of research in co-operative education and will be of interest and benefit to those exploring questions of the effect of co-op on academic achievement and job prospects. In addition, is it refreshing to see this type of research from an Asian context that offers a different perspective than what is predominately in the literature to date. -Dr. Norah McRae, Executive Director, Co-operative Education Program and Career Services, University of Victoria, Canada An insightful book that looks at the under-researched area of co-operative education's potential impact on academic achievement. This book is definitely worth reading for any Higher Education professional involved in employability/work experience provisions. - Richard Mendez, Head of Employer Engagement & Entrepreneurship, Keele University, U.K.

Author Information

Yasushi Tanaka is Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan. His main research field is labour economics. He is also a member of the steering committee of the Center of Research and Development for Cooperative Education (CRDCE) at Kyoto Sangyo University, and a member of the World Association of Cooperative Education (WACE) Commission on Strategic Planning as well as of the WACE International Research Group.

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