Working Knowledge

Thomas R. Bailey is the George and Abby O'Neill Professor of Economics and Education, Department of International and Transcultural Studies, and the Director, Institute on Education and the Economy, and Community College Research Center, at Teachers College, Columbia University.Katherine L. Hughes is the Assistant Director for Work and Education Reform Research, Institute on Education and the Economy, Teachers College, Columbia University.David Thornton Moore is Associate Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University.

• 1. Work-Based Learning and Education Reform 2. The Questions and the Approach 3. Student Participation in Work-Based Learning 4. Employer Involvement in Work-Based Learning 5. Work-Based Learning and Academic Skills 6. Learning Skills and Careers Through Work-Based Learning 7. Work-Based Learning and Youth Development 8. New Modes of Thought 9. Pedagogical Strategies for Work-Based Learning 10. Pedagogy in the Classroom to Support Work-Based Learning 11. Conclusions References Appendix Guidelines for Conducting Ethnography in Research on Work-Based Learning

"The authors, all respected figures in the school-to-work field, bring a committed but critical perspective to their search for a workable educational reform that can straddle America's ever-waning investment in traditional vocational education and the realization that not all high school students are bound for four-year institutions...Working Knowledge is a sophisticated and balanced treatment of the preparation of youth for the workplace. It deserves and will undoubtedly receive a wide readership." -- Teachers College Record