School and Workplace Cultures

Oregon State University

Professional Technical Education

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School and Workplace Cultures

Diversity Among Students

Course Description

Programs such as CAM & CIM, School-to-Work, Goals 2000, Tech-Prep, etc. are focusing the attention of teachers, students, business leaders, politicians, parents, and community leaders on the special relationship between school and the workplace:

Their complementary and contradictory processes.

Their complementary and contradictory goals.

Their view of the future for education and how that future will be realized.

Their view of workforce development and how that will affect continued growth.

In this one credit module you will examine the above issues particularly from the school culture and workplace perspectives; reflecting on them, and engaging in dialogue with others in the Program regarding your conclusions. Facilitating this examination will be access to multi-media resources which will aid you in your reflection and your learning experience. You will have the opportunity to integrate this information into your own knowledge base, and make application to your practicum. A Capstone project utilizing what you have learned, as well as usage of mastery application skills for your practicum serve as the culmination of this learning experience.

Course Content

Dependability, conscientiousness, and punctuality.

Meeting work schedule demands.

Awareness of the importance of dressing appropriately in professional environments.

Awareness of, and acts in accordance with, school policies and practices.

Respectfulness of cultural patterns, and expectations that operate within school.

Function as a member of an interdisciplinary team to achieve long-term curriculum goals, and State and district standards.

Involvement with educationally relevant issues outside the immediate classroom including educational reform, integration of school and the world of work, CIM and CAM, and collaboration of school and community.

Capstone Activity

Focusing on the issue of preparation of students for their ultimate place in the workforce, combine what you have learned from your study of the questions in this module, and discuss ways in which the school culture can and/or does reinforce or impede training of the ultimate workforce even at the elementary school levels; examine ways that involvement in school culture by businesses reinforce or impede a broad-based education for the students in the district; and last examine and discuss your student's beliefs or theories about what they think is really necessary, desirable, and/or the best way to acquire the knowledge which they will need to become part of the workforce. Use specific examples, and integrate them in such a way that your overall opinion about these issues appears cohesive and cogent.