期刊名称：Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education
电子版ISSN：1175-2882
出版年度：2016
卷号：17
期号：4
页码：349-362
出版社：New Zealand Association for Cooperative Edcuation
摘要：Cooperative and Work-integrated Education (CWIE) programs have been widely accepted as educational programs that can effectively connect what students are learning to the world of work through placements. Because a global quality standards framework could be a very valuable resource and guide to establishing, developing, and accrediting quality CWIE programs, this study was aiming at the development of a global standards framework, implementation strategy and a quality evaluation model for CWIE programs. A focus Group comprised of practitioners and researchers of CWIE programs in Thailand, South Africa, Namibia and Canada came together to develop such a framework using Activity Theory. Content analysis and text data mining methods were employed to establish the evaluation model. The authors believed that this standards framework and a well-tested quality evaluation model could act as a valuable resource and guide, as well as a tool, for CWIE practitioners and administrators across all disciplines on a global scale.
关键词：Standards framework; cooperative education; work-integrated learning; quality evaluation model
