Real Reading: Bridging the Gap between School and the Workplace for Adolescents

• Published in: Journal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 40; no. 7; pp. 540 - 546
• Main Authors: Beaudoin, Martha R., Casale-Daigneault, Rosanne, Zbikowski, Rosemarie Petrucci
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken International Reading Association 01.04.1997; International Literacy Association; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescents; Adult Learning; Adult Literacy; American literature; Business Education; Classrooms; Collaboration; Competence; Competency based education; Course Objectives; Curricula; Education Work Relationship; Educational Change; Employment; High School Students; High Schools; Independent Reading; Information Processing; Instructional Materials; Insurance; Interpersonal Competence; Junior High Schools; Labor Force; Labor Market; Language Arts; Learning; Literary criticism; Literature; Literature Appreciation; Mastery Tests; Mathematics Teachers; Melville, Herman (1819-1891); Occupations; Professionalism; Program Descriptions; Reading; Reading Consultants; Reading Programs; Remedial Instruction; Remedial Programs; Resource Allocation; School Business Relationship; School Community Relationship; Secondary school students; Special Education Teachers; Student Attitudes; Study and teaching; Teaching; Time management; Workplaces; New York; United States > US; Connecticut
• ISSN: 1081-3004; 1936-2706

Describes a literature-based program that illustrates the connection between the world of work and the classroom for high school remedial students. Describes how visits to workplace facilities, collaboration with business partners in and out of the classroom, and the examination of literary characters' occupations improve students' attitudes and learning. (SR)