Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education in Asia: History, Present and Future Issues (Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education)

"It has been over a century since "Cooperative System of Education," a work-study programme for higher education, was initiated by Herman Schneider at University of Cincinnati in the United States. Today, it is known as "Cooperative Education" which is commonly included within the umbrella term of "Work-Integrated Learning" and broadly referred to by the World Association of Cooperative Education (WACE) as "Cooperative and Work- Integrated Education (CWIE)". Its development worldwide has been closely related to the socioeconomic background of the region. This book offers the first attempt to focus on the development of CWIE in Asia. To date, the development of CWIE in the Asia region has been slow compared to their counterparts. The analysis follows international comparisons of China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore on their educational history, vocational education, CWIE, and future issues. Although the level of development varies among them, there is no doubt that this region as a whole is experiencing a rapidly growing global demographic and economic prominence. CWIE can, and to some extent already does, play an important, supportive role as part of growth. The book goes on to conclude that in order to enable further successful expansion of CWIE, and improve its best practice, it is imperative to establish national and regional associations for CWIE, as well as establish collaborative research activities across the region with governmental funding support"--page [i] "This book discusses cooperative education in eight Asian countries Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. It analyses how each country manages to generate a graduate labour force with a high level of education, as well as practical skills through cooperative education and to match them to appropriate jobs. Each chapter is written with particular emphasis on historical background and socioeconomic environment of cooperative education, and describes how cooperative education is perceived by its stakeholders, namely, universities, students, companies, as well as the government. Cooperative education is nothing new in Europe or North America, though different terminologies are used, such as "sandwich education", "professional training", "internship", "work-integrated learning". This book aims to encourage development and collaboration in Asia, as well as with North America, Europe, Oceania, and Southern Africa where cooperative education is well-developed."--Provided by publisher Cover Title Copyright Contents Notes on contributors Preface 1 Introduction 2 Cooperative education practice in China 3 History, present state, and future issues of cooperative and work-integrated education in Japan 4 Korea’s cooperative education experience: focusing on the design, operation, and proliferation of KOREATECH’s cooperative education programme 5 Cooperative and work-integrated education in Hong Kong and work-integrated education at Hong Kong Polytechnic University 6 The education system and cooperative and work-integrated education system in Vietnam: an overview 7 Development of cooperative and work-integrated education in Thailand: looking back, looking now, and looking forward 8 University-industry collaboration: Malaysia skills development for producing employable graduates 9 The history and development of CWIE in Singapore with a Nanyang Technological University case study 10 Cooperative education in the Asian region: future development and direction Index This book offers the first attempt to focus on the development of Cooperative and Work- Integrated Education (CWIE) in Asia. The analysis follows international comparisons of China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore on their educational history, vocational education, CWIE, and future issues.