KETTERING UNIVERSITY’s Cooperative Education
Posted On Friday, March 21st, 2008 By Ravi
In Tamil, there is an old proverb which roughly says you cant eat a parchment on which a picture of a fruit is drawn. It generally means that if you study something theoritically and dont know the practical implication about it, it is completely a waste. Lets say you know all about a Jet Engine. You know where each and every nut and bolt is on it, and you have seen images, drawings and you happen to know even the dimensions of a particular model lets say. But when you see it for the first time, without help, you cant even dismantle it and re assemble it. This is why institutions come up with practical classes that run in parallel with theory. Co-operative education is entirely different. Cooperative education is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. Research indicates that employers value job experience in their newly-hired workers. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a “co-op”, provides academic credit for structured job experience. Cooperative education is taking on new importance in helping young people to make the school-to-work transition, service learning, and experiential learning initiatives. Kettering University is one of the finest Instituitons that offer Continue Reading