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The effectiveness of Saudi Arabia's secondary industrial institutes cooperative education programs as perceived by their organizational partners

Abdulaziz, Abdulaziz Ismail
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1101832531

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2004, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Physical Activity and Educational Services.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of cooperative (co-op) education programs in secondary industrial institutes (SII) in Saudi Arabia as perceived by their organizational partners. The study sought to identify the relationship between the perceived impact of cooperative education programs and five variables: 1) the presence of a training plan, 2) the role of the cooperative education coordinator, 3) the frequency of communication contacts between the schools and the SIIs, 4) the characteristics of students in terms of their technical skills and work ethic, and 5) the characteristics of the organizational partners. Thirty-eight organizations from Riyadh and Jeddah participated in the study. Each organization had sponsored a cooperative education program during the 2003-2004 academic school year. The results showed that the presence of a training plan and how the training plan was developed affect perceptions of the organizational impacts. In addition, the results showed that both student characteristics – technical skills and work ethic – were important to the organization partners. The results also showed that the organization partners viewed communication contacts as a significant factor. Finally, there was a modest but not significant relationship between organizational effectiveness and coordinator’s role, organizational location, size, type of business, and number of years participating in the cooperative education programs. The study extended knowledge about cooperative education programs by investigating the perceptions of the organization partners, a perspective that has often been overlooked in previous research on the topic. Overall, the results of the study were consistent with previous findings. However, a revised conceptual framework omitting the non-significant variables is presented to guide future research. Finally, the results suggest that the organization partners viewed cooperative education programs in Saudi Arabia as being beneficial to them. However, the organization partners provided specific suggestions on how schools could improve cooperative education programs in Saudi Arabia, which also can be generalized to cooperative education programs in other nations as well. That is, to be effective, the schools should ensure that the curriculum matches the demands of local labor market, the schools should involve the organizational partners during the planning and implementation processes, and in global situations the schools should focus more on using the English language.
Joshua Hawley (Advisor)
Education, Vocational
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM; ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS; Cooperative education Students; SII

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  • Abdulaziz, A. I. (2004). The effectiveness of Saudi Arabia's secondary industrial institutes cooperative education programs as perceived by their organizational partners [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1101832531

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Abdulaziz, Abdulaziz. The effectiveness of Saudi Arabia's secondary industrial institutes cooperative education programs as perceived by their organizational partners. 2004. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1101832531.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Abdulaziz, Abdulaziz. "The effectiveness of Saudi Arabia's secondary industrial institutes cooperative education programs as perceived by their organizational partners." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1101832531

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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