Education teaches concepts. Employers hire competence. Careerelephant focuses on experiential learning so people build practical capability, not just academic knowledge.
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Career Elephant supports career growth through guided work programs, hands-on exposure, and structured mentorship designed for long-term success.
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🏭 EUVETMC documents work-based learning
MANDATORY fields in the data model:
📋 Learning Setting
→ Work-based / School-based / Hybrid
🏢 Company Partner
→ Verifiable partner company
⏱️ Practical Hours
→ Actual hours in work environment
The difference between "I studied renewable energy" and "I installed solar panels for 80 hours at Green Energy Solutions Ltd."
Practical experience, digitally verifiable.
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Experts believe this model combining different learning modalities could be an essential way for students to maximize the return on their education. #WorkbasedLearning #AcademicStudies

House of Lords: Skills for the future: apprenticeships and training inquiry

The Industry and Regulators Committee has launched an inquiry into skills policy, focusing in particular on apprenticeships and training, and in the context of the skills the UK workforce needs for the future.

You can submit your evidence before the 30th May here: https://buff.ly/3JWXo2k

#apprenticeships #workbasedlearning #learning

San Diego Unified high school students will run a food truck

Students will develop the menu, prepare the food and run the business — just about everything but actually drive the truck

San Diego Union-Tribune
Who wants to provide feedback on #WorkBasedLearning, #apprenticeships, and raising awareness for vocational, trades, and craft #careers for K-12 students?

“We have a U.S. Department of Education and a Department of Labor as wholly separate entities - yet nothing that aims to integrate learning and work.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonbusteed/2024/02/21/the-growing-discontent-with-american-education/?sh=547d8122303e

#EdTech #education #schools #WorkBasedLearning #apprenticeships

The Growing Discontent With American Education

America's discontent with education is real and growing. Education isn't exciting, engaging or relevant for far too many students. And we need a new national aim to fix it.

Forbes