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Section D Recognition
Structure of Section D
D.1 In sections B and C we outlined the nature, extent, quality and value of pupils' part-time employment. In this section the focus shifts more directly to a consideration of the principle and practice of making use of pupils' part-time work in their schooling by providing some form of recognition of this experience. We start in chapter 12 by reviewing the existing use of part-time employment within pupils' schooling and any proposals to develop its use; this chapter also considers the legislative issues around the employment of children and young people, including health and safety issues.
D.2 Chapter 13 considers the links between part-time employment and other vocational experiences such as work experience, vocational pathways and other enterprise in education inputs. It then discusses current approaches to certificating 'out of school' experiences such as voluntary work and work experience to identify models which might usefully be applied to part-time work.
D.3 The rest of this section focuses on the principle and practice of recognition of school pupils' part-time employment in their schooling. Chapters 14 and 15 consider the views of different stakeholders on the principle of recognition and the practical models that might implement it. In chapter 14 we present and discuss the views of educationalists including school staff and managers, local authority members of the Scottish Councils Education Industry Network ( SCEIN) and careers advisers; and in chapter 15 we describe the views of pupils, parents and employers. Taken together, both chapters present the complexities of opinion on whether pupils' part-time work should be recognised in their schooling, and if so, how that might be done.
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