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Farland-Smith, Donna, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Student-scientist-teacher interactions provide students with several advantages. They provide opportunities to interact with experts and professionals in the field, give students a chance at meeting a role model that may impact students' career choices, and increase awareness of available career options combined with an understanding of how their…
Descriptors: Scientists, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Role Models
Rosenfeld, Barbara; And Others – 1982
These interviews, conducted during the 1976-77 and 1977-78 school years by a group of students from the Rochester City School District, present 5 men and 24 women in a variety of career roles that are neither traditional nor stereotypical. The people interviewed speak of the reasons for their choices and of their background of family support. Many…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Females, Interviews, Males
Shakeshaft, Charol; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Describes a course developed to provide female students training for administrative careers. It is designed to increase self-confidence, produce short and long term career goals, and help participants move into administrative positions. (MD)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrators, Career Choice
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL. – 1988
In this guide, 16 historical and contemporary black scientists and engineers are highlighted as role models. Four scientists are represented in each of four technical fields: life sciences (Ernest E. Just; Harvey M. Pickrum; George W. Carver; Patricia S. Cowings); physical science (George R. Carruthers; Percy L. Julian; Walter E. Massey; Warren M.…
Descriptors: Biology, Blacks, Career Awareness, Career Choice
Cooper, Colin – 1983
Traditionally, blacks have been underrepresented in scientific and technical career fields, focusing instead on people and service-oriented careers. To investigate the relationship between career aspiration and various environmental influences (e.g., academic preparation and intellectual orientation, science-oriented hobbies, math and science…
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Discriminant Analysis
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Schrecker, Ellen – Academe, 1999
The personal statements of several established scholars and their adult children who have also entered academe suggest several reasons for the children choosing a profession similar to that of their parents, and also examine the nature of the relationship between parent and child and the perspectives of each on the profession. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Children, Career Choice, College Faculty, Family Attitudes
Angione, Christine M.; Giacobbe, Maxine B.; Bamberger, Richard – 1997
This publication provides information on the Women Helping Girls with Choices initiative, a project that offers leadership workshops for middle school girls using literature. Section 1 provides a history of these 1-day workshops that have convened for the past 5 years for girls in grades 5-8 throughout New York. It describes the leadership…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Females, Intermediate Grades
Campbell, Patricia B. – 1992
This brochure, one in a series of four, is designed to assist people working in schools and in the community as they work together to encourage girls in mathematics, science, and engineering. Six sections discuss the reasons for and ways to work together to make changes. The first section describes what special programs can offer schools, and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Miller, Juliet V. – 1984
This paper is designed to clarify the concept of the family-career connection, defined as the interrelationships of family and career roles. The connection is illustrated in a model that includes the components of aspects of the family, aspects of careers, family functions, trends, and career development interventions. The family-career connection…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Children, Dual Career Family
Fisher, Constance Q.; Poitier, Vera R. – 1987
Nontraditional Options in Training for Employment (NOTE) informed displaced homemakers and high school women about the advantages of nontraditional work and encouraged them to pursue vocational training. The first objective was to recruit 60 displaced homemakers and high school women and to inform them about the advantages of technological…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Displaced Homemakers
Foster, Jan; Simonds, Betty – 1995
This manual has been developed to assist school districts in Michigan in their efforts to retain students who have made vocational education choices that are nontraditional for their sex. The manual provides school districts with four alternative ways of supporting nontraditional vocational education students: (1) nontraditional student club; (2)…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Mentors, Nontraditional Occupations, Nontraditional Students
Hatry, Harry; And Others – 1989
The primary purpose of this report is to provide guidelines to school systems and businesses on ways to increase the likelihood that science and math school-business partnerships will be successful in: (1) improving student competence in science and math; (2) increasing student interest in science and mathematics related subjects; (3) increasing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Demonstrations (Educational), Elementary Secondary Education
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Campbell, Patricia B. – 1992
This brochure, one in a series of four, is designed to assist school, community, and university personnel as they develop and refine programs to encourage girls in mathematics, science, and engineering. The information is divided into seven sections. The first section discusses four reasons why programs that encourage girls to enroll in…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering
Logan, Rochelle; Halverstadt, Julie – 2002
This book, which is intended as a reference for teenagers and educators, profiles the lives and professional paths of the 100 most popular business leaders for young adults. Those profiled were selected for a number of reasons, including the following: their names are recognizable; they are associated with businesses and industries that are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Biographical Inventories, Career Choice, Career Development