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Guerra, Roberto S. – 1976
Of the more than two million seasonal farmworkers in the United States, nearly half are between the ages of 14 and 20 years. Although much has been done recently to meet some of the special needs of these migrant youth, they are still confronted with inadequate educational and training opportunities and limited career aspirations. In the forefront…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Ready, Timothy – 1991
The passage from adolescence to adulthood of a group of young Latino immigrants, all of whom attended a Washington (District of Columbia) high school called the Multicultural Career Intern Program (MCIP) in the 1980s, is traced. Background and circumstances suggested that these youths were at-risk, but most made good use of their MCIP-related…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Meyer, Warren G.; And Others – 1975
Purposes, goals, procedures, and practices of past and present cooperative vocational education programs are discussed. A broad spectrum of areas is covered in the 11 chapters, which are also designed to stand on their own: (1) Purposes of Cooperative Vocational Education; (2) Roles of a Teacher-Coordinator; (3) Tasks of a Teacher-Coordinator; (4)…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Wirtz, Willard – 1975
Representing a group effort by the author and the National Manpower Institute, the prospectus focuses on ways to improve the integration of the traditionally separate world of work and education--ways to break up the "time traps" of education for youth, and work for adults. It especially speaks for the 16-19 year old population, working women,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Education, Career Counseling, Career Development
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1977
This book reports on an examination of educational policy in Australia and focuses on the educational and training needs of and provision for young people entering working life. The content is in two parts. Part 1, which comprises two-thirds of the report, has ten chapters. Chapter 1 identifies nine topics on which the report is focused. Chapters…
Descriptors: Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Educational Development
Krebs, Alfred H., Ed. – 1972
The book is a collection of articles encompassing a broad spectrum of views and topics and providing insights into the role of vocational education as it seeks to deal with the problems each individual faces in adjusting to a career-oriented society. The volume is divided into three sections which lead the reader through the entire process of…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Anthologies, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Mortimer, Jeylan T. – 2003
This book reports on the Youth Development Study, which followed young people for more than a decade in St. Paul, MN, focusing on work experiences during high school. Chapter one, "Should Adolescents Work" discusses historical and contemporary studies, gender differences, controversies, and the cases for and against adolescent work.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Career Development, Education Work Relationship
Casella, Donald A., Ed. – 1977
Reflections on a year-long demonstration project infusing the principles and practices of career education throughout the divisions and departments of a major State university are presented in this document for use in institutional renewal in higher education along the lines of the education-work problem. Institutional renewal is discussed in…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Change Strategies, College Faculty
Rusch, Frank R., Ed.; Chadsey, Janis G., Ed. – 1998
This text summarizes knowledge from research that focused on reforming secondary special education and high schools and makes recommendations for improving high schools' effectiveness. Chapters are as follows: "Characteristics of Youth and Young Adults" (Stephen Lichtenstein); "Emerging Transition Best Practices" (Frank R. Rusch, Dorothy M.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Career Development
Watts, A. G.; Law, Bill; Killeen, John; Kidd, Jennifer M.; Hawthorn, Ruth – 1996
This book contains 21 papers on the theory, context, provision, practice, and development of career counseling and guidance in Great Britain. The following papers are included: "Preface" (Tony Watts et al.); "The Social Context of Guidance" (John Killeen); "Career Theory" (John Killeen); "A Career-Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education