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Appleby, Drew C. – Teaching of Psychology, 2018
Undergraduate psychology programs have not always provided the same level of support for their job-seeking students than they have for those preparing to become psychologists. This is a particularly unfortunate situation because, according to the American Psychological Association's Center for Workforce Studies (American Psychological Association,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychology, Majors (Students), Job Training
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Div. of Occupational and Vocational Studies. – 1981
This handbook is designed for use by teacher educators in the preparation, implementation, and maintenance of programs on school-to-work transition skills for disadvantaged youth. It consists of five sections. Section 1 contains a listing of school-to-work transition skills (pre-employment, job search, and post-employment skills) for disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth, Alexandria, VA. – 1998
This guide, created for Groundhog Job Shadow Day (GJSD), held on February 2, 1999, provides structured activities for both the classroom and the job site to help students understand the importance and the relevance of their education and see firsthand the range of knowledge, skills, and teamwork that the workplace demands. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Imel, Susan – 2000
The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996 has ushered in a new era of welfare reform. A work-first approach emphasizes self-sufficiency designed to move welfare recipients into the workforce as quickly as possible. The first of two issues related to the current context of welfare-to-work…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research
America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth, Alexandria, VA. – 2001
This guide, which is an updated version of the guide created for the Groundhog Job Shadow Day (GJSD) that was held on February 2, 1999, provides structured activities that classroom teachers and job sites can use to help students understand the importance and relevance of their education and see firsthand the range of knowledge, skills, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
K. N. Associates, Wyomissing Hills, PA. – 1983
This handbook is designed to provide a framework to assist resource persons in counseling adult students seeking a method for gaining access to employment. Presented first are an overview of the handbook and suggestions for its use. The next chapter deals with the characteristics of a traineeship and the benefits of traineeships to trainees and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs, Counseling Techniques
Reiff, Tana, Ed. – Adult Student Magazine, 1982
Written for, by, and about adult students, this issue includes a series of articles dealing with various aspects of students' career and educational plans and planning. The following topics are covered: the necessity of taking risks in life; the story of someone who finally gets the nerve to take the General Equivalency Development (GED) test;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives
Jacobsen, Yola – 2002
This document uses clear language and pictures to help adults with learning disabilities learn how other adults with learning difficulties have made the jump from courses and training into jobs and kept working. The following are among the topics discussed in Sections 1 through 9: (1) the objectives and activities of the Making the Jump project…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Martin, James E.; Mithaug, Dennis E.; Husch, James V.; Oliphint, John H.; Frazier, Eva S. – 2002
This document, which was developed through a decade of research and field testing involving more than 700 people, offers step-by-step strategies that educators, employment specialists, occupational therapists, and other professionals can use to help youths and adults with mild, moderate, or severe disabilities make their own employment choices.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice
Meeker, Darin J.; Stankovich, Christopher E.; Kays, Todd M. – 2000
This book provides concrete information and step-by-step exercises to help student athletes succeed in college and make a successful transition to the world beyond college. The book is divided into 14 units containing some or all the following elements: goals; reading materials accompanying review questions; exercises; a unit recap; unit review…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletics, Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice
Bidwell, Sheri E. – 2000
This document, which was written for Ohio cosmetology teachers and academic teachers who instruct cosmetology students, presents projects that were developed by a team of highly skilled cosmetology and academic teachers with input from workplace representatives. Section 1 presents the following materials to help teachers provide students with…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration