Until recently, women were not the object of leadership studies. This research is a narrative study of Dr. Jane Bumpers Huffman's transformational leadership in education through her own story and the stories of women with whom she worked, mentored, and conducted research. As Emily (pseudonym), shares "I knew right away that working with…

A 4-year study of 1,000 high school students found that they work increasingly through high school and for long hours. They move up to more complex work and receive increasing amounts of training. The way they describe their jobs and their subjective reactions suggest the employment provides developmental benefits. (SK)

In a sample of nearly 1,800 adolescents in work experience programs, job quality had the greatest positive impact on work attitudes and job satisfaction and was associated with negative job behaviors. Good supervisory relationships were linked to positive attitudes and behaviors. However, school supervision of work did not appear to influence…

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.…

A five-year study compared high school students participating in school-based work experience programs (SBWEP) to those employed outside in nonschool-supervised work experience (NWE). SBWEP students saw the relationship between jobs and academic skills and felt work was more meaningful. NWE students took fewer classes and reduced activities to…

A survey of high school students in school-supervised work experience programs (N=101) and non-school-supervised jobs (N=177) found that the former have higher quality jobs that make greater use of academic skills, have more contact with adults, experience more challenge, consider their work meaningful, and perceive a closer relationship between…

The Training Opportunities Program (TOP) is an occupational project for New York City high school students. TOP trainees are placed in businesses and agencies with facilities, equipment, and human resources not available in the public schools. In 1983-84, the third year of the program's operation, TOP was funded to serve 2,000 students. An…

A two-part study was conducted to determine the impact of adolescent employment on the tasks associated with adolescence: transition to adulthood and the development of social and personal responsibility. The first part of the study examined a body of literature around the question. Some of the studies focused on the intrinsic value of work and…

This study was designed to investigate the effect of participation in the first-year Coordinated Vocational Academic Education Program (CVAE) and the effect of participation in work experience on the knowledge of basic employment skills and work attitudes of disadvantaged youth in selected Georgia high schools. The study compared the scores on the…

A general outline is provided for the work experience program at Mayville (Wisconsin) High School that is open to seniors entering through the vocational, business, or special education programs. An introduction provides an overview of the program, including course of study, grading system, and contract. Other contents include goals of the…

Disadvantaged minority students were provided with training in clerical skills and general business procedures and reinforcement of communication and computation skills through application in an office setting. Seniors from Meriden Public Schools were paired with minority adults who were successful role models involved on a career path at the…

The Virtual Job Experience (VJE) is an interactive computer job simulation that allows learners to sample an occupation's actual tasks realistically. The effect of the VJE experience on students' career perceptions, explorations, and aspirations was examined in a study of 94 high school students enrolled in 3 summer school classes. Students were…

This document consists of materials used in a presentation on the Brown County (Kansas) Vocational Work Program to train students in general work behaviors and skills and to prepare them for paid employment in the community. Introductory materials describe the program's purpose, structure, and objectives. The text of specific regulations governing…

The work experience of high school students is investigated, including type of work, amount of time worked, reasons for jobs away from home, effect of work on school performance and activities, and reasons for not being employed. The sample consisted of 1,227 urban and rural secondary school students in 14 Georgia high schools, 35.9 percent of…

This learning activity package, one of six intended for use in Industrial Cooperative Training Programs, is designed to aid students in developing a good employer-employee relationship by gaining the kinds of worker traits sought by employers. (The industrial cooperative training program provides industrial occupational training experience for…