It is suggested that working may contribute to the development of more advanced social understanding in adolescents by requiring them to shift back and forth between diverse roles, and interact frequently with strangers. Illustrative material from interviews with adolescents and parents is included. (Author/GK)

Describes developments in Siberian labor and technical education from 1956 through the mid-1960s. Schools implemented new policies by emphasizing technical education and agricultural productivity. Elementary and secondary students received practical experiences in workshops and training farms. Insufficient theoretical training and scarce…

The pros and cons of career education are examined. (MM)

The lifestyle concept of Personal Major Events is proposed as a measure to predict reactions to retirement. Findings suggest a negative relationship between the work proportion of personal major events and adjustment to retirement. A positive relationship between the family proportion and enjoyment of and prior attitudes toward retirement…

Describes a guidance and information dossier compiled at the University of Lyon-II to assist foreign students working under an "au pair" arrangement. Explains how the dossier is used as instructional material in French language and civilization classes, suggesting that such training should take place in the country of origin. (MES)

Using actual events, the authors show how vocational students and the community benefit by learning experiences conducted beyond school walls. Lists 20 ideas for energizing advisory councils, and examines a contract that helps ensure success for special needs students in work experience programs. (CT)

Student work experience programs using the facilities and environment of cooperating businesses to provide opportunities for teaching and learning are used at the University of Minnesota Technical College. These experiences include a quarter of work experience in agribusiness, a specialized work experience program, and directed study experiences…

Maintains that many adolescents have rebelled against compulsory school attendance and proposes three alternatives: home-based educational work programs, on-the-job training programs through cooperation of schools and industry, and government sponsored work study programs. (ST)

Describes the Bachelor of Science in Technical Careers at Southern Illinois University--Carbondale. Explains theory of the program, requirements for entry and graduation, learning contract (including a career goal statement and a planned program of study), experience-internship, advisory program, and program philosophy. (CT)

Explores need for development of validation and certification procedures. Performance measures used for these procedures must come from on-job experiences. Validity of measures depends on similarity of participant's performance to job exercises. Outlines how to develop reliable job performance measures necessary for job certification and…

Data from a 1977 survey designed to measure the quality of employment in America are compared with data from surveys in 1969 and 1973, providing trends over an eight-year period. The 1977 survey shows declines both in job satisfaction and in workers' desires to stay in their present employments. (MF)

Presents two perspectives on the nature of vocational education: (1) that benefits are "extrinsic," that is, rewards are deferred until after graduation; and (2) that benefits are "intrinsic," that is, vocational education serves to promote full human development by exposing the learner to significant in-class experiences. (DR)

The National Institute of Education recently initiated a three-year effort to encourage implementation of the Experience-Based Career Education program and to study the process by which it occurs. Emphasized are: transferring financial support to States and local systems, developing a network of program sites, and diffusing essential technical…

A study of University of Illinois female students showed that career orientation in college women is increasing (as present students were compared to those in 1962 and 1970). Factors shown to be positively correlated with career orientation were grades in school, mother's employment, mother's educational level, and college major. Factors having…

Discusses the necessity for greater cooperation between the business world and the schools and cites several nationwide examples of places where career education has succeeded. Stresses that United States Chamber of Commerce is commited to breaking down the artificial walls that separate the worlds of work and education. (LAS)