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1 online resource (vi, 386 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; ADOLESCENCE AND WORK: Influences of Social Structure, Labor Markets, and Culture; Copyright; Contents; I INTRODUCTION; 1 Overview; ADOLESCENT VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT; SCHOOLS AND VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE AND ADOLESCENT VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE AND VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 2 Preparing Youth for Work: The Dilemmas of Education and Training Programs; THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ADOLESCENCE; THE EXPANSION OF YOUTH INSTITUTIONS: DIFFERENTIATING THE SCHOOLS; ORIENTING ADOLESCENTS TOWARD WORK: OUR EXPLICIT YOUTH POLICY |
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DILEMMAS FOR THE FUTUREREFERENCES; II SCHOOLS AND VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; 3 Dreams and Aspirations in the Status Attainment Model; THE WISCONSIN PANEL STUDY; THE MODEL; ANALYSIS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 4 Classroom Lesson Strategies and Orientations Toward Work; WORK ORIENTATIONS IN SCHOOL AND JOB: THE ASSUMED CONNECTION; LEARNING STRATEGIES IN THE CLASSROOM; ENCOURAGING EVADING AND DISSEMBLING; CLASSROOM LEARNING STRATEGIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WORKPLACE; REFERENCES; 5 Cultural Boundaries and Minority Youth Orientation Toward Work Preparation; INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM |
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SOME CONVENTIONAL EXPLANATIONS OF MINORITY YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENTYOUTH ORIENTATION TOWARD SCHOOLING: A CULTURAL-ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK; THE STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, EXAMPLE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 6 Career Development in Adolescence: Theory, Measurement, and Longitudinal Findings; CONCEPT OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT; CONTENT OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT; MEASUREMENT OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT; RESULTS FROM A SIX-YEAR LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF CAREER MATURITY; REFERENCES; III WORK EXPERIENCE AND ADOLESCENT VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; 7 Adolescents and Work: A Longitudinal Perspective on Gender and Cultural Variability |
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INTRODUCTIONTHE SETTING: KAUAI AND ITS PEOPLE; METHOD; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; 8 Characteristics of High School Students' Paid Jobs, and Employment Experience After Graduation; BACKGROUND; DATA AND FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; 9 The Job Market for Adolescents; THE BASIC FACTS; WHY ARE BLACK YOUTH EMPLOYMENT LEVELS SO LOW?; THE STRUCTURE OF THE YOUTH LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; IV SOCIAL CHANGE AND VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; 10 Adolescent Personality and Women's Work Patterns; EXPECTATIONS OF COLLEGE WOMEN ABOUT WORK OVER SIXTY YEARS |
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ADOLESCENT ANTECEDENTS OF WOMEN'S WORK PATTERNS: THE CLASSES OF 1958 AND 1960DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 11 Cultural Influences on Achievement Motivation and Orientation Toward Work in Japanese and American Youth; INTRODUCTION; SOME RESULTS OF RECENT THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THE JAPANESE AND ACHIEVEMENT; JOGE KANKEI; JOGE KANKEI AND JAPANESE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ACHIEVEMENT; SIGNS OF REBELLION IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE YOUTH; DISCUSSION; ACHIEVEMENT VERSUS EQUALITY IN AMERICA; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 12 Competence in Work Settings; INTRODUCTION |
| Summary |
This volume illustrates connections between the concerns of vocational psychology and the adjoining disciplines of sociology, cultural anthropology, and labor economics. The intent is to suggest how vocational psychology and career counseling might recognize more explicitly the ever-changing social influences and institutional constraints that affect individual as they begin, or contemplate beginning, their adult work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Print version record |
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Vocational education -- United States.
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Career education -- United States
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Teenagers -- Employment -- United States
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Educational anthropology -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Secondary.
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Career education
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Educational anthropology
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Teenagers -- Employment
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Vocational education
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Jugend
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Beruf
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Berufsbildung
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Pädagogische Anthropologie
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Heranwachsender
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Berufsausbildung
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Berufsberatung
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stern, David, 1945-
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Eichorn, Dorothy H
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| ISBN |
9781134934508 |
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1134934505 |
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1299696805 |
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9781299696808 |
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9780203782132 |
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0203782135 |
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9781134934645 |
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1134934645 |
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9781134934577 |
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1134934572 |
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