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Oberle, Wayne H.; And Others – Adolescence, 1978
Oberle's (1974) research examined the role model preferences of black and white youth and found that young blacks had different role models from white students; however, he did not examine whether place of residence was related to role model preference. This study extends Oberle's research by analyzing the relationship between place of residence…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Educational Research, Learning Processes

Oberle, Wayne H. – Journal of Negro Education, 1974
A description of the types and occupational status of the role models selected by black and white rural Texas youth as high school sophmores and again 2 years later. Racial and sex differences are reported and implications for future research discussed. (EH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Career Development, High School Students
Oberle, Wayne H.; And Others – 1971
The 28 papers in the proceedings are separated into 7 categories according to the session at which they were presented at the annual meeting. The areas of rural life covered by the papers are youth, rural development in the 1970's, population, social change, race and culture, community and community development, and ecology and environment. (PS)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Cultural Influences, Demography

Oberle, Wayne H.; And Others – Youth and Society, 1974
Data collected by personal interviews with a stratified random sample of household heads residing in a 125-county area in the Ozarks found that family income was positively and significantly related to selected educational and occupational status orientations of youth. Except for geographically mobile youth, being born into an upper-rather than a…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Family Income, Low Income Groups
Oberle, Wayne H. – 1971
The objective of this paper was to investigate the utility of the Ginzberg developmental model for explaining differences in the types or occupational status of the role models of Negro and white rural youth at two stages of adolescence. Data were obtained from 484 youth residing in East Texas in their sophomore and senior years in high school. In…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Decision Making Skills, Ethnic Studies