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Youth Education and Unemployment Problems. An International Perspective.
Gordon, Margaret S.; Trow, Martin – 1979
Essays focusing on issues concerning youth education and unemployment problems are presented in this document. It is divided into three general areas. The first, Youth Unemployment in Western Industrial Countries, reviews general dimensions of the problem, the cyclical hypothesis, the demand hypothesis, the supply hypothesis, disaggregating…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Disadvantaged, Labor Market, Unemployment
Quality Control in the Dual System of West Germany.
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Raggatt, Peter – Oxford Review of Education, 1988
Examines quality control mechanisms within West German dual system for training young workers: entry qualifications, quality/qualifications of trainers, methods for curriculum renewal, etc. Comments on weaknesses in the dual system and briefly discusses two British initiatives intended to improve the quality of the education and training of young…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Labor Education
Learning by Helping: Young Germans Do Volunteer Work Abroad. Sozial-Report.
Akalin, Cem – 1987
A tradition of service abroad by Germany's youth has a long history. Many of the earlier activities by German overseas organizations developed after the First and Second World Wars as an attempt to promote peace and reconciliation between Germany and other countries. Reconciliation work is still being done in Israel, the Netherlands, and Poland.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, International Programs, International Relations
Education and Science in the Federal Republic of Germany, BW 18-75.
Goebel, Helmut, Ed. – Bildung und Wissenschaft (Education and Science in the Federal Republic of Germany), 1975
Current educational developments and trends in the Federal Republic of Germany are presented in the articles and reports in this bulletin. The first article describes the present program and student body of a recently opened correspondence university in Hagen, Westphalia, and discusses its projected plans. The status of unemployment among youth in…
Descriptors: Biology, Comparative Education, Correspondence Schools, Educational Attitudes
Young People in the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Forsbach, Marlene – Sonderdienst, 1977
The sociological study examines behavior and consciousness of West German youth with emphasis on their political views, voting behavior, leisure activities, and spending patterns. The paper is presented in 14 sections. Section I traces political development of youth from the post World War II skepticism to current political activism. In section…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Political Attitudes
The Post-Adolescent Phase: A By-Product and a Factor of Development.
Planck, Ulrich – 1984
Conducted in 1955 and 1980, random sample interview data of 17 to 28 year-old West Germans from places of less than 5,000 inhabitants are used to support the thesis that the post-adolescent phase has been prolonged in the countryside of West Germany during these years of increasing technical and economic development. Findings indicate occupational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Attitudes, Developing Nations
Youth Policies and Programs in Selected Countries.
George, Rosemary – 1987
Youth unemployment is hardly new, but in the 1980s it poses unprecedented problems because economic growth no longer seems to provide the necessary jobs. Youth labor markets are being stripped of entry-level jobs by new technologies, changes in the global division of labor, and the upgrading of occupational structures. This paper describes…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship