Descriptor
Source
| Vocational Education Journal | 8 |
Author
| Beck, Judy | 1 |
| Cullen, Jacqueline L. | 1 |
| Dubes, Cameron C. | 1 |
| Erickson, Richard C. | 1 |
| Hagerty, Sandra Crawford | 1 |
| Hughes, Ruth Pierce | 1 |
| McBride-Bass, Jeannette | 1 |
| Stenberg, Laurie | 1 |
| Tuchscherer, Jerry | 1 |
| Van Fossen, Sandra | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 8 |
| Opinion Papers | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Idaho | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Stenberg, Laurie; Tuchscherer, Jerry – Vocational Education Journal, 1992
Idaho's Nontraditional-by-Gender Scholarship Program includes the following elements of success: provision of realistic information to women about jobs, support groups and peer advisors, placement, career fairs and on-campus interviews, business-labor-education partnerships, and career guidance and counseling. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Females, Job Placement, Nontraditional Occupations
Cullen, Jacqueline L. – Vocational Education Journal, 1988
Highlights three programs developed by Pennsylvania vocational educators that encourage nontraditional enrollments and meet the special needs of teen parents, adult single parents, and displaced homemakers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Early Parenthood, Females, Nontraditional Occupations
Dubes, Cameron C. – Vocational Education Journal, 1985
Presents examples of students who have chosen unusual career paths: males in female-dominated occupations, females in male-dominated occupations, and a few women in or aspiring to management positions within traditional fields. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Ladders, Females, Males
Van Fossen, Sandra; Beck, Judy – Vocational Education Journal, 1991
Social, cultural, and institutional barriers inhibit entry of women into nontraditional education and employment. Teacher and counselor behavior, strategic institutional changes, and sex equity leadership are needed to alter current patterns of occupational segregation. (SK)
Descriptors: Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females, Nontraditional Occupations
Hagerty, Sandra Crawford – Vocational Education Journal, 1985
The author states that moving more women into nontraditional occupations in the future will depend on the willingness of employers and educators alike to continue to accept the challenge to do so--to be innovative in their approaches and to persevere despite tenacious beliefs about stereotypical women's roles. (CT)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Hughes, Ruth Pierce – Vocational Education Journal, 1985
Describes "comparable worth" and discusses women's earnings versus men's earnings, the reason for this earnings gap, the structure of the labor market, arguments against comparable worth, jobs traditionally held by women, the role of vocational educators, and teaching women about job ladders. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Comparable Worth, Employed Women, Females
McBride-Bass, Jeannette – Vocational Education Journal, 1993
Programs in Missouri, Arizona, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Colorado provide examples of ways to encourage females to pursue training for nontraditional occupations. Approaches include stressing enrollment in math and science, human relations training centered on equity issues, hands-on exposure to high technology, and a video/satellite…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Colleges, Females, High Schools
Erickson, Richard C. – Vocational Education Journal, 1985
Challenges to vocational teacher education include technological change that is sending large numbers of adults back to school; increasing numbers of women, minorities, and handicapped individuals who are seeking employment in nontraditional occupations; vocational preparation for jobs in the information economy; teacher recruitment; and creative…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Females, Futures (of Society), Information Science
