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Schwager, Tina; Schuerger, Michele – 2002
This book is designed to help teen girls discover what a job is really like from women doing what they love. Part 1 features stories of 22 women. From who they are and how they got there to why they love what they do, the real-life stories are intended to provide girls, age 11 and up, with inside information, inspiration, and goal-tracking tips to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autobiographies, Career Choice, Career Education
Coats, Maggie – 1996
This book identifies features of best practice in women's education and training (WET) in Britain, as revealed in a nationwide search that led to the first National Institute of Adult Continuing Education Award for Good Practice in WET. Chapter 1 describes the process for selecting six awardees. Chapter 2 isolates key issues and themes that gave…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Demonstration Programs, Educational Needs
Radford, John, Ed. – 1998
Nine chapters present cutting-edge research on "brainsex" and its effects on personality, education, and choice. It targets concepts such as job attributes, work flexibility, long-term life planning, home-work conflict, prestige versus occupational interest, and intrinsic motivational mechanisms to explain the relative failure of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Biological Influences, Career Choice, Career Education
Eisenberg, Susan – 1998
This book consists of the personal narratives of 14 women who discussed their experiences as construction workers in interviews that were conducted between November 1991 and April 1994. The information provided by the women is organized thematically, beginning with their decision to enter the construction industry. Special attention is paid to the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Blacks, Building Trades, Career Choice
Gonon, Philipp, Ed.; Haefeli, Kurt, Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Ludwig, Iris, Ed. – 2001
In addition to an "Introduction" (Gonon, et. al), there are these 18 essays: "Women and Men in Swiss Vocational Education (Borkowsy); "Women in Basic and Advanced Training" (Grossenbacher); "How Constitutional Change and Legal Reform Projects Foster Equal Opportunities in the Fields of Vocational Education and Higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice
Dunn, Dana – 1997
The following papers are included: "Foreword" (Paula England); "Introduction to the Study of Women and Work" (Dana Dunn); "Gender Culture and Socialization" (Rita Mae Kelly); "Parental Influence and Women's Careers" (Sue Joan Mendelson Freeman); "Shortchanging Girls: Gender Socialization in…
Descriptors: Blacks, Blue Collar Occupations, Career Choice, Case Studies
