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Anna Seiders – ProQuest LLC, 2022
With the rapidly changing technology, it is no surprise that the number of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) occupations continues to rise. Between 2009 and 2015, available STEM jobs in the United States grew by 10.5%, twice the growth of non-STEM jobs (Fayer et al., 2017). However, the United States is currently falling…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, STEM Careers, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Albritton, Kizzy; Cureton, Jenny L.; Byrd, Janice A.; Storlie, Cassandra A. – Journal of Career Development, 2020
There are limited empirical studies examining career-related activities for Black and Latino/a students during the middle school years. Using a constant comparison method, this study examined the narrative data of 63 Black and Latino/a middle school students regarding their perceptions of work and life success. The results of this analysis…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Minority Group Students, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
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Gardner, Phil; Bartkus, Kenneth R. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2014
Although a multitude of programs in higher education integrate formal pedagogy with practical work experience (e.g., internships, practicum, and cooperative education), their underlying logic is largely the same: to enhance the value of the learning experience through an integration of work and education. To date, however, there appears to be no…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Education Work Relationship, Internship Programs, Practicums
Roberts, Marnie – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2000
Describes the career education program at several Utah high schools. Includes tips for implementing s successful job shadowing program. (JOW)
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Grade 10, High Schools
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Herr, Edwin L.; Watts, A. G. – Career Development Quarterly, 1988
Describes Britain's use of work shadowing, in which an observer follows a worker around for a period of time, observing the various tasks in which the worker engages. Considers potential relationship of work shadowing to work-related learning in the United States. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Employees, Foreign Countries
Alberta Education Response Centre, Edmonton. – 1990
The ready-to-use teacher notes and classroom activities included in this booklet are intended to foster information-gathering and self-awareness in junior high school students. While emphasis is placed on decision-making, these activities are intended to create an atmosphere of career exploration rather than commitment to occupational choices. The…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Careers, Goal Orientation
Jobs for the Future, Boston, MA. – 1996
"Job shadows" offer young people a chance to investigate the world of work by spending time with adults in the community and experiencing the culture of the workplace. A job shadow gives a student a meaningful introduction to the world of work and provides a context for understanding the connection between school and careers. This guidebook was…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship
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Linnehan, Frank – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2004
Using a pre- and post-test design, this study examined the relation of an adult's credibility and message frequency to the beliefs of female high school students participating in a job-shadowing program. Hypotheses were based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model of attitude formation and change. Findings indicate that credibility of the adult…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Job Shadowing, Credibility, Student Attitudes
Partnership for Academic and Career Education, Pendleton, SC. – 1994
Job shadowing is a one-on-one participatory activity that allows an interested student to spend several hours or a day with a host employer or business. Shadowing enables students to gain insight into career goals and see the relevance of their curriculum in the "real world." The booklet, which was developed for use by school coordinators and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Career Exploration, Check Lists
Partnership for Academic and Career Education, Pendleton, SC. – 1997
This packet includes three pamphlets from the South Carolina School-to-Work Initiative, which involves many components in ensuring for students high levels of academic and technical achievement; strong problem-solving, teamwork and technology skills; clear career goals; better access to postsecondary education and meaningful employment; and a…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Education Work Relationship
Stone, James R., III; Aliaga, Oscar A. – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2003
We examined the extent to which high school students are choosing to participate in work-related education after a decade of education reform in the United States. Using data from the "National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997," we first examined the characteristics of students enrolled in alternative curriculum concentrations: career…
Descriptors: High School Students, Selection, Tech Prep, Cooperative Education
Junior Achievement, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO. – 1998
This guide was created to help community groups create publicity plans and follow through to promote public awareness of Groundhog Job Shadow Day (GJSD) on February 2, 1999. The guide promotes the goal of raising public awareness for the importance of business and education working together to provide hands-on career experiences for students. It…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship
Woal, S. Theodore; DuVall, Patricia S. – 1995
This document consists of two brief articles on career education in elementary school. The first article, "Career Education--The Early Years" by S. Theodore Woal, suggests that elementary school is the time to begin to infuse career education concepts and to correlate and integrate career guidance in the school curriculum. Three activities are…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Thompson, Cecelia; Thompson, Dale – 1986
The Educators-in-Industry project described in this document is sponsored by the General Electric Foundation to offer experience in the business and industrial world to educators. In Hawaii, where General Electric has no factory facilities, other businesses provide job shadowing sites for administrators, counselors, and K-12 teachers. Over 100…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
Blanford, Elizabeth A. – 1977
This paper describes the development of a high school career program related to the Shadowing Experiences provided for counselors by General Electric. Nine Mini-Career Days, related to the different curriculum areas, provided students with at least four days of shadow sessions. Students attended the Career Days from their four morning class…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
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