The studies compiled in this book analyze the effects of gender on the well-being of individuals and households in Mexico. Analyses examine gender issues over the life cycle, including education and child labor, adult urban and rural labor participation, and the situation of elderly Mexican men and women. Following an introduction by Elizabeth…

This document contains teacher's materials for competencies to be taught to all Oklahoma first-year cooperative education students. Teachers of general cooperative programs (such as individualized cooperative education) may want to use the document as their basic text, but teachers in other vocational areas may prefer to use it as a supplement.…

This guide to Maine and United States child labor laws and their relevance to school work experiences for youths aged 14 to 18 is intended to provide teachers, guidance counselors, job developers, and job coordinators with basic information on the standards and major provisions of the laws. Chapter 1 tells why the guide was developed; recommends…

This guide, which is intended primarily for school and college personnel interested in initiating or improving work-based learning, examines the development and implementation of work-based education programs in Washington. The following topics are discussed: the rationale for work-based learning (legislative and educational change information,…

It is believed that superintendents and principals, school board members, teachers, and employers and other lay citizens--in fact, all those persons who help to decide on public-school curriculum have need for a bulletin in which information is made available concerning work experience education programs. They should be informed about selected…