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Download full textMassey, Grace C.; Darnbusch, Sanford M. – 1976
The relationship between attribution processes and academic self-concept is studied among students from four ethnic groups in inner-city high schools, and an explanation as to why low achieving minority students do not report low academic self-concepts is sought in this paper. Questionnaires eliciting self-conceptions and responses to hypothetical…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Failure, Asian Americans, Attribution Theory
Kazis, Richard; Kopp, Hilary – 1997
Work preparation should provide adequate qualifications for sustained labor market participation and lifelong learning that lead to economic self-sufficiency and positive engagement as family members and citizens. Five barriers to productive transitions confront disadvantaged urban youth: changing structure of employment opportunity; skills…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship
Phelps, L. Allen – 1984
This policy analysis focuses on identifying optimal federal fiscal policies for achieving desired programmatic and student outcomes on behalf of special populations in vocational education (i.e., disadvantaged, limited-English-proficient, and handicapped persons, and students interested in nontraditional careers). The present status of unserved…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, English (Second Language)
Moore, E. Cortez – 1986
Prevocational education is a group guidance program designed to develop students' self-awareness, to provide them with knowledge and experiences in a variety of different occupations, and to help them understand the function of education and the relationship of career opportunities during the career decision-making process. This guide provides an…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Career Choice, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems
Ebrite, Lou, Ed. – Tower Review, 1988
This issue is dedicated to vocational and adult education. "Our Children's Future: Programs for Success" (John Folks) presents the goals for public education in Oklahoma. "Vocational Education in Oklahoma: Responding to Change" (Roy Peters) provides background information on vocational education in Oklahoma and enumerates the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Decision Making, Disadvantaged Youth
Nemko, Barbara; Dutton, Eina – 1983
This guide is intended to provide resources for teachers of disadvantaged persons in the health careers field. Entries in the guide are the result of a year-long nationwide search for services and materials prepared especially for disadvantaged students. Instructional resources are listed in the following areas: basic mathematics and reading…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Basic Skills, Career Development
National Child Labor Committee, New York, NY. – 1976
Current high unemployment and underemployment for all youth, and particularly for youths from poor and minority families, led to this study on the crisis of youth's transition from school to work. The study was conducted in four phases: A review of the literature and interviews with work-force experts to identify issues and alternatives; an…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Development, Educational Needs
Sprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1974
The experimental Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-I) program, 1971-72 was intended to provide dropout-prone Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) youth with intensive counseling, supportive services and work experience in the private sector, to encourage completion of high school, and to assist in obtaining full-time employment upon…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Black Students, Career Counseling
Sprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1974
This final report on the second experimental year of the Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-II) program presents an assessment of program operations, administration and impact. VEPS was designed as a training and vocational exploration program for in-school Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) enrollees who were probable dropouts. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Black Students
Loye, David, Ed. – 1970
This booklet surveys all the research studies (approx. 205), undertaken at ETS from July 1968 through June 1969. It offers research results to interested, nonresearch professional readers, and supplements more formal reports for professionals interested in research processes as well. Four major themes in the ETS research program are emphasized:…
Descriptors: Careers, Cognitive Processes, Computer Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Kerka, Sandra – 2003
Educators are considering ways to help youth identified as "at-risk" succeed in school and beyond. Alternative programs (AP) can be effective environments for students who may not fit the mainstream mold and need additional support. Effective AP use a holistic approach that encompasses social, academic, psychological and career-related…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Career Academies
Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken – 2000
The role of part-time employment among disaffected and mainstream 14- to 16-year-olds and 16- to 19-year-olds in full-time education in the Kingswood area of South Gloucestershire, England, was examined. Data were gathered through the following activities: (1) a survey of approximately 2,000 youths from 6 schools and 1 further education college;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Articulation (Education), Comparative Analysis
Manning, Sabine, Ed.; Raffe, David, Ed. – 2000
These 24 papers represent the proceedings of a program presented by the research network on vocational education and training (VET). They include "School-Arranged or Market-Governed Workplace Training?" (Ulla Arnell-Gustafsson); "Prospects for Mutual Learning and Transnational Transfer of Innovative Practice in European VET"…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Courseware, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Sherman, Susan W., Ed. – 1983
Unemployment among young people is a serious and persistent problem in this country. Unemployment rates are especially high among members of minority groups, for high school dropouts, and in economically depressed areas. Vocational education can help to alleviate the problem of unemployment, and a close link between schools and employers can help…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Hardin County Board of Education, Elizabethtown, KY. – 1976
A project was designed to measure the effects of integrating basic reading and mathematical instruction with prevocational instruction through the addition of a basic skills resource room, a technical simulation unit, and guidance and counseling to the ninth grade vocational experience program for educable mentally handicapped and disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Guidance, Curriculum Development
