A cross-sectional survey explored 96 rural adolescents' perceptions of their rural context and how their self-concept is related to perceptions of capability regarding hopes and fears for the future. The youth surveyed, from the Kootenay Boundary region of British Columbia, indicated ambivalence about staying in their communities after leaving…

Stakeholder groups (150 farmers, 36 secondary agriculture teachers, 16 preservice teachers, 85 nonfarm secondary students, 128 farm students) were surveyed. They agreed on farm safety topics to be taught, but differed in levels of belief concerning the need to teach it. Farm and nonfarm students gave the lowest priority to farm safety topics. (SK)

Although the concepts taught through physics and chemistry are very important, those taught through earth science are perhaps even more readily applicable for many rural students. (Author)

Administered Woodcock Language Proficiency Battery (WLPB) to 18 learning-disabled adolescents from culturally variant population in rural southern Louisiana and to matched group of normal achievers. Found group status to have significant effect on cluster scores. Results suggest that WLPB may be useful for culturally diverse students when…

Examined the relationship between sex and career and lifestyle expectations of 128 students. Results indicated no sex differences in curricular or post-secondary plans. Equal proportions of males and females indicated professional career aspirations, however, they differed in their choices along traditional lines. Males expected to achieve their…

THE SCHOOLS HAVE NEGLECTED TO PROVIDE FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERCENT OF THE RURAL CULTURALLY DEPRIVED STUDENTS BY NOT OFFERING A STRONG VOCATIONAL PROGRAM. SELECTED SCHOOLS WILL BEGIN A SERIES OF PROGRAMS. CONTROL GROUPS WILL BE MAINTAINED UNDER TRADITIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATION. PROGRAMS WILL BE INITIATED FOR PRESCHOOL THROUGH…

Describes how the author worked with some rural Texas school districts to help plan and implement career guidance programs. A plan for developing an exemplary career guidance model for rural youth is also discussed. (CT)

Cluster-analytic technique classified 189 rural adolescents according to career indecision type as measured by Career Decision Scale. Resulting three-cluster solution described types of career indecision experienced by adolescents in early exploration stage. Clusters span continuum that includes tentatively decided-crystallizing preferences,…

Investigated rural high school students' perceptions of two major secondary school role models' (teachers and popular peers) solutions to five ontological and axiological problem spheres. Some seemingly contradictory findings are discussed in terms of institutional demands that often force teachers to model behaviors that neither they nor society…

Reports a study that examined the value hierarchies of adolescent groups categorized by tobacco use (nonusers, experimenters, and heavy users). Surveys of rural 7th-12th graders indicated significant differences among the 3 groups' value priorities in areas including health, family security, and a world at peace. (SM)

Based on case studies centered on two rural secondary schools in Lesotho and Zimbabwe, this article examines the gendered impacts of schooling on young people's transitions to adulthood. School attendance is shown first to disrupt the conventional pathways to adulthood: Young people attending school may leave home sooner than they otherwise would…

Values are a central concept in understanding and predicting human behavior. Value priority differences have been shown to predict important political, social, and economic attitudes and behaviors. The purpose of this study was to identify differences and similarities among the value hierarchies of adolescents who have never tried alcohol,…

The unique characteristics of South Dakota rural youth represent a fit between behavior and environment -- physical, social, and cultural. The major exception to this fit is the formal education planned for them. Efforts must be directed toward revitalizing and making the educational opportunities of rural youth relevant. (Author/CM)

Rural girls, answering questions concerning educational and occupational aspirations, showed significantly higher educational aspiration, the same or higher occupational aspiration, and equal ranges of job choice, relative to boys. The results are discussed with respect to previous findings, and to status attainment models. (Author)

Details the needs identified by parents, youth, and others concerning the role played by rural parents in the career development of young people. Presents findings from a series of focus group interviews. The identified needs reflect potential activities which parents, schools, and others might use to help rural youth. (RJM)