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Kellie J. L. Seals – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Interest is a unique internal motivator of learning that can be sustained and developed by outside influences. A challenge in rural areas is instilling interest in young adults to pursue careers local industries demand in order to mitigate rural out-migration. The purpose of this mixed methods intervention study was to determine if and explain how…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Experiential Learning, Teacher Student Relationship, Vocational Interests
Taylor, Alison; Servage, Laura; Hamm, Zane – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2014
This article examines two Canadian high school work experience programs that focus on rural youth. The first encourages students to consider work in skilled trades, while the second encourages them to become qualified as healthcare aides. Both programs were designed to encourage high school students to explore careers in fields where labor market…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Work Experience Programs, Rural Education
Curtis, David D. – Education in Rural Australia, 2011
We know that rural young people have less access to higher education than do metropolitan youth, and that the effect of location is a much stronger influence than SES or achievement (Rothman, Hillman, McKenzie, & Marks, 2009). We also know that, based on achievement data, many rural young people, who might be expected to enrol in university,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Vocational Education, Rural Youth
Morgan, Philip – Rural Society, 2008
Current government and business policy has forced regional Australia to adjust to the national deregulation of industries on which regional communities have become highly dependent. Adjustment is proving difficult with many regional communities struggling as the economic, social and educational core of the town and district falters. This paper…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Employment, Rural Areas, Welfare Services
HALLER, ARCHIBALD O. – 1963
EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL ALTERNATIVES OPEN TO FARM BOYS AND GIRLS, THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR JOB CHOICE, THE EFFECTS OF THEIR CHOICES ON THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE, AND WAYS OF IMPROVING THEIR CHOICES ARE DISCUSSED. INFORMATION IS BASED ON PERTINENT LITERATURE IN THE FIELD. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE IS SUCH THAT THE MORE…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Farmers, Occupational Information
Wojecki, Andrew – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2007
In the Australian vocational education and training (VET) context, attention is often given to what youth work training programs should consist of, resulting in less attention on how youth work education and training programs might be imagined, constructed and implemented. In this paper, a particular South Australian youth work training program is…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Vocational Education, Competency Based Education, Theory Practice Relationship
Kanawha County Schools, Charleston, WV. – 1963
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…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Inservice Teacher Education, Primary Education, Rural Youth

Broste, Steven K.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1989
Audiometric threshold testing of 872 vocational agriculture students carried out over a three-year period indicates an increased prevalence of hearing loss among students actively involved in farm work. Use of hearing protection may reduce the risk of hearing loss, although few students report using such devices. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Farmers, Hearing Impairments, High School Students
LINDSTROM, D.E. – 1967
THIS REPORT OF SOME OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PLANS OF RURAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS DERIVED FROM A STUDY OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ILLINOIS. THE STUDY TRIED TO DETERMINE THE APTITUDES AND SKILLS POSSESSED BY RURAL YOUTH, TO FIND THE PERSONAL AND SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Planning, High School Graduates, Occupational Information
MCMILLION, MARTIN B. – 1966
THE STUDY ATTEMPTED (1) TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PUPILS AND TWO OTHER SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS OF PUPILS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADES PLACED A SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT CONNOTATIVE MEANING ON SELECTED WORDS AND PHRASES WHICH ARE OF IMPORTANCE TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE, (2) TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Communication (Thought Transfer), Disadvantaged Youth, Rural Youth
Kahler, Alan A.; Bundy, Clarence E. – Agr Educ Mag, 1970
Reports occupational and income data for 1,120 rural males who graduated from Nebraska high schools during 1954 through 1958. Implications for vocational agriculture are provided. (DM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Graduate Surveys, Longitudinal Studies
BRUTON, JOHN C. – 1967
A WRITTEN EXAMINATION WAS ADMINISTERED TO 605 FRESHMEN ENROLLED IN OKLAHOMA COLLEGES OFFERING AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS TO DETERMINE WHETHER CERTAIN BACKGROUND EXPERIENCES CONTRIBUTED TO THE STUDENT'S KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF MAJOR CONCEPTS IN ANIMAL SCIENCE, TO MAKE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE ANIMAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF OKLAHOMA STATE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education, Animal Husbandry

Squire, P. J. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2000
A profile of 150 out-of-school rural Botswana youth revealed most were ages 16-18, 55% female, 52% with only primary education, and 60% unemployed. The majority chose farm occupations. Problems of rural areas included lack of educational and recreational facilities, employment security, health education, and access to land. Youth clubs, vocational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Job Training
Fratoe, Frank A. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1981
Presents an overview of the educational needs, problems, and aspirations of the second largest and fastest growing nonmetropolitan minority group in the United States. Condensed from "The Education of Nonmetro Hispanics," Rural Development Research Report Number 31 of the USDA Economic Research Service (September 1981). (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Aspiration, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Horne, James; And Others – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1972
An Analysis of farming opportunities for Vocational Agriculture graduates and rural youth is presented to assist in counseling students toward optimal educational and occupational goals. (Author)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Educational Objectives, Employment Opportunities