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Curry, Evans W.; Picou, J. Steven – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1971
The primary objective of this study is an analysis of the occupational projections and anticipatory occupational goal deflection of a sample of predominantly rural Louisiana high school seniors. Several findings that contradict previous research are noted. Implications of these results are discussed and suggestions for future empirical inquiry are…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Expectation, High School Students, Occupational Aspiration
Swanson, Elinor; DeBlassie, Richard R. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1971
First grade rural Mexican American children were tested to determine whether the use of a bilingual interpreter would significantly influence their Verbal, Performance, and Total IQ scores. Results indicate no significant differences. (Author)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Children, Grade 1, Intelligence Tests
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1980
Identifies problems concerning the youth labor force, and points out that across most age and school status groups rural youth are less likely to be employed than urban youth. Available from: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Rm. 456 GHI Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20250. (JD)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems, Labor Market, Part Time Employment
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King, Valarie; Elder, Glen H., Jr.; Whitbeck, Les B. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1997
Studied religious development in 365 adolescents from white, two-parent families participating in the Iowa Youth and Families Project. Found that farm youth had stronger ties to religious institutions and expressed stronger commitments to religious values than nonfarm youth. The correlates of religious change and continuity indicate that social…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Individual Development, Life Events
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Bajema, Duane H.; Miller, W. Wade; Williams, David L. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2002
Of 883 Iowa high school seniors, 60% lived in towns, 40% on farms. Both groups had a high level of congruence between educational and occupational aspirations and perceived minimal barriers to goal achievement. Farm and town students had equally diverse aspirations. (Contains 23 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, High Schools, Occupational Aspiration
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Spicker, Howard H. – Educational Horizons, 1992
Standardized intelligence and achievement tests fail to identify gifted rural children because of a bias toward urban acculturation. In rural Indiana, Project SPRING identified 105 fourth and fifth grade disadvantaged gifted children and provided nontraditional learning experiences and enrichment activities to develop their talents. (SK)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
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Epstein, Jennifer A.; Botvin, Gilbert J.; Spoth, Richard – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2003
This study examined the relationship of psychosocial factors with alcohol use for adolescents residing in rural Iowa. This association was also tested separately for boys and girls. Seventh graders (N = 1673) self-reported alcohol use, peer drinking norms, adult drinking norms, drug refusal assertiveness, drug refusal techniques, life skills,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Grade 7, Rural Youth
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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
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Minugh, P. Allison; Janke, Susan L.; Lomuto, Nicoletta A.; Galloway, Diane K. – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context: Rural and frontier states are significantly affected by substance abuse and poverty. The high rate of substance abuse coupled with high levels of dependence on state-funded treatment systems places a burden on rural treatment systems and makes resource allocation a central planning issue. Purpose: The goal of this study was to combine…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Crime, Social Indicators, Organizational Change
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Eacott, Chelsea; Sonn, Christopher C. – Rural Society, 2006
The population in rural areas of Australia has been declining for many decades and it has become common practice to blame this decline on the migration of young people due to structural limitations (e.g. education and employment). This study explores factors associated with migration of youth from rural Victoria looking at their experience of…
Descriptors: College Students, Rural Youth, Rural to Urban Migration, Foreign Countries
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Stein, Gabriela Livas; Hussong, Andrea – American Secondary Education, 2007
This study examines high school expectancies in a sample of at-risk, rural youth, and how these expectancies relate to 8th grade functioning, 9th grade functioning, and 9th grade experiences of high school. A total of 76 eighth-graders and their parents, drawn from a larger study of the transition to high school, participated in interviews the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Youth, Grade 9, Educational Environment
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Mettlin, Curt; Hsu, Michael – Rural Sociology, 1975
In this paper, criteria involving observation of the activity of agents of influence themselves are proposed and investigated. (Author/NQ)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Education, High School Students, Occupations
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Cramer, Ward; Dorsey, Suzanne – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Disadvantaged, Individualized Reading, Reading Programs
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
MAWBY, RUSSELL G. – 1963
THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN THE OCCUPATIONAL CHOICES OF RURAL YOUTH IS DISCUSSED. CONCLUSIONS ARE BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED FROM NINE PREVIOUS STUDIES AND FROM A LIMITED SURVEY OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM. CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO PARENTAL ROLES INFLUENCES IN VOCATIONAL CHOICE OF RURAL INHABITANTS, TO PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE PARENTAL ROLES IN…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Choice, Career Planning
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