Becoming Adult : How Teenagers Prepare For The World Of Work

How do young people envision their occupational futures? What do teenagers feel about their schooling and after-school work, and how do these experiences affect their passage to adult work? These are the questions that psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and sociologist Barbara Schneider posed in their five-year study of adolescents. The results provide an unprecedented window on society's future through which we can glimpse how today's youth are preparing themselves for the lives they will lead in the decades to come.

the Best-selling Author Of flow And An Award-winning Sociologist Draw On A Unique Longitudinal Study To Reveal How Adolescents Develop Attitudes, Skills, And Expectations About Their Adult Careers.

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does Every Teenager Want To Become The Next Britney Spears Or Tiger Woods? This Book Tackles The Subject Of Career Formation Among Teenagers. According To The Authors, The Purpose Of This Work Is To Describe How American Teenagers Develop Attitudes And Acquire Skills To Achieve Their Career Goals And Expectations. They Delve Into How Adolescents Today Are Preparing Themselves For The Lives They Will Lead In The Years To Come. This Title Discusses Work In Terms Of Images And Expectations, Occupational Values, Images Of Work And Play, Teens' Experience In Paid Employment, Families And Their Role In Forming Occupational Future, And Effects Of The Quality Of Their Classroom Experience. Surveys Were Administered To Students At Selected Sites, Targeting Females, Minorities, And Low-income Families. Due To The Limited Nature Of The Study, The Focus Was On Public Middle And High School Students. The Populations Of The Schools Chosen Ran The Gamut From Financially Well Off To Economically Depressed. This Work Includes Three Appendices: Site Descriptions, Instruments, And A Variable List. It Will Be Most Useful To Guidance And Vocational Counselors, School-to-work Program Workers, And Anyone Else With An Interest In The Field Of Study. A Solid Purchase For Public Libraries And High School Collections. Kliatt Codes: A—recommended For Advanced Students, And Adults. 2000, Perseus, Basic Books, 289p. Notes. Bibliog. Index., $18.00. Ages 17 To Adult. Reviewer: Tricia Finch; Youth Svcs. Mgr., North Port P.l., North Port, Fl , September 2001 (vol. 35 No. 5)

"How do young people envision their occupational futures? In a world of rapid change and uncertain work prospects, what roles do families, schools and communities play in helping teenagers develop habits and values that will be useful in their careers? What do teenagers feel about their schooling and after-school work, and how do these experiences affect their passage to adult work? These are the questions - never before exposed to systematic research - that psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and sociologist Barbara Schneider posed in their five-year study of adolescents. The students come from an unusually broad cross-section of education institutions - ranging from a magnet school famous for training elite scientific talent to inner-city schools Credit Card Nation is the first comprehensive look at an ongoing social and economic crisis-America's escalting dependence on credit. By locating consumer debt within the context of corporate and governmental debt. THIS BOOK describes how American teenagers develop attitudes and acquire skills to achieve their career goals and expectations.