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Direct linkMusset, Pauline; Kurekova, Lucia Mytna – OECD Publishing, 2018
Career and education decisions are amongst the most important young people make. Gender, ethnicity and socio-economic factors all strongly affect these choices. Career guidance is both an individual and a social good: it helps individuals to progress in their learning and work, but it also helps the effective functioning of the labour and learning…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Best Practices, Program Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship
Kocanova, Daniela; Bourgeois, Ania; de Almeida Coutinho, Ana Sofia – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2015
Through a comprehensive overview of policies and data related to the renewed European agenda for adult learning, this Eurydice report aims to support the exchange of policy and practice between countries. The report concentrates on measures to ensure that the most vulnerable groups of adult learners, in particular those with low basic skills or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Access to Education, Educational Opportunities
McAleavy, Tony – Adults Learning, 2009
From 2010 the Government plans to have in place a universal Adult Advancement and Careers Service. Beyond the general support to help find jobs and complete applications offered by Job Centre Plus, the new framework will provide a more holistic approach to employment and training. Currently, this kind of holistic support is only available to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Holistic Approach, Career Information Systems, Career Centers
DEUTSCH, MARTIN – 1964
CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, OR EDUCATIONAL IMPOVERISHMENT ARE HINDERED IN THEIR ABILITY TO DEVELOP PROPERLY. ONE APPROACH, TO CORRECT DISABILITIES AND FACILITATE INTELLECTUAL GROWTH, IS TO START INSTRUCTION AT AN EARLIER AGE THAN THAT OF KINDERGARTEN. IN THE PRESCHOOL CLASSES, THE CHILDREN WOULD RECEIVE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND SOCIAL…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged
Sternberg, Jay – Culture and Education, 1972
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselors, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textRESWICK, JOSEPH – 1966
THIS ANNUAL REPORT IS AN INTERIM REVIEW FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1964-65 OF A 5-YEAR PROJECT WITH THE 1965 GRADUATING CLASSES OF THREE NEW YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOLS. THE PROJECT WAS CONCERNED WITH (1) IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL ABILITIES OF THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, (2) STUDYING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INCREASED GUIDANCE TIME WITH SUCH STUDENTS,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Counseling Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Dropouts
Mattson, Judith, Ed. – 1971
Five articles in this issue of the ERIC/CAPS newsletter discuss and survey areas that have direct implication for "The Counselor and the Current Scene." The areas are: (1) aggression; (2) parent counseling; (3) college admissions for the culturally distinct; (4) role modeling with the disadvantaged; and (5) in-service activities. Other…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Admission, Counselors, Disadvantaged
Vocational Guidance Service, Houston, TX. – 1969
This report on the first year's operation of a program providing group counseling and placement services for disadvantaged youth in Houston, Texas, outlines the development of relationships with schools, business, labor, students, and other agencies. It includes an overview of materials presented to the students and techniques used in the…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Group Counseling
Manpower, 1973
A former center director talks about the Job Corps. (Editor)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged, Females, Guidance Programs
Harrison, Don K.; And Others – 1970
This set of materials was developed for a special ERIC/CAPS Workshop on, "New Developments in Guidance and Personnel Services: Guidance and Student Services for the Culturally Different," held at the 1970 American Personnel and Guidance Association Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. Members of the ERIC/CAPS staff developed generalizations and…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Colleges, Community Colleges, Counselor Training
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1970
Project Opportunity is a talent search and encouragement program that attempts to identify disadvantaged students with academic potential. The purposes of the program are: (1) to increase their academic achievement; (2) decrease the dropout rate; (3) increase the number continuing in higher education; (4) augment their knowledge of vocational…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities
Oakland Unified School District, CA. – 1964
PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THE INTERAGENCY SCHOOL PROJECT WERE LISTED AND DESCRIBED. THEY INCLUDED KINDERGARTEN-PRIMARY GRADES LANGUAGE AWARENESS PROGRAM, MADISON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, YOUTH STUDY CENTERS, ADULT EDUCATION, CURRICULUM MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT, A PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL-AGE PREGNANT GIRLS, ASSOCIATED AGENCIES…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
HILLSON, HENRY T. – 1963
IDENTIFICATION AND STIMULATION WERE ATTEMPTED FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WHOSE DEPRIVATION WOULD TEND TO KEEP THEIR ABILITIES FROM BEING RECOGNIZED. IT WAS HOPED THAT THE PROGRAM WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR MANY MORE SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION. A MAJOR PROGRAM OF CULTURAL ENRICHMENT WAS PLANNED FOR THE PROJECT STUDENTS AND…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling, Cultural Enrichment
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1969
Forty-seven books, articles, and reports published between 1960 and 1969 are cited in this bibliography about high-risk education for Appalachian youth. The titles are grouped into 4 categories: (1) general information sources, (2) characteristics of disadvantaged students, (3) college admissions and guidance, and (4) other related sources. The…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Admission, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
Dudley, David A. – J Nat Assn Coll Admissions Counselors, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
