Becoming adult : how teenagers prepare for the world of work /

The detailed results provide a window of society's future through which we can glimpse how adolescents are preparing themselves for the lives they will lead in the years to come."--Jacket.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly (Author)
Other Authors:	Schneider, Barbara L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2000]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Teenagers > Vocational guidance > United States. Teenagers > Employment > United States. Teenagers > United States > Attitudes. Adolescents > Orientation professionnelle > États-Unis. Adolescents > Travail > États-Unis. Adolescents > États-Unis > Attitudes. Teenagers > Attitudes Teenagers > Employment Teenagers > Vocational guidance United States Berufswahl Heranwachsender Adolescenten. Leerlingen. Arbeid. Beroepskeuze. Toekomstverwachtingen. Verenigde Staten.
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Table of Contents:

Adolescent views of work. The evolving nature of work
The design of the study: sample and procedures
Envisioning the future
Learning to work. Images of work and play
Learning to like challenges
Families and the forming of children's occupational future
The quality of classroom experiences
Transitioning from high school. Guiding students into the future: three schools of thought
Paths after high school
Making the transition to adulthood.