1st Edition

Rethinking Transition Educational Innovation and the Transition to Adult Life

Edited By Carol Varlaam Copyright 1984
158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

In the early 1970s, nearly three-quarters of 16–19-year-olds were employed. First published in 1984, Rethinking Transition comprises a collection of papers based on the evaluation of a group of projects concerned with the problems faced by young people in the transition from school to working life. The projects were funded by the European Economic Commission, the Department of Education and... Read more

Introduction: Rethinking Transition
Carol Varlaam

1. Preparation for Life: Curriculum Issues
Brian Wilcox and Sue Lavercombe

2. Provision for ‘CSE Failures’
Carol Varlaam

3. Work Experience: The Sacred Anvil
Ian Stronach

4. ‘Staying in Bed’: Young People, Transition and the Role of Political Education
Jacqueline Dunn

5. Sex-Stereotyping and Transition: The Lost Battle?
Jacqueline Dunn

6. Slow Learners: From Special Education to Special Programmes?
Teresa L. Rees

7. Disadvantaged Youth in the Pursuit of Work
Kevin Doogan

8. Changing Perspectives: Careers Officers, Social Control and Transition Problems
Jacqueline Dunn and Helen Grimwood

Biography

Carol Varlaam