Other Ways To Win [microform] : Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates. Second Edition / Kenneth C. Gray and Edwin L. Herr
- Bib ID:
- 5672308
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Gray, Kenneth C
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000
- 211 p.
- ISBN:
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- 9780761975694
- 0761975691
- Summary:
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This book explains how high school teachers and counselors can modify their schools' existing programs to create viable options for noncollege-bound students and help them regain control over their lives. Chapters 1-7 discuss the following topics: (1) rescuing a generation adrift; (2) recognizing the forces behind the "one way to win" mentality; (3) limited options for special populations; (4) questionable academic preparation; (5) winners and losers in the "one way to win" game; (6) the politics of average students; and (7) the high-skill/high-wage rationale. Chapters 8-10 detail a process for helping noncollege-bound high school graduates discover alternative "other ways to win" that include the following steps: (1) providing systematic career guidance for students and structured feedback for parents; (2) redesigning the high school academic curriculum; and (3) ensuring equal status and focused academics. Chapter 11 reviews the following strategies for bringing "average" students to excellence: challenging the "one way to win" paradigm; helping students and parents recognize that preparation for high-skill/high-wage jobs is another "way to win"; reaching out to parents; providing career development/guidance for all students; redesigning the academic prep program; and challenging the high school culture. Twenty-four tables/figures are included. (Contains 72 references.) (MN)
- Notes:
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- Availability: Corwin Press, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, Web site: http://www.corwinpress.com (ISBN: 0-7619-7568-3 (hardback) $61.95; ISBN: 0-7619-7569-1 (paper) $29.95).
- ERIC Note: For first edition, see ED 390 988.
- Practitioners.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Academic Education
- Career Exploration
- Career Guidance
- Case Studies
- Change Strategies
- College Preparation
- Comparative Analysis
- Curriculum Development
- Disadvantaged Youth
- Economically Disadvantaged
- Education Work Relationship
- Educational Attitudes
- Educational Change
- Educational Needs
- Educational Opportunities
- Educational Research
- Employment Opportunities
- Employment Patterns
- Employment Projections
- Equal Education
- Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
- Followup Studies
- High School Graduates
- High Schools
- Labor Market
- Models
- Noncollege Bound Students
- Nontraditional Occupations
- Outcomes of Education
- Parent Participation
- Politics of Education
- Postsecondary Education
- Salary Wage Differentials
- Sex Bias
- Special Needs Students
- Success
- Systems Approach
- Technical Education
- Womens Education
- Other authors/contributors:
- Herr, Edwin L, author
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2000
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