1. Changing policy perspectives / Millicent E. Poole -- 2. A historical essay / Andrew Spaull -- 3. A philosophical perspective / Colin W. Evers -- 4. School to work : transition and policy / Cath Blakers -- 5. Skill formation for the workplace / John C. Steveson, Charles W. McKavanagh -- 6. Socialisation to the world of work : an analysis of rural children's work code / Anne Butorac -- 7. Experiencing work : bridges to adulthood / Glen Evans, Millicent E. Poole -- 8. Women into trades : rhetoric or reality? / Patricia Weeks -- 9. Factors affecting the development of career and family orientations in girls : a review / Millicent E. Poole, Janice Langan-Fox, Michelle Ciavarella -- 10. Experiencing hegemony : women, work and education / Judyth Sachs -- 11. The work importance study : Australian young people's values in international perspective / Jan Lokan -- 12. Australia's need for an integrated educational, economic and social strategy : drawing on the Swedish and East Asian experience / Denis Davis -- 13. Summary and conclusion. Issues in need of policy formation / Millicent E. Poole