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1 online resource (265 pages) |
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Part I -- The One Way to Win Myth -- Chapter 1 -- The One Way to Win Myth -- The Academic Middle -- Section I: The One Way to Win Paradigm -- The One Way to Win Paradigm Defined -- Section II: The Human, Financial, and Economic Development -- Costs of the One Way to Win Paradigm -- The Human Cost of the One Way to Win Paradigm -- The Rope Climbing Allegory -- The Dollars and Cents Cost to Students and Their Parents -- The Dollars and Cents Cost to the Public -- The Economic Development Cost -- Technical Skill Shortages -- Foreign Workers, 9/11, and Exporting of Jobs -- Section III: The Argument for Creating Other Ways to Win -- A Case Study: Keith and the College Game -- Chapter 2 -- Recognizing the Forces behind One Way to Win -- Understanding the One Way to Win Mentality -- Section I: The Pressure to Go to College from Parents and Others -- Pressure from Parents -- Pressure from High Schools -- State-Mandated High Stakes Testing -- Pressure from Peers and the Media -- Section II: The Economic and Social Forces behind One Way to Win -- Diminishing Economic Opportunities -- Labor Market Misconceptions -- Globalization -- Misplaced Faith in the Job Outlook for 4-Year College Graduates -- The Fundamental Fear: All Decent Jobs Will Require a BA -- Education, Social Class, and Status -- The Prejudice Against Nonprofessional Work -- The Ideology of Equal Opportunity -- Section III: The Enablers behind One Way to Win: Open Admissions and Financial Aid -- Open College Admissions -- Need-Based Financial Aid -- Section IV: No Child Left behind -- No Child Left behind Legislation -- Other Ways to Win -- Chapter 3 -- Limited Options for Special Populations -- Section I: Disadvantaged Youth |
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Youth "at Risk" of Dropping out of High School -- Special Needs Students -- Section II: Economically Disadvantaged Youth -- Section III: Women and the Gender Wage Gap -- Other Ways to Win -- Part II -- Counting the Losers in the One Way to Win Game -- Chapter 4 -- Questionable Academic Preparation -- Section I: How Effective is the College Prep Program of Study? -- The College Prep Program and the Academic Middle -- Follow-Up Study of Recent High School Graduates -- Going to College: Do Academic Credentials Matter? -- Section II: The High School Experience of Those in the Academic Middle -- College Prep Course-Taking Patterns -- Involvement in the Curriculum -- Career Uncertainty -- Second-Class Status -- Low Academic Expectations -- Other Ways to Win -- Chapter 5 -- Winners and Losers in the One Way to Win Game -- Section I: Remedial Education and College Dropouts: The First Losers -- Academic Ability to Benefit -- Remedial Education in Higher Education -- College Dropouts -- Section II: Underemployed College Graduates: The Second Losers -- The Labor Market Outlook for College Graduates -- Section III: More Losers: Those Who Prepare for College but Go to Work Instead -- Dead-End Jobs for Those without Career and Technical Education -- Other Ways to Win -- Chapter 6 -- Who Cares? The Politics of Average Students -- Section I: High School Politics and the Academic Middle -- Why High School Educators Look the Other Way -- Are School Guidance Counselors the Villains? -- The Politics of Grade Inflation -- The Stalemate in High School Classrooms -- Section II: Taking the High Ground: The Role of Elected Officials -- Section III: One Way to Win: Opportunity or Opiate -- Section IV: Behind the Scenes: Those with Vested Interests -- Other Ways to Win -- Part III: Creating Other Ways to Win -- Chapter 7 -- The High Skill/High Wage Rationale |
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Section I: Five Myths about the Future Labor Market -- Two More Misunderstandings -- Section II: The Labor Market Rationale for Other Ways to Win -- Two Steps for Finding Other Ways to Win -- Step 1: Understand Three Labor Market Basics -- The Composition of Employment in High Skill/High Wage Firms -- The Best Measure of Opportunity is Total Job Openings -- Specific Occupational Skills Are More Important Than Degrees in Competing for Many High Wage Occupations -- Step 2: Investigate Technician Level Occupations within Key Sectors of Economic Growth -- Examples of Pre-Baccalaureate High Skill/High Wage Occupations -- Occupational Outlook for High Skill/High Wage Occupations Not Requiring a Baccalaureate Degree -- Importance of Occupational Skill and Postsecondary Technical Education -- Opportunities for Special Populations -- Five Points to Make with Parents -- Five Things to Consider before Finalizing Post-High School Plans -- Other Ways to Win -- Chapter 8 -- Step 1: Providing Systematic Career Guidance for Students and Structured Feedback for Parents -- Section I: Systematic Career Guidance for All Students -- Career Choices and Postsecondary Success -- Consequences of Career Indecision -- Systematic Career Guidance Defined -- The American School Counselor Association Model -- The National Career Development Guidelines Revision Project -- The Problem of Adolescent Career Immaturity -- Student Outcome Objectives for Career Development/Guidance Programs -- The Individual Career Plan -- Graduation Portfolios -- Career Pathways, Career Majors, and Career Academies -- Career Indecision and Teen Anxiety -- Section II: Providing Feedback to Parents -- Delivering the Wake-Up Call to Parents -- A Five-Step Parental Involvement Program -- Step 1: Orientation for Parents of Grade School Children -- Step 2: Have an Eighth Grade Parent Meeting |
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Step 3: Involve Parents in the Career Plan -- Step 4: Provide Objective Feedback at Strategic Times -- Step 5: Provide Opportunities for Individual Assistance -- Six Points to Make with Parents -- Other Ways to Win -- Chapter 9 -- Step 2: Restructuring the High School Program of Study -- Section I: Structuring the High School Program of Study -- Creating Alternative Program Pathways to Success -- Objectives of High School Program Study Reform -- Phase 1: Core Academics: Grades 9 and 10 -- Develop Tentative Career Choices -- Phase 2: Four Transitional Emphasis Alternatives: Grades 11 and 12 -- Verify Career Choices -- Phase 3: Transitional Placement Services Dual Enrollment/Middle College -- Parental Acceptance -- Section II: Transitional Emphases for the Non-Baccalaureate Students -- The Pre-Baccalaureate Emphasis (Tech Prep) -- The Articulation Agreement -- Motivating Students to Participate in Tech Prep -- The Transitional Academic Program -- The School-to-Career Emphasis -- Option 1: School-Sponsored Work-Based Learning/Co-op -- Apprenticeships -- Military Service -- Option 2: Career and Technical Education -- Motivating Students to Participate in the School-to-Career Option -- Section III: Transitional Placement Services for All Students -- Dual Enrollment/Middle College -- Section IV: The Role of High School Career and Technical Education -- Other Ways to Win -- Chapter 10 -- Step 3: Ensuring Equal Status and Focused Academics -- Section I: Putting an End to Taylorism -- Defining Taylorism -- Taylorist Influences on High Schools -- Challenging the Taylorist Rationale -- Strategies for Ending Taylorism -- Challenge the Culture: The Equity Audit -- Challenge Discriminatory Policies and Practices -- Stop the Obsessive Rank-Ordering of Students Against Each Other -- Seek a Way to Integrate Students of Differing Academic Ability |
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Create a "One Team" Culture -- Section II: Modifying Instructional Modalities and Practices -- Emphasize Contextual, or Applied, Learning -- Emphasize Reading for Comprehension -- Emphasize Math and Science for All Seniors -- Teach Keyboarding and Computer Software Skills -- Experiment with Portfolios and Cooperative Learning -- Consider Block or Intensive Master Scheduling -- Provide Dual Enrollment/Transition Programs for All Students -- Provide Alternative Curriculum Emphasis within the Program of Study -- Section III: Motivating the Academic Middle -- Strategies for Motivating the Majority -- Develop Career Motives for Learning -- Have High Expectations for All Students -- Improve Academic Self-Concepts by Catching Students Doing Things Right -- Other Ways to Win -- Chapter 11 -- Other Ways to Win and Success for All -- The American High School -- Challenging the One Way to Win Paradigm -- There Are Other Ways to Win -- Will Efforts to Create Alternatives Succeed? -- Reaching out to Parents -- Career Development and Guidance for All Students -- Creating Multiple Pathways to Success -- Challenging the High School Culture -- Doing What's Right -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Now in its third edition, this bestseller offers new data, recommendations, and observations that explore the choices for success available to students in the academic middle |
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Print version record |
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Career education -- United States
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High school students -- Vocational guidance -- United States
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High school graduates -- Employment -- United States
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Postsecondary education -- United States
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High school graduates -- United States -- Social conditions
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Career education
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High school graduates -- Employment
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High school graduates -- Social conditions
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High school students -- Vocational guidance
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Postsecondary education
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Herr, Edwin L
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| ISBN |
9781412917803 |
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1412917808 |
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