Help ALL teenagers to define realistic goals, develop career direction, and find their future! This revised edition of the bestseller offers educators a six-step plan for helping all students and their parents develop alternative plans for post high school success that may or may not involve a college degree. Getting Real compares the disparity between students' preconceived beliefs and aspirations and the new economic and labor markets they will face as adults, and calls on educators to improve the odds for every young person. Emphasizing the importance of exploring all options, the updated second edition covers critical topics such as:occupational race and gender stereotypes
updated labor market projections that highlight technician-level careers and new middle level skill occupations
the strong link between academic maturity, career direction, and postsecondary success
the unique career development needs of potential dropouts and of high school graduates who go to work.
- ISBN10 1452298564
- ISBN13 9781452298566
- Publish Date 21 August 2008 (first published 14 September 1999)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country US
- Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
- Imprint Corwin Press Inc
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format eBook
- Pages 216
- Language English