School and Work

Question 1

17th to 18th Century (History on Adolescent Work)

Answer 1

• Boys worked on a farm.

* Girls cared for domestic animals, household work.

Question 2

18th to 19th Century (History on Adolescent Work)

Answer 2

• Decline in farming (< 40%)
• Industrialization
• Factories, coal mines, processing plants
• Long hours, dangerous conditions, health hazards

Question 3

20th Century (History on Adolescent Work)

Answer 3

Early 1900s: age of adolescence

* Laws restricting times and places children and adolescents could work. 
* Schooling laws 

1930s-1940s
*Rise in schooling among adolescents

Post WWII
*Combined school with part-time work.

End of 20th Century
*Approx. 80% of high school students working.

Question 4

Donald’s Super Stages of Occupational Goals

Answer 4

Crystallization, Specification, Implementation, Stabilization. and Consolidation.

Question 5

Crystallization (Donald’s Super Stages of Occupational Goals)

Answer 5

Ages 12-18

• Learn about interesting occupational fields.
• Consider how talents, interests match up with possibilities.

Question 6

Specification (Donald’s Super Stages of Occupational Goals)

Answer 6

Ages 18-24

* More focus on specific occupational options 
* Begin to purse education/training

Question 7

Implementation (Donald’s Super Stages of Occupational Goals)

Answer 7

Ages 21-24

 * Complete education/training, enter job. 
 * Limited by availability of jobs, may have to be flexible.

Question 8

Stabilization (Donald’s Super Stages of Occupational Goals)

Answer 8

Ages 25-35

 * Establish self in career. 
 * Stability and experience.

Question 9

Consolidation (Donald’s Super Stages of Occupational Goals)

Answer 9

Ages 35+

*Seek advancement.

Question 10

Realistic (Holland’s Personality Goals)

Answer 10

High physical strength, practical problem solving, low social understanding.

E.g. physical activity, applying practical knowledge.

Question 11

Investigative (Holland’s Personality Goals)

Answer 11

High conceptual & theoretical thinking, low social skills.

E.g. scholarly fields.

Question 12

Social (Holland’s Personality Goals)

Answer 12

High verbal and social skills.

E.g. working with people.

Question 13

Conventional (Holland’s Personality Goals)

Answer 13

High on following directions, structure.

E.g. division of responsibility, require little leadership (banks teller, secretary)

Question 14

Enterprising (Holland’s Personality Goals)

Answer 14

High verbal, social, and leadership skills.

E.g. leadership role, managing others.

Question 15

Artistic (Holland’s Personality Goals)

Answer 15

Introspective, imaginative, sensitive, unconventional.

E.g. creative.