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How Psychology Can Contribute to the School-to-Work Opportunities Movement:
Report of the School-to-Work Task Force

Approved by APA Council of Representatives, August 1999


Contents

Introduction: Purpose of the School-to-Work Task Force

School to Work Legislation: Past, Present, and Future
     School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA)
     Evaluation of the STWOA
     Future of school to work programs

Adolescent Development
     Cognitive development
     Social cognition
     Decision-making
     Vocational development

Age-Appropriate Assessment of Students and Programs

Learning
     The cognitive perspective
     The situative approach

Agents of Influence
     Self and identity
          Individual differences
     Parents and Family
     School
     Peers
     Work during high school

World of Work
     Job analysis
     Work performance
     Antecedents of successful work performance and adjustment to the world of work
     Methods of classification of individuals into jobs or job families
     The future of the world of work

A Model Relevant to the School-to-Work Transition
     School/curriculum structures
     Implementation strategies
     Dissemination strategies
     Research directions

References

Table 1: SCANS-Skills and Competencies Needed for Successful Employment

Table 2: 

Hypothetical Skill Profiles for Career Clusters

Figure 1: 

Knowledge and Decision-making About Occupations and Careers in World of Work

Figure 2: 

Relative Levels of Effect on Vocational Knowledge and Choice for Four Sources of Influence Over the Life of an Individual

Figure 3: 

Hypothetical Skill Profiles for Career Clusters




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