A Brief Overview of the Mountain-Plains Program.

Autor/in	Conrad, Rowan W.
Institution	Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, Inc., Glasgow AFB, MT.
Titel	A Brief Overview of the Mountain-Plains Program.
Quelle	(1974), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Development; Counseling; Human Development; Poverty; Program Descriptions; Rural Population; Speeches; Students; Montana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsentwicklung; Counselling; Beratung; Armut; Landbevölkerung; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	This report discusses the five-year history of the Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program. In broad terms, the program is viewed as a human development program and not simply as a technical training program. The adult population it serves is defined as rural disadvantaged, and the primary selection criterion is un/underemployment. Intensive developmental career guidance including awareness, exploration, and choice is the critical area of the core curriculum, although other important general need areas (health education, consumer education, parent effectiveness training, and home management training) are also addressed. After a career choice is made, students enter specific career preparation programs which include work experience and permanent job placement. The unique aspect of the program design is that entire families participate in the program. Based on research and experience, the program developers found that putting an individual into an artificial program environment, working with him, and then returning him to his unaltered family environment pre-assure a high failure rate. The author attempts to inform others about the program and to stimulate a new interest in the "unvisible" foundations of educational approaches, particularly those for disadvantaged adults. (Author/PC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC