Children and Work: Study of Socialization

by Jack Oldham and Bernard Goldstein

What do children know about work, careers, and related topics? What is the pattern of growth in values, attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge? Using quantitative and anecdotal evidence gathered from interviewing over 900 grade-school students in five New Jersey communities, the authors analyze childhood socialization to the concept of work.

Existing literature on this topic focuses on the critical years of oc-cupational choice. But Goldstein...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878552855
• ISBN13: 9780878552856
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages