Working and growing up in America / Jeylan T. Mortimer.

By:

Mortimer, Jeylan T, 1943-

Series: Adolescent lives ; 2Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.Description: xi, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0674009231

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

331.3/47/0973 21

LOC classification:

HD6273 .M67 2003

Contents:

1. Should Adolescents Work? -- 2. The Youth Development Study -- 3. Time Allocation and Quality of Work -- 4. The Ecology of Youthwork -- 5. Precursors of Investment in Work -- 6. Working and Adolescent Development -- 7. The Transition to Adulthood -- 8. Working and Becoming Adult -- Appendix: Panel Selection.

Summary: Publisher description: Should teenagers have jobs while they're in high school? Doesn't working distract them from schoolwork, cause long-term problem behaviors, and precipitate a "precocious" transition to adulthood? This report from a remarkable longitudinal study of 1,000 students, followed from the beginning of high school through their mid-twenties, answers, resoundingly, no. Examining a broad range of teenagers, Jeylan Mortimer concludes that high school students who work even as much as half-time are in fact better off in many ways than students who don't have jobs at all. Having part-time jobs can increase confidence and time management skills, promote vocational exploration, and enhance subsequent academic success. The wider social circle of adults they meet through their jobs can also buffer strains at home, and some of what young people learn on the job--not least responsibility and confidence--gives them an advantage in later work life.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	HD6273 .M67 2003	1	Available		33039001067692

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-269) and index.

Publisher description: Should teenagers have jobs while they're in high school? Doesn't working distract them from schoolwork, cause long-term problem behaviors, and precipitate a "precocious" transition to adulthood? This report from a remarkable longitudinal study of 1,000 students, followed from the beginning of high school through their mid-twenties, answers, resoundingly, no. Examining a broad range of teenagers, Jeylan Mortimer concludes that high school students who work even as much as half-time are in fact better off in many ways than students who don't have jobs at all. Having part-time jobs can increase confidence and time management skills, promote vocational exploration, and enhance subsequent academic success. The wider social circle of adults they meet through their jobs can also buffer strains at home, and some of what young people learn on the job--not least responsibility and confidence--gives them an advantage in later work life.