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Cast-off Youth
Policy and Training Methods from the Military Experience
Cast-off Youth
Policy and Training Methods from the Military Experience
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This work focuses on the highly controversial Project 100,000 which was initiated in the midst of the Vietnam War and the War on Poverty during the Johnson administration. With the project as a model, the authors easily show exactly how the military examined, selected, classified, trained, and utilized the one third of our nation generally considered untrainable and unemployable. In addition to providing detailed statistics on the performance of lower aptitude youth in the military for the last half-century, this work analyzes experiments conducted by the armed forces to develop effective and efficient ways to train these youths.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Cast-off Youth
Part I: Employing the Unemployable
Mental Standards in the Military
The Low-Aptitude Soldier in World War II and the Korean Conflict
Vietnam and Project 100,000
The All-Volunteer Force and the ASVAB Miscalibration
Cast-off Youth in Perspective
Part II: The Functional-Context Training Approach
Military Strategies for Using Low-Aptitude Personnel
Functional-Context Technical Training
Functional-Context Literacy Training
Part III: Developing an Experimental Functional-Context Training Curriculum
Survey of Electronics Training Programs and the Electronics Industry
A Functional-Context Training Electronics Technician's Course
Cast-off Youth: Summary and Recommendations
Appendix: Mental Quality and Military Service: An Interview with Robert S. McNamara
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
List of Figures
Preface
Cast-off Youth
Part I: Employing the Unemployable
Mental Standards in the Military
The Low-Aptitude Soldier in World War II and the Korean Conflict
Vietnam and Project 100,000
The All-Volunteer Force and the ASVAB Miscalibration
Cast-off Youth in Perspective
Part II: The Functional-Context Training Approach
Military Strategies for Using Low-Aptitude Personnel
Functional-Context Technical Training
Functional-Context Literacy Training
Part III: Developing an Experimental Functional-Context Training Curriculum
Survey of Electronics Training Programs and the Electronics Industry
A Functional-Context Training Electronics Technician's Course
Cast-off Youth: Summary and Recommendations
Appendix: Mental Quality and Military Service: An Interview with Robert S. McNamara
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
Product details
| Published | 30 Sep 1987 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 230 |
| ISBN | 9780275926212 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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