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26 THE DRAGON LODETHE DRAGON LODETHE DRAGON LODETHE DRAGON LODETHE DRAGON LODE Spring, 2001 19/2
The Dragon LodeThe Dragon LodeThe Dragon LodeThe Dragon LodeThe Dragon Lode
Vol.
19 • No.
2 • Spring, 2001
©2001 IRA Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group
Margaret A.
Harkins
Ohio State University, OH
Work” (Secretary’s Commission, 1991).
Blue-collar occupations, once an economic mainstay, will
be replaced by service sector jobs that draw on very
different skills (Rifkin, 1997).
Educators will then
face the monumental task of preparing children
for a future that has little resemblance to society’s
current ideas about work.
Because young adults
must make important choices about their futures,
career guidance has long been part of the middleand high-school curriculum.
However, life-shaping decisions are not made quickly, and in fact,
many adults can trace their career choices to favorite childhood activities.
Therefore, it makes
sense to begin
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