This interpretative/qualitative study of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) programme is designed to provide parents with more effective child-rearing practices. It focuses on how the PAT programme operates with parents who are difficult to contact, enroll or maintain in the programme.

country. In this first full account of how the "school-to-work" movement is revolutionizing American education, Lynn Olson shows how and where these programs have worked, the promise they hold, and the obstacles they face.

Focusing on the why and how of evaluation before judging the results of available evaluations of vocational training, this is a critical appraisal of attitudes and approaches from around the world. Topics include the use and abuse of evaluation results and the shift to work-based learning.