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Varner, Jan – 1994
Career education programs, such as co-operative education, have been shown to influence career development. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether secondary school co-operative education had the benefit of enhanced career maturity, as measured by the Career Development Inventory. An experimental design called the Solomon four-group…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Cooperative Education
1971
This document is one of a series of annual reports resulting from studies conducted to determine the status of vocational education and training in Canada. Written in English and French, the 7-section report presents explanations of the general findings obtained from surveys which examined vocational programs offered by public and privately owned…
Descriptors: Career Development, Colleges, Educational Research, Industrial Training
Sankey, Gerald R. – Canadian Counsellor, 1981
Defines career education and examines current approaches which have been labeled career education. These approaches are somewhat atheoretical and inconsistent with accepted definitions of career education. Discusses some general notions derived from career development theory and implications of these notions for practicing counselors. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Counseling Services, Elementary Secondary Education
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Turcotte, Michel – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1994
Provides an overview of the use of test within the Canadian Employment Services. Some of the topics covered include the place of tests in the counseling service (the general context), the level of testing services provided to clients, the training provided for employment counselors, and the involvement of the employment service in test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Development
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Cox, Robin S.; Espinoza, Adriana – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2005
The authors propose a framework for career counseling in rural communities that addresses the psychosocial and economic challenges of natural disasters and other catastrophic transitions. The career-community development framework expands the notion of "client" to include a community-as-client approach within a capacity building…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Rural Areas, Natural Disasters, Career Counseling
Jamieson, Margaret; Peterson, John – 1995
For a number of years, studies have reported that people with disabilities have lower work force participation rates than the general public. One factor may be a lack of transitional, vocational programs for young people with disabilities. This digest describes "Thresholds," a career development program created with a basis on the unique…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Career Counseling, Career Development, Education Work Relationship
Clapp, Patricia – 1987
In continuing education and college programs throughout Canada, the vast majority of teaching is done by part-time adjunct appointees, most of whom have other work that occupies a major portion of their work lives. Another simultaneously developing trend is that of the increasing efforts by a variety of organizations to encourage workers to assume…
Descriptors: Career Development, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Hiebert, Bryan – 1995
Career counselors continually evaluate their work. Unfortunately, the evidence used to gauge success often is usually not considered valuative, is not documented, and cannot be used to back up claims of successful counseling. This digest outlines a new approach to evaluation. Since client-need determines counseling intervention, evaluation models…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
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Peavy, R. Vance – Guidance & Counselling, 1993
A constructivist framework for the practice of counseling, especially career counseling, is presented, including an Ethic of Authenticity. New orientations in career counseling (career counseling as a general methodology for life planning) and a new model of the self on which to base the work of counseling is discussed. (LKS)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
Freeman, John Gregory; Balanchuk, Mary Lilian – 1994
This career education program for high-school students has been tested primarily with grade 11 students but is suitable for all students at the high school level. The program consists of five modules and a facilitator's manual--the student kit contains the five modules: (1) Self-explorations; (2) occupational choices; (3) supports for success; (4)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. – 1991
This Ministry of Education report describes the effectiveness of the British Columbian school system in educating learners. A picture of the school system as seen in the performance of students and schools in 1990-1991 is presented. The report focuses on results that are representative of the province-wide performance of students and schools and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Accountability, Annual Reports
Bingham, William C.; And Others – 1986
This document, intended for use by guidance professionals and educators, examines basic vocational guidance issues pertaining to the transition from school to work in a cross-cultural context. The introductory chapter, "A Perspective on Transition from School to Work" (William C. Bingham), provides a conceptual framework for examining…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
Young, Beth – 1990
Life history interviews with four women holding doctorates in educational administration are presented in this paper, which examines how chances and choice affect women administrators' career decisions. A second focus is on how organizational structure in educational organizations can enhance career opportunities for women educators. Three…
Descriptors: Biographies, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1985
This curriculum guide is one of nine such guides developed for an Alberta high school business education program. These 16 modules may be used to enhance the subject area strand or to form these three-credit courses: recordkeeping, business calculation, business communication, dicta typing, and word processing. Introductory materials include a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business, Business Communication, Business Education
Cahill, Mildred; Martland, Sandra – 1995
Generations of rural people have relied on resource industries for their livelihoods. This digest examines how modern technologies allow career counselors to serve this population. In distance career counseling, four factors must be considered: (1) community characteristics, such as the informal hiring practices seen in many rural communities; (2)…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
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