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Hoskins, Marie – 1995
A constructivist framework can often appear vague and abstract to the novice counselor. The abstract and nebulous realm of meaning-making, which is central to constructivist approaches, can be frustrating for a linear, task-oriented counselor. This digest explains the approaches used in constructivist counseling. The need to use constructivist…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
Allen, Moyra; Reidy, Mary – 1971
This 5-year study evaluates the first diploma nursing program in Canada within an educational institution, that of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. Various factors affecting student and Ryerson graduates performance are studied to answer two questions: (1) What type of nurse is being prepared through the Ryerson nursing program, and (2)…
Descriptors: Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Followup Studies, Individual Development
Online Submission, 2004
The journey for children who are gifted and talented can be exciting and challenging. There are so many twists and turns, detours, and confusing signs that many parents feel they need some sort of road map to guide their children on this journey. Because each child is different, there is no one road map to follow. What this handbook can offer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Academically Gifted, Parent Participation
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Harris, Roma M.; Tague, Jean M. – Library Quarterly, 1989
Presents results of intensive biographical interviews with male and female directors of academic, government, and large public library systems across Canada to examine differences in career paths. Topics discussed include publication record; professional associations; mobility; preprofessional library work experience; administrative preparation;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Characteristics, Career Development, Career Planning
Ontario Women's Directorate, Ottawa. – 1994
In 1986, the Ontario Women's Directorate launched the Change Agent Program to encourage the development of workplace equity programs and to share information and knowledge gained by these programs so that others might benefit from them. This report describes a 20-month pilot project, Education at Work, a joint labor-management initiative between…
Descriptors: Career Development, Community Health Services, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Jarvis, Phillip S. – 1989
Career planning is the most critical ingredient in developing a nation's primary resource, its workers. A 1988 Gallup Poll showed that 62 percent of U.S. workers had no career goal when they began their first job, and more than 50 percent felt they were in the wrong job. The same results probably could be applied to Canada. Career planning skills…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning
Bezanson, Lynne – 1995
Accountability in career counseling is receiving increased attention. However, few organizations have specific guidelines for the delivery of career counseling. This digest describes a workbook, developed in Canada, which furnishes a practical, valuative approach for support organizations that provide career counseling services. The procedures in…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Hiebert, Bryan; Bezanson, M. Lynne – 1995
Career development in Canada has been gaining prominence over the past decade. This digest outlines the principles on which career development must remain focused. First, the meaning of "career success" needs to be reconceptualized. With companies downsizing, people need to be able to view themselves as successful, despite changing…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
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Acker, Sandra – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1997
Juxtaposes narratives of five women academics in Canadian institutions of education against the literature on continuity, change, and critique in teacher education, highlighting the recruitment stage of a university career. Contends that a better understanding of such trends in education requires approaching them through narratives of involved…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development, Educational Trends
Borgen, William A.; Amundson, Norman E. – 1995
Rapid and escalating changes in labor market and post-secondary educational opportunities challenge adolescents to meet their personal and career needs. A recent study found that young people left high school unprepared for current career realities and that both the career and personal areas of the lives were in a state of change and uncertainty.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Development
Redekopp, Dave E.; And Others – 1994
This guide provides a reference to educators interested in helping students make the link between school programs and career opportunities after high school. Presented in two parts, it focuses on ways of infusing career education into the high-school curriculum. This approach reduces the gap between career education (usually relegated to guidance…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Special Educational Services Branch. – 1988
This annotated bibliography of publications and documents on special education services lists items available from government sources in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada). Section I lists five publications on the topics of policy, procedures, legislation, student rights, and program standards. Section II lists 40 resources focusing primarily on…
Descriptors: Career Development, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Busque, Guy – 1995
Employment counseling is a set of interventions designed to help clients identify and resolve issues in employment-related decisions. This digest examines Canada's measurement model which was designed to enhance understanding of counseling's function. The model uses four employability dimensions: (1) career/occupation decision making; (2) skills…
Descriptors: Canadian Studies, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Gitterman, Aryeh; And Others – 1995
Historically, the place of career education in the educational agenda has not been clear. No shared belief exists as to how schools ought to prepare students for adult life. This digest outlines a new model of career education. Schools need to have clear and specific outcomes for each aspect of personal growth and development for students. Goals,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Fitzsimmons, George – 1990
This document outlines some resources that may be helpful to school guidance counselors and other educators. Five resources are described for the elementary school years when children's natural curiosity and openness can be channelled into understanding themselves and others as well as learning about the meaning of work and the types of work…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
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