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Kirk, James J.; Kirk, Lynne D. – 1995
This book is designed to be used as a supplemental instructional resource by teachers of courses and training workshops on a variety of career-related matters. Along with almost 60 games, the book contains background information on numerous career subjects and a six-step game selection model to help users locate the game best suited to achieve…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning
Levinson, Edward M. – 1993
This volume on vocational assessment is written from an educational and psychological perspective and includes descriptions of program models appropriate for implementation within school settings. The book focuses on cooperation among a variety of school-based professionals; incorporates the roles of community-based professionals and parents; and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Kirk, Wyatt D., Ed.; Kirk, Sarah V., Ed. – 1993
This book covers the developmental benefits of athletics. It provides a step-by-step model for setting up a comprehensive high school program, a guide for college-bound athletes, seven case studies, and an outline of counselors' responsibilities. The book is divided into three major parts: the athletic environment and the athlete's participation…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Career Development
Elsasser, Nan; And Others – 1980
The life stories of 21 Hispanic women of New Mexico spanning roughly four generations, are recorded in this book. Four sections ("But I Remember,""The Soul of the Home,""Little by Little," and "A Lighted Fire") develop these central themes: the shift from a rural to an urban environment; the struggle to…
Descriptors: Biographies, Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Discrimination
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Davis, Helen M., Ed.; And Others – 1977
Materials contained in the 16 volumes that make up the Rural America Series suggest practices through which rural schools can meet local community needs and realize their potential for career program delivery. This volume, one of three in the subset of support information documents, describes the life role development model, which was…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
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Sloan, Charles A. – 1977
Guidelines are discussed for the planning and implementation of learning experiences designed to lead to success in the world of work outside institutionalization for chronic-disruptive youth. The monograph is divided into four sub-sections: (1) Rationale for and Definitions of an Integrated Curriculum, (2) Components of an Integrated Curriculum…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development
Lederer, Muriel – 1974
The book is an effort to provide information that will increase the number of options open to post-high school students seeking specialized or advanced training via vocational or technical programs. It explores the many alternatives other than a four-year college or university. The author states, "The time is coming, if not already here, when…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Bogdany, Melvin – 1976
The curriculum guide offers a course of training in the fundamentals of mathematics as applied to baking. Problems specifically related to the baking trade are included to maintain a practical orientation. The course is designed to help the student develop proficiency in the basic computation of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentage,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Curriculum Guides, Food Service, Instructional Materials
Fowler, Robert A.; Hummel, Theodore W. – 1971
The major reason men and women become dissatisfied is they did not know the right questions to ask when they initially started looking for a career, and consequently received misguided and/or incorrect answers. "Careerism," a new approach to the subject of career opportunities, "put it all together" and "tells it like it…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Ladders
Farmer, Helen S. – 1997
This book presents a variety of perspectives on career development for women that grew from an extensive study of high school students in 1980 with follow-ups in 1990 and 1993. "Theoretical Overview: The Longitudinal Study" (Helen S. Farmer) outlines the social learning theoretical framework underlying the study and describes study procedures,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Decision Making
Katzenmayer, Marilyn; Moller, Gayle – 2001
This book presents updated research on and examples of teacher leadership, offering practical tips for educators at all levels, tools for self-assessment, and a new vision of the future. The eight chapters are: (1) "What Is Teacher Leadership?" (e.g., definition of teacher leadership, roles for teacher leaders, and who is responsible); (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Development, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
Camenson, Blythe – 2000
This book is a guide to choosing and developing a career in adult education. The six chapters cover the following topics: (1) the adult education field; (2) adult continuing education; (3) adult basic education; (4) adult vocational-technical education and prebaccalaureate training; (5) career and vocational counseling; and (6) adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Gray, Kenneth – 2000
This book seeks to provide educators, parents, employers, and communities with specific strategies to help teenagers pinpoint the disparity between their preconceived career notions and aspirations, and the realities of the new economic and labor markets. This book advocates helping students develop a plan for career success, which may or may not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Career Development
Packer, Arnold H.; And Others – 1996
Education for the future must prepare all students for paid work of all kinds, something that is especially important in view of the fact that only half the students who begin high school go on to postsecondary education and only half of these students actually receive 4-year degrees. This book presents options to help bring this about by changing…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Kotter, John P. – 1995
The new realities of today's postcorporate world and the new rules for achieving success were examined through a study of the career progress of a sample of 115 individuals who graduated from Harvard in 1974 with a Master's of Business Administration. The members of the study sample completed yearly questionnaires between January 1975 and 1992.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education
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