Reviews recent developments that have raised questions about the distinctiveness of guidance and whether its practice can be separated from that of related professions. Suggests that a distinctive position may be found by an examination of certain key features of guidance practice, such as the role of information. (Author/GCP)

Explores ways in which the field of career guidance is unfolding. Focuses on the evolution in use and the definition of the term "career counseling" in the United States. Claims that career and personal counseling must combine to address many work-adjustment problems. Examines the results of such a combination. (RJM)

Looks at the changes made by counselors and changes made in counseling over the past few decades and recommends changes in attitudes and roles essential to meet comtemporary conditions, based upon a belief that, before counselors can change roles, they must change their attitudes toward their job and themselves. (Author/BEF)

Published articles that have appeared in four APGA journals during the past 21 years provided the basis for this review. General trends in each journal and a developmental history of the consultation movement are presented. A serious gap is noted between theory and practice of consultation in schools. (Author)

Study reports pupils' views of the guidance system in Scotland, considers pupils' potential to contribute to school self-evaluation and improvement, and what their involvement in evaluation might mean for the future development of guidance provision. Highlights the importance of the pupils' perspective and identifies fundamental issues which have…

The counselor educator's role encompasses such descriptions as stimulator, facilitator, and teacher. The community role includes committee member, builder, friend, and encourager. The provision of a growing relationship with students, leaders, and workers is important in the counselor educator's responsibility in career education. Literature on…

Provides summary and analysis of literature on the counselor's role in school discipline. Roles are grouped into six categories: mediator, ombudsman, consultant, psychological educator, special program developer, and counselor. Counselors may find roles that satisfy the needs of their students and are appropriate to their own personalities and…

The purpose of this book is to focus the attention of counselors and other youth workers to aspects of life that are challenging boys today. The text offers constructive suggestions for professional guidance and counseling services. Much of this book draws on the accumulated literature on boys, especially research investigations. It opens by…

Traces impetus for introduction of structured guidance into Scottish secondary schools. Identifies 1968 "Orange Paper" as first attempt to set out rationale for guidance. Describes how guidance is organized; outlines tasks of guidance teachers; and presents current developments, training requirements, and trends. (NEC)

Reviews how counselors may review developments in guidance counseling and training advancement. Increased counselor demand, needs for quality counseling and career education are predicted. Curriculum will be the base of power. Counselors will be rooted in the real world. They will meet adult student's needs. (BEF)

Defines and describes comprehensive (K-12) developmental guidance programs, explains how such programs provide an appropriate framework and adult role models for raising student aspirations, and reviews research supporting the notion that such programs address the needs of rural students. Contains 14 references. (SV)

Historically, articulation linkages between secondary and post-secondary institutions have focused on admissions and recruitment. However, with the rising aspirations of minority groups and the addition of community colleges to the educational continuum, educational articulation must take on new, more comprehensive dimensions. The articulation…

The author reviews research on gifted and talented students and describes several programs for the gifted. He states that educators must identify and analyze problems in dealing with gifted students and design programs which meet their individual needs. (KC)

A research review of student allocation in British schools revealed information gaps on the impact of teacher influence on student elective choices, teacher criteria for evaluating student choices, and the effect of sex and social class on student tracking. (AM)

As the guidance and counseling profession moves through the 1980s, diversity and contradictions within the profession endanger any major sense of mission. Discusses a number of separate, distinct movements that have marked the history of guidance in American education and a corresponding number of unique movements within counseling. (RC)