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We DO Need Elementary School Guidance, Mr. Ginzberg
Ciavarella, Michael A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
The author argues that an economist writing on career guidance is about as valid as a school counsel writing on manpower problems. (See EA 503 490.) (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, Elementary Education, Motivation
Career Education in the Elementary School
Deiulio, Anthony M.; Young, James M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
A rationale for and a description of existing programs in career education. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning, Elementary Schools
Interdisciplinary Strategies, Independent Study, and Career Planning
Sanacore, Joseph – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
A group consisting of department coordinators, the director of the library media center, the chairperson of the guidance department, a building administrator, and members of the teaching staff work with a carefully selected group of career-oriented seniors on an independent study program. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Planning, High Schools, Independent Study
Will Vocational Education Survive?
Wells, Carl E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
Vocational educators have fought an unfavorable image, union rejection, industrial pressures, biased credentialing standards, apprenticeship and money problems, and apathy throughout their history. Business and industry are calling for high school graduates with salable skills. Federal funding is shifting toward the vocational scene. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Job Placement, Public Schools
Career Education: Earning a Living or Living a Life?
Nash, Robert J.; Agne, Russell M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
The authors suggest that, in the future, career educators should attempt to discover to what extent career education enhances the principle of maximum possibilities in occupations; how it can obliterate the distinction between work and leisure; and how it can be more concerned with human services. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Curriculum Design, Innovation
Preparing Women School Administrators.
Shakeshaft, Charol; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Describes a course developed to provide female students training for administrative careers. It is designed to increase self-confidence, produce short and long term career goals, and help participants move into administrative positions. (MD)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrators, Career Choice
Career Education: The First Steps Show Promise
Muirhead, Peter P. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
Career education is no longer just a sound idea that needs to be tried, and the first steps have been taken to test its validity in real schools with real students. The school's success or failure with the upcoming generation of young people will become apparent when they enter the labor market. However, career education is felt to be the best…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Education, Career Planning, Decision Making
Career Education, Texas Style: The Skyline Center in Dallas
Marland, Sidney P., Jr.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Describes a model career education program at Dallas' Skyline Career Development Center where students receive a balance of academic and occupational education leading to a career. (DW)
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Opportunities, Career Planning, Curriculum Development
The Baccalaureate Game: Is It Right for All Teens?
Gray, Kenneth – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Those who indiscriminately advise all teens to pursue baccalaureate degrees mistakenly assume that most high school graduates are ready for college-level work, will graduate, will find better jobs, and won't be harmed if they fail. Postsecondary education at the certificate or associate's degree level can lead to rewarding, high-wage occupations…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Career Planning, College Preparation