This article describes the Pinnacle Project, a weeklong mentorship program designed to cultivate extraordinary talents in young scholars by pairing them with an established master in his or her field of interest. Two essays by student participants discuss the power of a mentor and the benefits of the program. (CR)

This study tested hypotheses of the Integrative Contextual Model of Career Development (R. T. Lapan, 2004a) by investigating the multivariate effects of 6 interrelated career development skills (career exploration, person-environment fit, goal setting, social/prosocial/work readiness, self-regulated learning, and the utilization of social…

Some primary considerations pertaining to developing or selecting supplementary elementary career development curriculum instructional materials are explained in detail. Emphasis is on the child's development as the determinant of educational standards. (AG)

The Vocational Card Sort (VCS) is compared with the vocational inventory and differences in tasks required and information obtained are discussed. VCS procedures and modifications are discussed as well. (Author)

The Career Development Model is a comprehensive and developmental approach to career planning that allows schools the opportunity to be more accountable to their graduates. This is accomplished by providing students with the knowledge and job search skills to help them cope with changing job opportunities. (JOW)

Most theories divide the child's career development into the following broad stages: Awareness and Orientation (preschool to grade 6), Exploration (grades 7 to 9), and Preparation (grades 10 to 12). Throughout these stages, parents can help by giving encouragement and support to their child's ability to choose a career. (Author/NQA)

Evaluates the third edition of the Occupational Aptitude Survey and Interest Schedule, designed to assist students in eighth grade through postsecondary school settings in self-exploration, vocational exploration, and career development. Concludes that the OASIS-3 provides time- and cost-effective methods for assessing a number of abilities and…

National Career Development Association commissioned Gallup Organization to survey U.S. adults (n=1,350) on career planning, occupational information, and conflicts between work and family life. As part of survey, respondents gave views on need for career development activities in public schools. Majority of respondents favored increasing emphasis…

Examines means of human connection from a career development perceptive: attachment, eye-to-eye validation, identification, mutuality, embeddedness, boundedness, and tending. Discusses how relational experiences foster, circumscribe, and guide explorational experiences.(Contains 54 references.) (SK)

The composite systematic functional objective career exploration program model integrates various career development theoretical approaches. These approaches emphasize self-concept, life values, personality, the environment, and academic achievement and training as separate functions in explaining career development. Current social development in…

One of a series of booklets on Project CAST (Community and School Together), a community-based career education program for educationally handicapped secondary students, the guide identifies basic competencies in career development. The guide is divided into four sections according to program phase (career awareness, career exploration, career…

The career development component is one of three instructional components of the Research for Better Schools' career education program and is composed of seven items. The general information handbook provides an overview of the organization and implementation of the career development component, with particular attention to issues that confront…

When examined in a supporting relationship, the constructs of growth generated by developmental and career theorists provide guidelines for practice in guidance and research in career exploration. (Author)

The application of job simulation to career vocational exploration is discussed and a model for developing job-simulated units, with a description of their implementation in various education programs in Utah, is presented. The results of several evaluations and field tests using job simulation units are reported and discussed. (Author)

Discusses the concept of college student development, leisure planning on the campus, the relationship of leisure and career development, implications for career development, and implications for the career counselor and student activities staff members. (CT)