Project PLAN is designed to make educational programs fit the needs of individual learners, and the problem of how such a curriculum can be implemented is discussed. In addition to individualization of what is to be learned and amount of exposure to learning matter, individualization must also be based on the student's learning style; for example,…

Three speakers from the Rutgers Guidance Conference explore facets of the concept of accountability, including why it enjoys its present popularity, how it has developed, how it applies to guidance programs, and how it is measured. Accountability has a variety of functions in a school system. The speakers cite its possible use as a means for…

Discusses development of equal opportunities for ethnic minorities through careers guidance. Describes the provision of careers guidance services in Holland and Britain in relation to a model of organizational development. Discusses emotional barriers of fear and anger in a structural context. Presents the concept of "career negotiation"…

Market principles can be applied to careers guidance services through the concept of guidance as a market maker or through the concept of a market in guidance. The notion of a market in guidance can take the form of a real market or of a quasi market. A quasi market can take the form of contracts or of vouchers. These options are explored.…

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 handbook, one of five in the subset of program development process documents for the series, is intended as an initial planning tool…

This paper, based on information concerning the current status of vocational guidance in various countries, describes the main trends in its development in the context of the democratization of education. The experiences of the following countries are reviewed: Austria, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, France, German…

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 procedural handbook, one of five program development process documents for the series, provides information on why and how to conduct…

More effective guidance programs are imperative if disadvantaged, handicapped, and minority students are to realize their personal and career potential in this country. Presently these students are inhibited in their vocational development by cultural differences, values, language differences, limited academic achievement, and vocational…

This publication was developed to assist school administrations, teachers, counselors, parents and others who are interested in developing guidance programs which meet the needs of adolescents particularly at the senior high school level. It describes the practices, procedures, and forms that Oregon school districts have found to be most useful in…

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 handbook, one of five in subset C, contains description and rationale for two program components presented in more detail in other…

This report presents the results of a developmental project which was conducted during 1966 and 1967 to plan and implement a program of student personnel services in Georgia's 25 post-secondary vocational-technical schools. In this report, student personnel services were defined as those services which aid the student to: (1) perceive…

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 handbook, one of five in the subset of program process documents for the series, is intended for use by the coordinator in…

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 handbook for rural school counselors, one of five in subset C of the series, provides a basic rationale for career counseling and a…

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 procedural handbook, one of three support functions guides in the series, is based on the premise that community cooperation, through…

The five-part document reviews the literature of job placement and the relationship between youth and employment--the barriers, services, and specific needs. The first part discusses in particular the importance of the work role, the preparation of youth for employment, and the methods used to secure work as these affect youth's entry into the…