This study assessed 166 high school students in Grade 8 and again in Grade 10. Four models were tested: (a) whether the T1 predictor variables (career knowledge, indecision, decision-making selfefficacy, self-esteem, demographics) predicted the outcome variable (career planning/exploration) at T1; (b) whether the T1 predictor variables predicted…

It is recognized that the change to career development is a qualitative approach to rehabilitation programming, and not just a quantitative one; however, it has been obvious over the past several years that clients want to participate in their own programming, so career development is a logical alternative. (Author)

This paper describes a workshop that involves a holistic model for career and lifework planning and a training resource for increasing competency using the Internet for career related job search activity. "Life Work Transitions.com: Putting Your Spirit Online" and its companion Web site offer career changers as well as career counselors…

Career awareness activities are presented that were developed for home economics teachers to use in career education programs. Activities for exploration and preparation levels are identified also. Activities involve using Future Homemakers of America in career education programs, setting up a model town, "career parties," and the use of…

Career exploration typically involves the investigation of personal factors: interests, aptitudes, values, and personal style. This digest outlines one counseling method, pattern identification exercise (PIE). PIE starts with past experiences and identifies personal patterns which are relevant to career decisions. A premise of PIE is that…

This paper describes the planning and implementation of a Career Resource Center. Although this model was designed specifically for one community college, it offers a good guide to other groups interested in establishing such a center. This paper was presented at the C.G.C.A. Convention (Vancouver, B.C., June 1975) as part of a slide presentation;…

Clarifies meaning of career education, awareness, exploration, and preparation. Lists eight components of career education program at Delaware County Community College: basic academic skills, self and career awareness, competency based programs, alternate learning models, world of work, work experience, relationships between college and community…

This outline of a comprehensive approach to career counseling is divided into one section on Model (or theory), a second on Methods (or techniques), and a concluding one on Materials (or case studies), which illustrates its principles and procedures with an account and analysis of a recent career counseling case. (Author)

A brief discussion of a school/life model of career development, designed to provide for elimination of curriculum overlap, consistent evolution and integration of the career education concept, and understanding and communication with participating staff, is presented in this document. Eight elements are listed representing the main factors…

Outlines career education in Brighton, Michigan, based upon the Michigan Model for Career Education, which emphasizes relating various career modes to self-awareness and assessment, career and life roles awareness, planning and decision-making skills, and goal implementation. (MF)

As society enters the post-industrial age, career choosers and changers have more options than ever before. Yet traditional methods used by career counselors fail to take into account the rapid changes affecting the world of work. (RM)

The North Carolina Plan for a life career development model provides a statewide framework on which to build meaningful local programs based on local situations and populations. The three domains of career education (learning to live, learning to learn, and learning to make a living) form the North Carolina Career Education Task Force's rationale,…

The career exploration view is designed to stimulate learning which will provide individualized feedback to students concerning their self-identities. The career conscious individual career education model is an outcome-oriented model designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes individuals need to…

Describes a school district's introductory inservice program with a three-stage career education program model: awareness, exploration, and preparation. The article is aimed at practitioners--school administrators, curriculum coordinators, guidance counselors, and teachers--wanting to implement an inservice program for the purpose of creating…

The implications of building a career-oriented curriculum in the public schools are many: (1) inservice teacher training is needed; (2) the philosophy of teacher education must be compatible with that of education for careers; (3) careful coordination is required between the public school curriculum and the specialized occupational curriculum of…