This document contains several short papers which cover various aspects of career education. The need for and elements of career development programs are discussed by R.M. Worthington in "Career Development for All," while G. Law, Jr., defines simulations, discusses their advantages, and presents examples in "Simulations and Career…

A program of career education for exceptional students in the leisure occupations is described. It is explained that the book is designed for regular and special class teachers. Chapters one and two present information on career education principles and implementation. Chapters three through five deal with practical teaching concerns. Behavioral…

The author discusses five predictable stages of development in transition counseling. They include comfort (reassurances about self-worth and identity); reflection (exploration and understanding); clarification (with respect to career and self); direction (exploring possible life/career directions); and perspective shift (putting the transition in…

Mini-term (an out-of-school, short-term, field experience) was implemented at the University of Knoxville so students could examine the work environment and job responsibilities of a specific career. Increase in student participation and positive student comments have provided the impetus for revising the program to meet future needs. (KRP)

Describes characteristics of working-class people who are attending community colleges. Discusses InfoPLACE, a comprehensive career-planning resource center serving a socioeconomic cross-section of clients from a public library setting. Offers that using InfoPLACE before reaching the college campus can be beneficial. Presents examples of…

The main purpose of the present study was to investigate whether persons' Holland personality types would affect preferences in the two occupational preference dimensions of interest and prestige. This study was based on the theoretical premises that persons: (1) tend to seek occupations that fit their interest type; and (2) consider prestige to…

This booklet is designed to assist counselors and teachers in working with students and others who have completed the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). It discusses how ASVAB results of academic, verbal, and math ability may be used as aptitude factors for identifying and exploring worker trait groups, as identified in the Worker…

The senior seminar course in speech communication at Ripon College (Wisconsin) helps students to draw together their educational experiences and to focus on the task of planning for immediate and long-term career goals. In its initial year, it was taught in a two-semester sequence. The first semester focused on the discipline and the profession…

Information for starting a career exploration service is presented, based on the experience of the University of Cincinnati Alumni Association Career Resource Center (CRC). The CRC is designed to assist students, alumni, and community members in making more appropriate and meaningful choices about education beyond the high school level. Meetings…

This School Subject-Occupation Index is part of a set of reference materials found in the Career Information System (CIS) component of the Career Decision-Making (CDM) program developed by Appalachia Educational Laboratory. (See CE 019 229 for an overview of the total CDM program.) This index was designed to relate Worker Trait Groups (WTG)and…

This publication reports the results of a statewide survey in Texas of 6,000 students, parents, educators, and representatives from business and industry to determine what were felt to be the basic components for student development in career education. The survey was conducted by a steering committee for the Assessment of Career Education, which…

The document contains 56 activities for Grade 9. The contents include the following areas: questions about the future; job seeking activities and guidelines; career games; a personal interest check list; unit guides for courses in World of Work (55 pages), and Career Educational Planning (40 pages) which include objectives, activities, evaluation,…

This combination textbook-workbook is designed to provide a sequence of experiences to help the student learn the process of career and life planning through a learning-teaching approach. Major units covered are self, world of work, gaining knowledge and skills, considering alternatives, and making, implementing, and revising decisions. These…

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…

To determine the applicability of Super's vocational development theory for explaining the vocational behavior of selected young practical nursing students during the exploration vocational life stage, data were drawn from instruments previously administered to 485 students enrolled in a parent study. Data analysis revealed that the early part of…