This paper provides a framework for understanding the relationship between career education and the English language arts and suggests resources which describe specific educational approaches. The major areas which are discussed include career education, English language arts, the role of language arts in career education, career development…

Based on the two-year analysis of career development needs conducted by the Program for Women in Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco and funded by the U.S. Office of Health Resources Opportunity, this guide provides step-by-step instructions for career planning and exploration for laypersons or helping professionals. Over 100…

Focusing on human resources and vocational guidance, this issue presents 10 reports with concentrations of materials on the following topics: career development, with research and development activities of Super, Krumboltz, Briggs, Ryan and others; selection, placement and follow-up, featuring the work of London, Haines, and Garbin; and studies of…

The self-instructional program of learning activities is designed for classroom use with both employed and job-seeking adult basic and general adult education students. Overall objectives include (1) reviewing and developing work incentives for an occupation as described in a work history, (2) considering the relationship between job satisfaction…

In 1974, the State Board for Community Colleges outlined a series of five projects to be funded with Part B, federal funds for a period of five years. This report provides an overview of each project, outlines the problem, states project objectives, and summarizes preliminary results and future activities. Projects relate to occupational programs…

This report is composed of a series of abstracts describing innovative/exemplary activities in industrial education in Michigan. The activities included (1) projects which invent a creative solution to a problem; (2) projects which demonstrate an exemplary program suitable for widespread use or a model to emulate; and (3) adoption of an exemplary…

Following a brief introduction by the editor, four symposium papers are presented on continuing the development of career: "Career Development in Adults. Why do People 35 and Over Change Jobs?" Nancy K. Schlossberg; "Applying Vocational Theory to Adult Problems," John L. Holland; "Career Development of Adults: Why, When, Where, How," Elinor…

Selections from papers given at a 1973 workshop held at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, are presented. Seventy-nine participants gathered to search out new insights into the changing world of girls and women. A forword by Carl McDaniels and an introduction by Thelma Lennon precede the 12 papers, which include: (1) Historical…

The paper deals with the question of whether counselors can work with a large group of students and effectively aid them with their vocational development and, if so, what approach would produce the best results. Undecided students at Brigham Young University were selected to attend College Orientation 96, a course designed to help them choose…

The 1-year project undertaken June 1, 1972, established as its goals the development of: (1) vocational awareness programs for grades preschool to sixth, (2) programs related to 15 occupational clusters for grades 7-10, and (3) vocational preparation programs for grades 11-12. Eight high schools, 10 junior high schools, and 47 elementary schools…

The need for a "career consciousness throughout the educational system" was defined as necessary if comprehensive programs, early childhood through adulthood, were to evolve within educational institutions in New York State. This report summarizes the activities undertaken by the Cornell Institute for Research and Development in…

This document involved gathering and studying information and visiting some 70 colleges and universities to talk with students, faculty, and administrators concerning career development of the effective college teachers. In addition, an informal national survey of systematic efforts being made to improve teachers' career development was conducted.…

Computer specialists developed a computer-assisted instructional (CAI) literacy development program for career oriented youths, the goals of which were: 1) to enable illiterate and semiliterate youths (ages 14-21) to read at the 8th grade level in the area of their vocational choice; 2) to offer them job-oriented reading materials to assist in…

The first booklet of the series Career Development in Head Start gives an overview of career development in this program. Career development, in which training is built into a job and is designed to lead to more responsible and better-paying jobs, involves task analysis, entry level positions, career ladders, training and education, released time,…

To design a plan for implementing recommendations for vocationally oriented programs at all educational levels, and specialized vocational training directed toward specific career objectives, an 18-member task force reviewed recommendations from several studies, conferred with vocational education specialists and school administrators, and…