The report deals with the influence of computer technology on education, particularly guidance. The need for computers is a result of increasing complexity which is defined as: (1) an exponential increase of information; (2) an exponential increase in dissemination capabilities; and (3) an accelerating curve of change. Listed are five functions of…

The purpose of this handbook is to outline the general aims and objectives of a junior high school, describe the major activities of its guidance program, and show, by examples, how activities can be practically integrated into the program. The introductory chapter includes the definition, need, and objectives of the guidance program, including…

Approximately 300 school counselors, other educators, and guests from the state of Ohio met to discuss and evaluate the many services offered to school-age children by the helping professions. Eighteen workshop sessions are summarized in this report. These workshop sessions were concerned with the following: (1) sex education and the health…

Systems technology has much to offer as a tool which can help counselors in guidance departments to develop their own goals, to establish their own priorities, and to develop monitoring techniques to evaluate their progress toward these ends. The lists of projects under development involving computers, printed materials, and multi-media materials…

This document contains four separate presentations which comprised a workship at the APGA Convention, 1975. The workshop was designed to help guidance counselors set up a successful guidance unit, and each presentation examines a particular component of the unit. Hence, the first paper deals with problems encountered by guidance personnel in…

Sixty-eight secondary vocational agriculture teachers were surveyed to determine the amount of guidance tasks they perform. Findings indicate that the teachers are performing guidance skills. Teachers with the most training in guidance and teachers in larger schools were found to be performing more guidance tasks. (LRA)

In winter 1977, a survey was conducted of the counseling services offered by selected community colleges in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Included were one private and 11 public colleges that had been organized for ten years or less and had student populations ranging from 360 to 14,000. White students predominated…

The study begins with an elaboration of the standards and components of an effective guidance program, which served as a reference point for the study. Three sources of data were used: (1) Student Guidance Questionnaire which was administered to a ten per cent sample of all children in grades seven through twelve in the region; (2) the Guidance…

Starting from the premise that guidance is a technique for facilitating learning and the development of youth, this booklet represents the thinking of teachers, administrators and college personnel about guidance related concepts. The guide deals with a comprehensive range of topics: (1) the history, needs and trends of elementary guidance in…

The document contains six papers which deal with the need for change in guidance and counseling due to the overwhelming amount of data which is insufficiently processed by conventional manual systems. Included in these papers are discussions on when these changes should occur and the nature of their alterations. The reports consider some of the…

Initially, the author states his personal philosophy of guidance. He then describes the potential resistances, to an elementary guidance program, by amdinistrators, teachers and parents. These, he feels, can be overcome through a public relations approach which facilitates communication, develops understanding and promotes involvement. Possible…

This paper points to the demands which our "new society" is making upon guidance and counseling programs; demands which must be met as counselors become agents of change and the profession turns from exclusive concern with intra and interpersonal matters to exteriorceptive concerns. The author gives a brief historical outline of the emerging…

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,…

Extensive research is cited which has established that students most likely to succeed in college: (1) enter college between ages 21 and 25; (2) have been out of high school between 2 and 5 years; (3) have parents of moderate means but do not have to work full time; (4) may be married; (5) are native born or in special programs; (6) have well…

The counselor must identify measurable objectives in terms of what he does or in terms of the student's behavior to be changed. To implement the concept of evaluation, the counselor must identify his goals, specify the objectives, and determine ways to evaluate accomplishment of his goals and objectives. The important evaluative criterion in the…