Recent policies in England have enacted significant changes to careers information advice and guidance (CIAG) and work-related learning (WRL). This paper offers insight into these changes from the perspective of young people studying engineering at University Technical Colleges (UTCs) as well as "comprehensive" schools. Face-to-face CIAG…

In this study the emphasis of selecting a school and profession is put onto the family role in educational and professional guidance in order to help the students to obtain the necessary information for further education, by the help of their parents, more efficiently and more functionally. The study was conducted in Virovitica and Podravina…

The purpose of this study is to determine the guidance and counseling needs of middle school (i.e., sixth, seventh, and eighth grades) students from their points of views by using qualitative research techniques. In addition, while collecting the data, semi-structured interview technique is used as a method of data collection. The study was…

Lifework planning helps students discover their interests, talents, abilities, and the niches where their talents and abilities might be used. This brief guide is designed to help eighth grade students, their parents, and their teachers plan a course of study in high school that is compatible with what the student is planning to do after high…

Describes a new career orientation program for seventh and eighth grade students in six Ohio schools. Contents include (1) informing students, (2) curriculum designed, (3) program content and organization, (4) responsibility for dissemination, (5) enrichment activities, (6) local administrator responsibility, and (7) importance of in-service…

"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) More Good, Less Bad, and Still Need for Improvement: Latest International Test Reveals U.S. Progress in Math and…

The Anderson County School system has developed a "pre-vocational" program that will provide to all seventh and eighth grade students an exposure to knowledge of self, individual interests and aptitudes, decision making skills, occupational information, and exploratory experiences. (BP)

AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 20 AND A CONTROL GROUP OF 8 UNDERACHIEVING 10TH GRADE BOYS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM APPLICANTS FROM THREE HIGH SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN TO PARTICIPATE IN V.I.S.I.T., A PROJECT AT EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY DESIGNED TO BROADEN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT VOCATIONS. EACH DAY FOR 2 WEEKS, THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP VISITED NEARBY PLANTS AND…

Investigates formulation of an appropriate 4-year high school program of study consisting of required courses and electives that would provide a map of educational milestones for realizing a student's career aspirations. Results suggest that interventions including announcements, handouts, and computer-assisted classroom career guidance were…

The document contains 47 activities for Grade 8. The contents include the following areas: questionnaires; work vocabularies; employment seeking procedures--employment ads, application forms, resumes, job interviews, and resume preparation advice; a 24-page unit presenting occupational information in relation to career choice and job application…

Describes the Broadening Horizons Project, a program designed to expand the career aspirations of eighth-grade girls, minority students, and handicapped students to include careers involving mathematics and science. Outlines development and current form of the prototype vocational guidance unit. Includes sections on project theory and rationale,…

Examines gender differences in rural eighth-grade students' curricular, career, and lifestyle expectations. Girls expect to take more math classes in high school, select careers that require a college education, and plan to go to college more frequently than do boys. Girls prefer occupations that involve people, whereas boys prefer occupations…

This teaching guide represents the 8th grade career guidance unit, one of a 5-part series of activity books for students in grades 8 through 12. Each unit is presented as a 2-week long program with supplemental activities included to allow expansion to 4 weeks. Introductory suggestions for facilitators are provided, focusing on activity…

Examined school career guidance among 210 male, primary school graduates from 10 Israeli state schools, 125 from schools in affluent neighborhoods and 85 from schools in poorer neighborhoods. Revealed that students' ethnicity and labeling as problematic directly affected guidance by counselors only in poor neighborhoods. Findings suggest…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF SMALL GROUP GUIDANCE SESSIONS AND INDUSTRIAL TOURS ON AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF MALE, EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS DEEMED LACKING IN ACADEMIC INTEREST AND/OR ABILITY WHO WERE CLASSIFIED AS POTENTIAL DROPOUTS AND NON-COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS. IT WAS HOPED THAT THE EXPERIENCE WOULD MAKE THEM MORE…