The vocational education volume considers questions of career development, the role of guidance in the school, vocational training, the relation of self-concept to vocational choice, and occupational information. Twenty-six papers deal with theories of vocational behavior, the success of vocational education programs, and testing information.…

The former executive director traces the history of the National and State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees (NOICC and SOICCs) from their creation under the Education Amendments of 1976 through their development under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). (JOW)

The Career Information System consortium in Oregon was structured so that all interested agencies could obtain relevant products and services while providing an equitable level of support consistent with their own budgets. (JOW)

The National Occupational Information Coordination Committee promotes the development of statewide computerized career information delivery systems because more accurate locally relevant information is available at the state level. States can exercise quality control because they are directly involved with the system. (JOW)

A taxonomy of vocational experiences is presented, with increasingly realistic involvement in relation to vocational maturity and decision making skills. (Author)

Presents ERIC documents that provide information about the competencies needed to become a successful reading specialist and about the manner in which those competencies might be gained. (FL)

Defines career information, discusses how information is acquired and used, and provides a model for moving career information to career knowledge. In the model of self, search, and synthesis, individuals develop information about themselves, gather information about the world of work, synthesize the information, and apply their knowledge to the…

This manual for counselors is intended for use with CHOICES, a computer assisted career guidance system. Following a brief introduction to CHOICES, the structure (in chart form) and an overview of the contents of the CHOICES system are given. Chapter 2 focuses on counseling clients, emphasizing the three-step helping process, i.e., preCHOICES, to…

Tested the assumptions that the structural features of vocational schemas affect vocational information processing and career self-efficacy. Results indicated that effective vocational information processing was facilitated by well-integrated systems that processed information along fewer dimensions. The importance of schematic organization on the…

A Federally funded national demonstration project, the Comprehensive Illinois Occupational Education Center Project at Joliet School District No. 86 and Joliet Junior College, has disseminated information via conferences and printed materials on its 15 exemplary career/vocational education activities to representatives of education, government,…

Outlines both the advantages and disadvantages of Postal work, with emphasis on jobs as mail carrier and postal clerk. (Editor)

Contributions include awareness of needs for linking today's educators to future options, for constantly assessing oneself for setting goals and making decisions, and for considering career education as a life long process. (MU)