The relative effectiveness of VIEW" and Film Loop" in the dissemination of vocational information was investigated. The results indicated no general superiority for either medium. Results support the use of VIEW as a differential approach to career guidance while FL is seen as a nondiscriminatory technique for a wide range of students.…

Describes the Florida VIEW (Vital Information for Education and Work) career/occupational information system which serves as a vocational guidance program. Presents a discussion of ten recent changes made in the Florida VIEW information system which is distributed to schools/agencies throughout the state to provide career information for…

Transitions made during career development are the consequences of decisions by individuals to match interests, abilities, and goals with specific jobs. Decision making about careers begins in elementary school and continues throughout one's working life. (JOW)

The following aspects of career information delivery systems are described: uses (assessment, job search, occupational information), access (secondary, postsecondary), integration into curriculum, the role of computer and counselor, and state and national sources of information. (SK)

The five projects presented in this report illustrate different approaches to vocational guidance. An occupational survey of St. Lawrence County was undertaken to determine the curriculum needs of the vocational centers. Secondary objectives were to determine employment needs and opportunities and to provide improved occupational information,…

The related questions of concern in this paper are: (1) Is information a critical factor in the vocational development of the middle-class student? (2) Are middle-class students significantly influenced by occupational information? and (3) Is relevant occupational information reaching the middle-class student? (Author)

The recent application of Weiner's attribution theory to the career exploration and planning process has resulted in a series of investigations designed to assist college students to develop an optimistic attributional style for career decision making. This paper undertakes a comprehensive review of three attributional retraining investigations…

A conceptual model is described which results from the need to organize world of work knowledge to enable curriculum developers to prepare accurate, realistic instructional materials. (MS)

The first investigation presented here relates to the examination of sex differences in selected vocational behavior variables during the elementary school years. The second study investigates the effects of a planned program of educational occupational information on the career knowledge and self concept of elementary school children. (JC)

Through a parlay of COIN and BREAD, a VA program prepares veterans with little or no civilian employment experience to seek and find such employment. (Author)

The varieties of business offices, the types of functions performed in them, and the resulting array of career opportunities are described. (MU)

Two hundred seventy subjects were randomly assigned to seven treatments within each of two schools in different socioeconomic neighborhoods. Findings: (1) experimental treatments were more effective; (2) active participation generated more interest in banking occupations; (3) a precise decision favoring overt over covert responding in the active…

National Career Development Association commissioned Gallup Organization to survey U.S. adults (n=1,350) on career planning, occupational information, and conflicts between work and family life. As part of survey, respondents gave views on need for career development activities in public schools. Majority of respondents favored increasing emphasis…

A survey of 27 one-stop career centers found that their settings reflect existing training and career service providers; only 40% of customers received follow-up assistance; cost-effective measures used included group intervention and having clerical staff provide information and follow-up. (SK)