This questionnaire is part of an intellectual growth and vocational development study. Items attempt to survey post secondary school experiences and attitudes regarding employment, the military, and academic fields. See also TM 000 861-863, and TM 000 915-916. (CK)

Realizing the impact and educational implication of the career education approach to learning, the Nevada State Department of Education has sought to implement in its program, career-oriented concepts. This 2-part publication presents the State's position and implementation scheme for the program. Placing the learner in the center and integrating…

The authors briefly review a longitudinal study of home economics educators and describe the first phase of the study, which began during preservice teacher education. The study used questionnaires from 45 students to determine views concerning home economics education both as a field of study and as a potential career. (CH)

This publication provides information about the 1998 exemplary career guidance and counseling programs named by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. An introduction describes the search for excellent career development programs and lists components of exemplary programs. The next section…

Describes the career education program implemented into the specialized secretarial courses at Queensborough Community College (New York); discusses how the career library is organized and how career-development activities are incorporated into classes and evaluated. (TA)

This booklet, one in a series on aviation careers, outlines the career opportunities of airline flight attendants. General information about airline hiring policies for flight attendants are discussed, and the following information about the flight attendant job classification is provided: nature of the work, working conditions, where the jobs…

The current status of research on experiential learning (primarily at the postsecondary level) is discussed, based in part on responses from a seven-member panel. Methodological considerations and proposed research agendas are also covered. Current research on experiential learning, which focuses on program design and impacts on the learner, falls…

Eight papers are presented in this document, the first of two volumes of papers commissioned for the Foundations development project. The project was designed to examine curricular modifications for deaf students entering the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and to examine career development (personal, social, and intellectual…

The purpose of this conference was to focus attention on career development for adults. The meeting was based on the fact that mid-life career changes are now commonplace; re-evaluation of personal values regarding the fullness of life is no longer a strange phenomenon for anyone. The assumption was that people such as counselors, who purport to…

Most college graduates who participate in postsecondary vocational or technical education programs enroll in order to prepare for a new career, according to a study of 187 students in three Vocational Technical Adult Education (VTAE) districts in Wisconsin. Through 172 written questionnaires and 15 personal interviews, most students indicated that…

The report represents an abridged summary of a study which assessed secondary and postsecondary work education programs and suggested ways they might be modified or expanded. A stratified, random sample of 50 work-education sites was drawn for the study from a set of 500 representative programs. Specific occupational training, dropout prevention,…

This 2-year programmatic plan for the training and development of library assistants was prompted by the recent abundance of research information and the shortage of resource personnel to assist in the processing and handling of the resulting output. The guide provides a suggested curriculum plan, course outlines accompanied by texts and reference…

Intended to provide educators, research workers, and others interested in career education with a catalog of ideas useful in promoting career development, this bibliography identifies approximately 500 publications, reports, audio, video, and manipulative materials available for purchase from commercial suppliers or short-term loan from the…

Provided are 11 case studies of gifted students based on materials from the 4 years the student participated in a special program for superior high school students, followup questionnaires from 1, 4, 6, and 10 years after high school graduation, and a personal interview. The studies, organized longitudinally on the basis of a career development…

After noting the complexity involved in making career decisions and the need for young people and adults to have direct assess to career information, major discussion centers around the ingredients, or steps, in the decision making process, the importance of employability skills, and the role of cooperative work experience. (SH)