Recently, consensus among researchers and professionals has emerged about factors that contribute to postschool success of youth with disabilities. Prominent among these factors are targeted academic preparation, family involvement, youth empowerment, and service collaboration and linkages. Work experience and paid employment have been identified…

In this article, we explore the models of literacy conveyed by contemporary secondary career education policies, programs, and imperatives in the province of Ontario. The Ontario career education policies we reviewed uniformly advance a functional and socially reproductive model of literacy that undermines the democratic agency of learners. In…

Presents a career cycle for teachers, including the variables of enthusiasm, interactive teaching skills, attitudes towards students and teaching, and attitudes toward the teaching profession. Discusses the model's eight stages: preservice, induction, competency building, enthusiasm and growth, career frustration, career stability, career…

The primary purpose of this study was to provide evidence for or against the construct validity of the Career Skills Assessment Program (CSAP) instrument. A secondary purpose was to present a systematic procedure for carrying out internal construct validity studies in any testing instrument. Construct validation using confirmatory factor analysis…

Discusses the articles in this journal's special section "Adolescent Career Development in Social Context." Identifies common and integrative themes and discusses the theoretical frameworks provided by life-span career development relational perspectives as possible means of integrating some of the findings. Indicates how the findings can inform…

The system for delivering career development information to the school personnel and 3,500 students in grades 9-12 in the North Hills schools outside Pittsburgh is described. Objectives of the career resource center were to make available career information, assist in its utilization, and provide professional help to students in their career…

The purpose of this article is to identify factors that inhibit Black, inner-city, low-income students in vocational development and to present a program model designed to approach the identified elements. (Author)

The evolution of a third-generation computerized career guidance system is described and the advantages of a systematic model for the delivery of career guidance materials are presented. (Author)

Presents a model of vocational and career-oriented secondary school programs for the emotionally disturbed population. The model borrows principles and practices from various theoretical approaches, including the trait-factor, psychodynamic, behavioral, and developmental approaches. The methods and materials recommended are believed to be…

Article discusses a career development program which was planned and implemented in a small rural high school. (Author)

Proposes the cognitive developmental paradigm for developing and teaching career development courses in secondary schools. Proposes the major Piagetian constructs of interaction, equilibration, assimilation, and accommodation as a means of intervening in both the structure and function of the career thinking of adolescents. (Author)

Two causal models of career development differing in inclusion or noninclusion of variables unique to the experience of the hearing impaired were compared for their ability to explain variance in career maturity, with data from 71 hearing-impaired adolescents. Results suggest neither model is more powerful in explaining career maturity variance.…

This booklet contains 18 one-page summaries of programs, practices, and publications that were awarded American Association for Career Education (AACE) Citations for Career Education Initiatives from 1992-1995. They represent ongoing, tangible, replicable, and innovative career education programs, practices, and publications as well as significant…

Covering the time period from July 1973 to July 1974, the report documents the first year of a project to implement career education in the Highline High School in Seattle. A career alternatives model (CAM) to provide each student with opportunities to consider all alternatives is described as a means for student development in self awareness,…

This participant's workbook is one component of an instructional package designed to aid in developing a model employability assessment and planning program for use in rehabilitation and education of persons with disabilities. "An Employability Development Model," outlines the career development and employability development process, major…