Entrepreneurship education is pivotal in augmenting entrepreneurial propensity among students in higher vocational institutions, facilitating the emergence of tangible innovative and entrepreneurial activities. However, research on the effects of various entrepreneurial education models on students' entrepreneurial intentions is limited. This…

An empirical study using descriptive-quantitative methods was conducted to investigate this hypothesis and examine the appropriateness of the framework components on the potential offering of an academic program at Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges (CSPC). The Identify, Determine, Assess and Establish (IDAE) model provided strategies and results…

A DETAILED STUDY MODEL WAS DEVELOPED FOR COMMUNITY USE IN STUDIES OF AUTOMATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. THREE SPECIFIC STEPS WERE INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THIS MODEL--(1) A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY PLAN WAS DEVELOPED WHICH INCLUDED THE SPECIFIC DATA TO BE COLLECTED, AND DESIGN AND ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES FOR THE COLLECTION…

Distinguishes between an early selection, low participation, differentiated vocational curriculum and a late selection, high participation, integrated curriculum. Argues, on the basis of international evidence and equity and economic growth considerations, for the latter. (Author/JOW)

This article focuses on the construct of outcome expectations. It is argued that the construct has received relatively little attention in the vocational literature. The authors define outcome expectations, trace the precursors to the construct, provide a critique of the operationalization of the construct, and propose recommendations for future…

Presents rational, adaptive, and naive expectations models of the occupational choice of students in vocational and technical schools, using regression techniques. No single model outperformed the other two. Students were responsive to opportunity cost but not necessarily to level of demand. Student choice appears to be influenced by parental…

This guide is intended (1) to facilitate individualized planning for students to ensure that their education is as appropriate as possible and to give them relevance for the work they do in school; and (2) to aid communication among staff members, parents, and students by establishing a planning process. This guide leads the counselors, teachers,…

The structure of the vocational interests of Taiwanese high school students was examined by using three models of occupational interest: Holland's hexagonal model; Gati's hexagonal model; and Rounds and Tracy's three-class partition model. A two-stage cluster sampling procedure was used to select the study participants. After 2 high schools had…

Critical elements of career development may be ignored unless systematic intervention is planned. The objectives to be achieved in the Career Guidance Model are grouped into five phases: (1) awareness of self and society with individual orientation/attitudes; (2) awareness of self-in-society; (3) individual selection orientation/valuing; (4)…

Describes the five presuppositions regarding the nature of career choice and of student/teacher and student/counselor relationships which guide the off-campus learning program at Harvard College. Explains the eight-level vertical matrix model on which the program is based. (SB)

Conducted as part of the Vocational Development Study project, this study utilized Path Analysis to develop, evaluate, and modify a model for predicting the stability of early expressed occupational choice of secondary students. Analysis of data from 550 students indicated that none of the 21 student characteristics investigated served as a…

This summary provides an overview of Project OPTION, designed to reduce the influence of sex role stereotyping on student career choice; to increase student, parent, school, and community awareness of the negative consequences of sex bias; and to promote sex-fair and sex-affirmative teaching strategies. The materials include: (1) background…

Career guidance for youth and adult transition between education and work is a concept central to recent policy-making and national program development. This paper views career guidance as a function being transformed by changing economic, political, institutional, social and educational values and capacities. Recognition for the community-wide…

Information for the model contained in this paper was obtained through contacts and personal association with many educators and practitioners whose concern has been the need to provide information and experience to students about occupational and educational alternatives. Planned educational experiences that relate to occupations and that are…

This document contains a model for vocational career education and career guidance for grades 1-12, based on a program developed in the Washington County School District (Utah). The model is based upon the premise that major educational and vocational goals have been identified over the years by many state departments of education and local school…