This paper aims to reflect Fischer's ideas on vocational orientation and vocational choice as fundamental prerequisites for vocational education in the current German system of vocational guidance in general and vocational education schools. A special focus is placed on Fischer's view on the relevance of informed choice when choosing an…

Demand for engineering-interested and proficient high school graduates continues to grow across the nation. However, there remains a severe gap in college participation and employment in engineering fields for students with learning disabilities (SWLDs). One potential way to encourage SWLDs to consider engineering as a profession and promote the…

Problem: Several studies have examined the prediction of calling in college students, but no known study has focused primarily on the development of vocational calling among the vulnerable population of first-generation college students who have a higher drop-out rate than their peers. Examining the composition of vocational calling in…

The current study examined the relations among self-concept, career calling, resilience, and work readiness in a Malaysian sample of vocational college students (N = 674). As hypothesized, self-concept was positively associated with work readiness. To explain this relation further, we examined the indirect effect of self-concept through calling…

The notion of lifelong learning has become a mantra within educational policies. However these have been strongly critiqued for reflecting an understanding of learning that privileges the economic benefits of participation in formal education. In UK contexts, the importance attached to widening participation in higher education is one…

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.…

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)

The construct of self-implementation in occupational choice among a population of post high school vocational-technical students was investigated. Results supported the self-implementation construct in the study population but revealed differences in male and female response patterns, some of which had been attributed to self-esteem in previous…

Following an introduction to the rationale behind career education, six programs in Illinois are individually described. They are the Career Development for Children Project at Southern Illinois University, OCCUPAC at Eastern Illinois University, the ABLE model program at Northern Illinois University, and programs at Mattoon Community Unit No. 2,…

Discusses a humanistic development program which emphasizes understanding of the self and of others, so that a student can more successfully choose a vocational field. (JOW)

A public school career education program in Helena, Montana, provides students with information and experiences to prepare for a smooth transition from school to the world of work. (MS)

This research examines the relationship between self-concepts and subprofessional occupational prestige ratings of junior college occupational students. Based on cognitive consistency theory, it is hypothesized that high self-concepts are associated with higher prestige ratings for subprofessional occupations. Contrary to such theory, this is not…

Career Education deals with the search for a vocational identity. The emphasis should be on providing as many varied experiences as necessary for a solid basis for vocational decisions. The effective industrial arts teacher will be more concerned with the finish on the student than on the product. (BP)

This study investigated the extent and nature of sex bias in Indiana's vocational education programs. It also examined sex bias in relation to selected factors (motivation, psychomotor and language skills, I.Q., interest, reality, and sex-role perception). Enrollments in vocational programs in twenty-four area vocational programs were analyzed.…