The objective of the Experimental In-Home Training Program, a component program of the Pennsylvania Research in Infant Development and Education Project, was to determine the viability of an alternative method of training qualified child care workers for the expanding job market in day care and preschool services and to determine its utility for…

The Vocational Development Study (VDS) project is a 10-year longitudinal study designed to: (1) evaluate the impact of specific courses of study upon selected aspects of adolescent development, (2) investigate the usefulness of certain tests and inventories in helping ninth graders decide on a suitable senior high school course of study, and (3)…

This paper presents some implications concerning career choice obtained from an analysis of the test and survey results for 400,000 high school students. These students were tested by Project TALENT in 1960, were followed up five years later, and were again surveyed in 1970 with selected parts of the TALENT test battery. These papers relate mainly…

A professor of education talks about the meaning of career education, its objectives and philosophy, and the role of vocational training at the career preparation stage. (MF)

This paper argues that embedded in the theoretical roots of career education is a conception of socialization as the adjustment of the individual to the existing social and economic order. (MM)

Special attention is given to the developmental tasks, problems, measurement, and counseling issues associated with the establishment stage of career development, i.e., the activities related to demonstrating competence in the occupation and adjusting to the occupational environment. (PN)

The usefulness of Path Analysis (PA) for conducting longitudinal studies dealing with program evaluation and vocational development is discussed. A description of the mechanics of Path Analysis is provided, along with two examples of recent research in vocational education which utilized PA, and a discussion of the benefits and future applications…

A Federally funded national demonstration project, the Comprehensive Illinois Occupational Education Center Project at Joliet School District No. 86 and Joliet Junior College, has disseminated information via conferences and printed materials on its 15 exemplary career/vocational education activities to representatives of education, government,…

Discusses the changes in higher education today: military and corporate schools, proprietary schools, occupational education and career-minded institutions. (Author/PG)

A training course at Chrysler Corporation provides self-appointed foremen trainees how to become effective supervisors. (DS)

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)

Career development should be understood within the total context of human development. Beginning in elementary school, career development programs should become part of the total guidance program. Developing understanding of self and others is also basic to vocational development. (Author/CG)

The lecture, presented at the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture breakfast meeting during the American Vocational Association Convention, clarifies the relationship between vocational education in agriculture and the career education movement. (AG)

A study ascertained the educational and occupational status of Ohio 4-H alumni and, in particular, their perceptions of the impact of 4-H on their career development. The population of the study was 883 Ohio 4-H alumni from Hancock, Darke, Portage, and Licking counties who were 17- and/or 18-year-old members as of January 1, 1977, through January…