The career exploratory program includes six career clusters that provide strong academic background as well as practical experience. The six career areas are business administration and management, communication arts, engineering and mathematics, medicine and health, performing arts, and social sciences. (Author/IRT)

The career life planning program offered by the Center School District in Kansas City, Missouri, focuses on high quality learning experiences so that students can become responsible and productive citizens in today's society. The program uses such techniques as portfolios, career exploration, The Real Game about life choices, and Career Day. (JOW)

Describes how an elementary school teacher uses videos by the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education to help children envision future career possibilities and begin to prepare for them. (SK)

Harren's (1979) model of career decision making was tested with 107 female and 98 male college students. Path analysis revealed that personal growth initiative predicted environmental exploration and vocational identity. Coping style predicted self-exploration. The model was a better fit for women than for men. (SK)

Develops a new framework for career exploration research based on four perspectives: the identity formation process, human motivation and self-determination, sociocultural context, and historical context. Proposes a research agenda. (SK)

Responses to the Adult Concerns Inventory were organized through cluster analysis to identify ways adults use exploratory behaviors to cope with career development tasks. Also investigates life-role salience among the types of career explores identified. Findings indicate a variety of ways adults use exploratory behavior. No significant…

Describes the development of the Career Orientation Placement and Evaluation Survey and the structure of work values it measures, including the most important values in each of 14 occupational clusters. Presents 1995 revision and validity data. (SK)

Compares advantages of three models linking career assessment to career information: print, computer-assisted career guidance, and the Internet. Describes Career Exploration Links, a website that organizes career information and guides a diverse college student population in its use. (SK)

Describes how some schools are using the technology of the Internet to pair students with mentors via electronic mail. Looks at challenges and benefits. (JOW)

Person matching promotes career exploration and choice by linking persons to persons in occupations based on inventory profile score similarity. We examined the efficacy of the procedure for career specialty choice. Medical students (N=196 women, 224 men) responded to the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) in their first year of…

The Careers Project is a study of the preparation all students in public middle and high schools receive to explore career options and the relationship between that preparation and California's state and regional economies. The California Research Bureau (CRB) undertook this research at the request of a bipartisan group of members of the…

Information about the exploration process during adolescence, its outcomes, and the variables affecting the process can help the business educator to develop better formal and/or informal strategies for exploring business occupations. (Author)

This career exploration instructional booklet on the occupation of a postal employee is one of several resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). The content includes: (1) A brief presentation of the job functions of five types of postal employees, the traits and qualifications…

This career exploration instructional booklet on nursing as an occupation is one of several resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). Based on a job analysis and utilizing a programed instructional format, the following content is included: A brief description of what nursing is; 14…

This career exploration instructional unit on airport careers is one of several resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). This unit is designed to help students become aware of the different types of jobs connected with running an airport (e.g., ticket agent, pilot, skycap, traffic…