Research examining vocational anticipatory socialization (VAS) has identified five sources of information. This article presents a potential new source of career socialization information. Emerging adults were surveyed to determine whether they used sources other than the previously identified five sources for career and work-life information.…

This study examines between-country differences in the degree to which teachers' working conditions, salaries, and societal evaluations about desirable job characteristics are associated with students' teaching career expectations. Three-level hierarchical generalized linear models are employed to analyze cross-national data from the Programme for…

The present study attempted to determine the optimal difficulty level of some occupational problems for students with varying interests and ability levels. Some 288 high school boys were presented with simulated vocational problems in sales, medical laboratory technology, and x-ray technology. The criterion for a successful performance was set at…

This manual for counselors is intended for use with CHOICES, a computer assisted career guidance system. Following a brief introduction to CHOICES, the structure (in chart form) and an overview of the contents of the CHOICES system are given. Chapter 2 focuses on counseling clients, emphasizing the three-step helping process, i.e., preCHOICES, to…

Two hundred seventy subjects were randomly assigned to seven treatments within each of two schools in different socioeconomic neighborhoods. Findings: (1) experimental treatments were more effective; (2) active participation generated more interest in banking occupations; (3) a precise decision favoring overt over covert responding in the active…

NEW OCCUPATIONAL CAREER KITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REALISTIC OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN THE FIELDS OF APPLIANCE REPAIR, LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK, AND ELECTRONICS. THE WORK INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING AND TESTING EACH KIT IS DELINEATED. THE TWO MAJOR EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO TEST HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE OPTIMAL USE OF THESE KITS ARE DESCRIBED. THE FIRST…

It is the purpose of this paper to offer a vocational development model that will increase the verbalizations of children and relate them to career exploration. (Author)

This manual is designed to serve the classroom teacher as a guide to the accompanying televised series of programs on the world of work. The Television Series is designed to give a broad overview of many occupations, by bringing into the classroom more than fifty "guests" from all levels of preparation: the semi-skilled, the skilled, the…

An experimental classroom instruction program in vocational information was conducted as a six-weeks civics unit in 12 selected secondary schools in New Orleans. Field trips, career days, and viewing specifically constructed television programs were the experimental activities, while the control treatment consisted of the textbook approach to…

This bulletin is designed to help an individual find careers that fit him or her by identifying what he or she likes to do, what he or she is good at, and what he or she wants to achieve. To identify an individual's interests, it suggests completing the Career Interest Checklist provided which is based on Holland's system of placing people's…

This document is intended as a resource for upper elementary and high school students, elementary and secondary teachers, counselors, student personnel officers, and parents who desire to explore the world of work. Encyclopedic in nature with a series of individual articles and announcements of sources, the guide is organized into two distinct…

The development of a pre-vocational exploratory program by a junior high school faculty is reported. In an attempt to integrate the academic and pre-vocational exploratory subjects, all pupils are required to take a vocational course as part of their normal load. The primary goal of the program is to develop an awareness of the many careers and…

This article examines the state of the art in this field, gathers together some of the diverse research strands symbolizing it, and presents, on the basis of the research reviewed, a profile of the Black individual in vocational literature. (Author)

This is the tenth monograph in the Vocational Development Study (VDS) series which has resulted from a continuing research effort conducted in the Department of Vocational Education at Pennsylvania State University. While the focus of the VDS Project is to develop a greater understanding of the vocational development process using longitudinal…