The bibliography is the result of an effort by a group of librarians from four district colleges in Pittsburgh to identify career resources. Titles are arranged alphabetically by author in five categories: (1) general works on career planning or consciousness-raising relevant to careers; (2) works on specific careers, occupations, or professions…

Current career literature bibliography reviewed using the National Career Development Association's "Guidelines for the Preparation and Evaluation of Career Information Literature." Materials are grouped by ratings of outstanding and good and are categorized using the headings "Vocational,""Educational," and…

This bibliography on careers in agriculture was produced by the National Agricultural Library. It contains 218 citations from the AGRICOLA database. The search strategy is included, call numbers are provided for each entry, and abstracts are provided for some citations. The bibliography concludes with an author index and a subject index. (AA)

Presents annotations of picture books (published in 2001) which deal with careers, real and imagined, such as poet, musician, artist, scientist, historian, farmer, baker, figure skater, and circus girl. (RS)

In recent years, criticism of high school graduates' lack of readiness for college and work has led a number of states to raise high school graduation requirements--particularly in terms of the number and rigor of courses students must pass. This issue of "The Progress of Education Reform" addresses end-of-course assessments at the high…

This is a revised edition of the original document, "An Annotated Bibliography of Career Information for Prospective Professionals in Education," including a title and content revision and updating. The material has been taken from many public information sources. Descriptive annotations are those of the authors plus those which were included in…

This annotated bibliography provides information on current literature on educational and vocational guidance. Major subject headings are: (1) occupational information; (2) educational, vocational and personal guidance; (3) guidance administration and procedures; (4) student and teacher aids; (5) free or inexpensive guidance material; (6) adult…

Presents the viewpoints of a business professor, a high school foreign language teacher and career counselor, and a French professor and translator-interpreter on business careers and foreign language training. Includes an extensive bibliography and a list of offices that list employment opportunities. (EKN)

Designed to inform students about all the career opportunities available to them and to help them not limit themselves to sex-stereotyped career choices, these Project NEW (Nontraditional Employment for Women) instructional materials contain lesson plans and learning activities for use in a five-day unit at the middle school level. Lesson plans…

During this century the number of women in administrative positions in the schools has declined dramatically. This literature review provides insight into this situation. It presents statistical details of the decline in the number of women administrators, factors contributing to this decline, attempts at reversing the decline, and insight into…

An annotated bibliography lists 10 books on the relationship between second language skills and careers. Some of the books address specific career areas such as intelligence, international trade, and world affairs, and the others focus more generally on career awareness, exploration, training, and development as they relate to foreign language…

This compilation of over 2,000 document resumes contains abstracts or annotations of materials relevant to women's educational equity which were entered into computerized data bases from January 1975 through December 1976. Covering material produced from about 1973 to 1976, the citations relate to one of six subject categories which were the…

The position of minority groups in administration, particularly in the principalship, is examined in this literature review. It examines the way many present barriers restrict qualified minority candidates from entering and progressing in the field. The review begins with a statistical picture of minority educators and then describes how…

This annotated bibliography of current counseling and educational literature provides information about the following areas: (1) occupations; (2) educational, vocational, and personal guidance; (3) guidance administration and procedures; (4) student aids; (5) free or inexpensive guidance material; (6) teacher aids; (7) adult education and the…

Topics in this literature review include: perspectives on work; assessment measures; vocational aspirations-choice; job seeking and recruitment; occupational careers; motivations, needs, and goals; worker adjustment; work and the social structure; and interventions. (Author)