This paper deals with the professionalization of human service work. It analyses learning processes and identity development in the emerging profession of child care with concrete examples from empirical research, based on a life history approach. It discusses examples of careers mainly based on students' life experience, pointing out that their…

This study examined the process of identity development and explored the relationship between identity status of college students and their expectations of faculty. The Ego Identity Process Questionnaire (EIPQ) which yields exploration and commitment scores and a questionnaire about the role faculty should play in identity development was…

Part of the "Career Survival Skills Kit" (described in CE 001 445), the teacher's manual is geared to helping students develop a sense of self-awareness and learn a variety of career development concepts. It includes an introduction with preparation aids and thirty-nine exercises complete with behavioral objectives. The self-contained…