This paper analyses the interest content of all 1016 Australian occupations. These were classified according to vocational interests (i.e. outdoor, practical, scientific, creative, business, office, people contact, health, community, and computing), educational qualifications, and skill level, as well as in terms of the six Holland (RIASEC) types.…

The purpose of this paper is to examine the subliminal role of interest in preferences for 50 courses available at a community college. This is an idiographic study of educational decisions. It employed a sample of situations and a representative design. Four adults participated in an educational-vocational assessment and in the process of…

This paper examines the relationships between interests and subject choice in senior secondary schooling, and between interests and occupational choices. Career interest results (N = 7477) were obtained from the "Career Interest Test" ("Version 3.1") administered on the Federal Government's "My Future" website…

Responses to vocational interest items by 2,709 Australian high school students were analyzed using Rasch's models. The Rasch analysis provided a means of describing and calibrating the responses in the six dimensions of Holland's model. (Contains 32 references.) (SK)

The structure of the six vocational interests measured by the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory was identified. Results of two separate analyses showed that a general factor accounted for much of the total variance. Remaining bipolar factors supported previous classifications of interests. (Author/GK)

Examines the vocational pathways of a sample of Australian school students over a 7-year period after the students left school. Results indicated that there was a disparity between the students' initial vocational interests and their occupations at the beginnings of their careers. Results suggest that there was a period of career exploration…

Australian vocational students (n=18) read 120 scenarios and indicated their interest in the vocational subjects described. Multiple regression analyses indicated that personal judgments of interest are based first on career interests rather than contextual or extraneous factors. Results confirmed the idiosyncrasy of interest perceptions.…

The Kuder Interest Card Sort (KICS) is presented as an interest exploration process prepared to assist psychologists, vocational counselors or career advisors in assessment of vocational preferences when a detailed interest-inventory is unnecessary. The card sort concept and rationale, physical and content format, administering procedure, and uses…

The purpose of this paper is to introduce some views from the Munich school of interest to vocational education contexts. Recent theorizing on interests sees them as a relation between a person and an object and distinguishes this relationship from situational or more transient interests. This view focuses on the nature of the process of being…

This report is a preliminary investigation of differences in the pattern and level of interests between ethnic groups and control groups of Australian subjects. A theoretical framework for the development of cultural differences in interests is outlined. Self-estimates of interests are also examined to determine the extent to which individuals…

A study examined the structure of the general vocational interests of 2,709 male and female high school pupils in Australia. The study was part of the longitudinal "Youth in Transition," a national probability sample of Australian youth. Participants completed a 24-item questionnaire that reflected J.L. Holland's vocational interest…

Longitudinal survey data from 1,258 Australian young people indicated that 44% were employed in occupations not requiring formal qualifications; those with degrees/diplomas and higher literacy and numeracy; more women were employed in occupations requiring diplomas; and fewer rural students achieved degrees. A model of factors influencing…

The user of the Vocational Interest Survey (VIS) has available a number of interpretative approaches at various descriptive and qualitative levels. This report provides a brief outline of the various approaches. Whenever all six scales of the VIS are administered, the client's total score on all six scales should be within the average range. The…

The Career Interest Test (third edition) is a 63-item forced choice and individually administered instrument of 7 vocational interest categories: Outdoor, Practical, Scientific, Creative, Business, Office, and People Contact. The test is designed for use in vocational contexts as a practical guide to educational and vocational planning. The item…

The Career Interest Test (second edition) is a 63-item forced choice and individually administered assessment of 7 vocational interest categories: Outdoor, Practical, Scientific, Creative, Business, Office, and People Contact. The test is designed for use in educational and vocational contexts. The item content has been revised from the earlier…