This document discusses the topic of career education from a variety of viewpoints. Keynoting the paper is a detailed analysis of remarks on the topic made by Sidney Marland at a 1971 meeting of the National Association of Secondary School Principals in Houston; at that point career education as a movement got started. There follows a number of…

This paper suggests ways of structuring the content of feedback experimentally to test hypotheses of interest. Use of the feedback process in this manner suggests a variety of research and intervention tactics, many of them unexplored and some of them implying ethically questionable conduct. Consideration of this question also helps illuminate the…

A Comprehensive Career Guidance System (CCGS) for programs of individualized education where computer support facilities are available is described. The CCGS program employs a systematic approach to develop and evaluate guidance-oriented objectives and related instructional and counseling experiences for youth. This systematic approach involves 5…

In April 1969, the U.S. Office of Education funded an EPDA proposal for the Territory of Guam. The purpose of the first of the two projects was to provide training for community leaders and educators so that long-term planning, needs assessment, and citizen involvement would lead to an integrated education system responsive to the society and…

Human recognition behavior is influenced by the phenomenon of shape constancy, which occurs when the shape of an object is correctly perceived regardless of the orientation of the object in space. The research reported here tests the validity of the shape-slant invariance hypothesis, a theoretical formulation of the phenomenon of shape constancy.…

This study examined the potential for integrating information on Navy careers into the career education programs which are currently being developed. This integration would result in the presentation of Navy employment information in the same educational context in which employment information on comparable careers in the civilian environment is…

Ambitions for social mobility among rural southern Blacks and their influence on out-migration trends were explored in this analysis. Data utilized were collected as part of a more comprehensive study of living patterns among disadvantaged families. In the summer of 1970, samples of Black, female adults were drawn from 2 rural villages and a town…

A point of view is developed toward the "national manpower adjustment system," based on transition-making by individuals rather than on jobs or training per se. The system is defined in terms of five interacting subsystems which collectively change the relations between people and jobs. These subsystems are: (1) individuals, (2) educational…

In this speech, the author explains that metamethodology is a system designed to develop and test a methodology for a specific, definable purpose; and, as such, to provide for the development of, and the research into, methodologies. The paper begins with a brief clarification of the difference between methods and methodology and a discussion of…

In the present paper, the author appears to believe that there is a communication gap between planners for student orientation programs and educational researchers. The difference has traditionally been that orientation planners concentrated their efforts on the framing of questions while the educational researchers focused on the development of a…

This document is comprised of the materials for an intensive training program in evaluation. Evaluation is conceptualized as the process of determining the kinds of decisions that have to be made; and selecting, collecting, and interpreting the information needed in decisionmaking. A 5-phase model of evaluation consisting of (1) needs assessment,…

The Federal Government's position on the establishment and regulation of day care services in the United States is reported. The point is made that there are certain fundamental requirements and characteristics of children which every program must take into account. The most important of these basic needs include health and nutrition, security,…

In the belief that trained personnel are vital to the development of quality care programs for children, this handbook provides training suggestions for personnel in various day care settings. Basic principles in day care training include: (1) All persons in a day care setting, from policy-makers, to staff, to children are learners; (2) Training…

Presented is the script for two slide showings on staff orientation, training, and role in early childhood educational programs for aurally handicapped children in Minnesota. The first slide presentation consists of 63 slide commentaries on implementation and evaluation of the Minnesota staff training program. Representative commentaries concern…

Presented is the script for a showing of 14 slides on staff training, orientation, and role in a rural area for early childhood education of aurally handicapped children. The training program is divided into four areas of paraprofessionals, teachers, supportive personnel, and general staff. The seven slide commentaries on training…