This monograph is addressed principally to the policy maker and program planner dealing with job development, and defines some of the limits, problems, and needs of the field. Primarily, job development is concerned with the demand side of the labor market equation, dealing with the availability of job openings in general or for a particular…

This annotated bibliography presents over 90 periodical articles, commercial publications, and government publications, ranging in date from 1928 to 1969, and is concerned with planning, organizing and conducting occupational surveys to determine training and manpower needs. Teacher educators, state vocational staffs, employment security…

The purpose of this study was to analyze male Navajo students' perception of occupational opportunities and their attitudes toward development of skills and traits necessary for successful employment in off-reservation occupations. Three instruments were administered to the 79 Navajo students of the Intermountain School at Brigham City, Utah. A…

This volume is a part of the ACS "Modern Chemical Technology" (ChemTeC) curriculum that is developed for chemical technicians. It is intended as a handbook that will be used throughout the instruction. Safety is stressed in eight of the ten chapters under the headings: safety in the chemical laboratory, personal protective equipment, fire safety…

This book deals not with the administrative or information searching processes related to the guidance function of providing occupational information, but with the substantive information itself. It presents a contemporary view of values, trends, and principles, derived primarily from statistical information describing the current world of work.…

This publication is the fourth of four volumes of "Tomorrow's Manpower Needs," which are devoted to the subject of national, state, and area projections of manpower requirements. This volume includes a discussion of the assumptions on which the national projections of industry and occupational requirements are based, and the methodology…

This project sought to develop a set of tests for the assessment of the basic literacy and occupational cognizance of pupils in those public elementary and secondary schools, including vocational schools, receiving services through Federally supported educational programs and projects. The assessment is to produce generalizable average scores for…

The purpose of this study was to survey and analyze biographical data of the directors of adult education in Canadian public school systems, and the perceptions held by directors and superintendents across Canada of the goals of adult education and the functions of directors of adult education. The analysis consisted primarily of determining the…

This study developed and experimentally evaluated a series of structured interaction materials and group social models for promoting career information-seeking and information-processing behaviors by high school students. Personality characteristics (introversion-extroversion) of subjects were assessed to determine how these factors influence…

Under the Vocational Education Amendments (1968) to the Vocational Education Act of 1963, innovative state-level projects entitled Vital Information for Education and Work (VIEW) have been implemented. VIEW was designed as a supplementary aid for counselors, teachers, and administrators to assist students in making occupational and career choices.…

Based upon the structure of Canadian Classification and Dictionary of Occupations, the volume presents highly condensed descriptions of classification clusters representing the universe of occupational groups in the Canadian economy. It is a useful tool for vocational counselors, students, and clients. Each cluster is assigned a number; the…

Twenty-eight industrial supervisors from nine different firms in the North Central VTAE District were selected by the management of their firm to take part in supervisor task analysis. The results of the analysis were to be incorporated into a supervisory training program. The survey instrument was divided into three sections: demographic data,…

The Student Booklet is a companion document to "The Career Data Book: Results from Project TALENT'S Five-year Followup Study" (CE 000 755). The booklet's purpose is to enable the high school student to compare his abilities, achievements, interests, and background with those of other young people who went into various occupations so he…

If methods of implementing career education are to be effective they must reflect not only an understanding of how career development occurs but also a knowledge of sound ideas for stimulating career exploration in young people. Comprehensive in scope, this guide to occupational orientation reflects a broad synthesis of resources and activities.…

A model curriculum design is summarized for the integration of career education into Grades K through 9. Included are: (1) a descriptive overview of the curriculum design, (2) lists of members of the three review teams and the advisory panel, and (3) figures and tables depicting the scope, objectives, and concepts covered by the curriculum, and…