Methods of internal labor market analysis for three organizational areas are presented, along with some evidence about the validity and utility of conceptual descriptions of such markets. The general concept of an internal labor market refers to the process of pricing and allocation of manpower resources with an employing organization and rests…

The Ohio Career Development Model at the 7th and 8th grade level, the career orientation segment, states that students are to be exposed or oriented to the 15 USOE occupational clusters. Units are outlined relating each subject area to a specific cluster or clusters. Each unit includes a developmental objective, related behavioral objectives, and…

This study focuses upon the childhood and adolescent career choices of college freshman women. Subjects were 1188 women entering the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee as freshmen. These women were asked to complete the "Life Planning Questionnaire for Women," and to check those occupations, from a list of 135 from the Strong Vocational Interest…

Contributions from job-cluster research include greater understanding of the desired end-product of vocational education, potential for curriculum development, and better understanding of job analysis. Presentations by specialists who are presently active in research on the problems of job-clustering include: (1) "A Functional Approach to…

This manual is designed to serve the classroom teacher as a guide to the accompanying televised series of programs on the world of work. The Television Series is designed to give a broad overview of many occupations, by bringing into the classroom more than fifty "guests" from all levels of preparation: the semi-skilled, the skilled, the…

A curriculum guide for grade 7, the document is devoted to the occupational clusters "Agri-business, Natural Resources, and Marine Science." It is divided into five units: natural resources, ecology, landscaping, conservation, oceanography. Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the unit's purpose, main ideas, quests, and a…

The Self-Directed Search for Educational and Vocational Planning (SDS) is a self-scoring, self-administering instrument designed by John L. Holland, author of the Vocational Reference Inventory. Preliminary use of the SDS led to the speculation that some people were very dissatisfied with their results and others were quite pleased. Of the 4,631…

The purpose of the handbook is to provide teachers of middle school students a resource for integrating career education into subject area disciplines. Written by a committee of educators from the Pacific area Department of Defense Schools during a summer workshop, the document provides a job cluster wheel of fifteen clusters (office occupations,…

This compilation of ERIC abstracts dealing with trade is the sixth in a series that identifies research and instructional materials in selected occupational clusters. Fifty-seven documents were identified by means of computer searches of "Research in Education" from 1967 to December 1972. Instructions on how to use ERIC reference…

This compilation of ERIC abstracts dealing with banking is the seventh in a series that identifies research and instructional materials in selected occupational clusters. Ninety-three documents were identified by means of computer searches of "Research in Education" from 1967 to December 1972. Instructions on how to use ERIC reference…

This compilation of ERIC abstracts dealing with education is the eighth in a series that identifies research and instructional materials in selected occupational clusters. Fourteen documents were identified by means of computer searches of "Research in Education" from 1967 to December 1972. Instructions on how to use ERIC reference…

This compilation of ERIC Abstracts dealing with health is the ninth in a series that identifies research and instructional materials in selected occupational clusters. Seventy-nine documents were identified by means of a computer searches of "Research in Education" from 1967 to December 1972. Instructions on how to use ERIC reference…

This compilation of ERIC abstracts dealing with welfare is the 10th in a series that identifies research and instructional materials in selected occupational clusters. Sixty-three documents were identified by means of computer searches of "Research in Education" from 1967 to December 1972. Instructions on how to use ERIC reference…

This compilation of ERIC abstracts dealing with recreation and entertainment is the 13th in a series that identifies research and instructional materials in selected occupational clusters. Approximately 125 documents were identified by means of computer searches of "Research in Education" from 1967 to December 1972. Instructions on how…

This compilation of ERIC abstracts dealing with manufacturing is the 14th in a series that identifies research and instructional materials in selected occupational clusters. Ninety-four documents were identified by means of computer searches of "Research in Education" from 1967 to December 1972. Instructions on how to use ERIC reference…