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Peer reviewedGottfredson, Gary D.; Daiger, Denise C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
Employment data from the 1960 and 1970 censuses were organized using Holland's occupational classification to examine age, sex, and level differences in employment, and to detect changes over the 10-year period. Results provide structured information about the workforce and its changing nature that can be communicated to people planning careers.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Census Figures
Direct linkSmith, Thomas J.; Campbell, Cynthia – Journal of Career Assessment, 2006
The structure of occupational values is investigated using several analytical techniques. Data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Information Network (O*NET) describing need reinforcers for 900 occupations are examined using exploratory factor analysis, cluster analysis, and multidimensional scaling. Results indicated broadly defined…
Descriptors: Occupational Clusters, Career Counseling, Factor Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling
Lindsay, Norene – 1993
This workbook, aimed at students in the middle grades, was developed to help students plan for their futures. The workbook consists of three parts. Part 1 leads students to explore the world of careers. It includes information on career clusters and what workers in each type of cluster do. It also includes information on volunteer work and home…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, Intermediate Grades, Job Skills
Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Bakersfield, Ca. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1981
One of a series of activity guides designed to aid teachers in developing the thinking skills of intermediate grade students, this publication offers a variety of learning activities and resource materials. The activities and resources include: a calendar which lists important days and birthdays in December, January, and February; poems; word…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Intermediate Grades
Download full textBowe, Frank – 1985
This publication reports findings from the 1981 and 1982 Current Population Survey studies conducted by the United States Bureau of the Census regarding the characteristics of the 702,000 noninstitutionalized disabled Hispanics between 16 and 64 years of age. Tables, figures, and text provide information on age distribution, educational…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Demography, Disabilities
Campbell, Paul B.; And Others – 1982
A series of analyses was performed to determine the factors encompassed in the term "job satisfaction" and the effect of high school vocational education courses on job satisfaction. Data were gathered from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience, Youth Cohort, and the high school transcripts of a subsample of this…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level, High Schools
Curriculum Development in Hospitality and Recreation Occupations Cluster, Grades 7-12. Final Report.
Contract Research Corp., Belmont, MA. – 1976
In developing secondary level curriculum materials for the hospitality and recreation occupational cluster the following procedures were followed. An advisory panel was established and utilized to review preliminary plans, the draft materials, and the final curriculum. The hospitality and recreation cluster was analyzed to define its internal…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials, Job Skills
Wolfle, Lee M. – 1978
Prestige hierarchies operate in all known organizations; universities are no exception. Davis and Moore (1945) have called such stratification in any social system a universal necessity. The present study focused on positions in a university setting. Using procedures developed to measure prestige of occupations in national surveys, the attribution…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Higher Education, National Surveys
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
This publication is a product of the knowledge development effort implemented under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. It is the second volume of an assessment of the Job Corps, which found that, overall, the Job Corps experience of training young men and women for employment has been beneficial to society, although there…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Noeth, Richard J.; Jepsen, David A. – 1980
A total of 1,994 students (approximately 70% of those who participated in the American College Testing Program's Nationwide Study of Career Development) who were working more than half-time three years later responded to an extensive mailed questionnaire followup study seeking to describe the predictability of actual job choice from expressed…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Employment Level
Nunn, Tony; And Others – 1976
Designed for ninth grade disadvantaged and educable mentally handicapped students for occupational orientation and exploration, this revised curriculum guide consists of eight sections, five of which incorporate simulation units to provide hands-on experience. The sections are: Orientation to the School; Orientation to Self in Relation to the…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Guides
Caines, Royce – 1978
An instructor's manual and student activity guide on agricultural sales and service are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of agriculture. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture, home…
Descriptors: Agricultural Supply Occupations, Agriculture, Behavioral Objectives, Instructional Materials
Miles, Mamie Rose – 1978
An instructor's manual on education and jobs is provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of the world of work. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture,home economics, distributive education,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Employment Opportunities, Information Sources, Job Search Methods
Lake, Robert – 1978
An instructor's manual and student activity guide on auto electrical systems are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of trade and industry. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture, home…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Electrical Systems, Instructional Materials
Munt, Linda – 1978
An instructor's manual and student activity guide on radio and television repair are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of trade and industry. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Learning Modules
