In this book, practicing school counselors have provided more than 60 classroom guidance activities that are presented across the three major ASCA areas in the National Standards for Students: Academic Skills, Personal/Social Skills, and Career Development/College Preparation. Activities are designed to integrate the ASCA Model, Response to…

The purpose of this study was to examine career conversations between teachers and students in competence-based vocational education in the Netherlands. A total of 32 career conversations were observed and analysed with respect to four elements: content, teacher activities, student activities and relationship. Results showed that career…

This guide was developed to fill a need identified by high school educators and Alberta Advanced Education and Technology staff. The Guide introduces students to the principles of career and education planning and various authorized Alberta resources by helping students work through the planning process. The student guide is a series of modules or…

The overall objective of this study was to develop an occupational unit based on specific learning objectives and to evaluate its effectiveness as a learning experience for a class of fifth grade students. (Author)

This article attempts to outline a framework for enhancing the occupational guidance programs for elementary schools by having teachers and guidance counselors assume more responsibility. (Author/RP)

School administrators and developmental guidance is the topic of the first speech. Developmental guidance, concerned with personalizing the educational experience, should be available to each child to gain self-understanding. Major responsibilities of the elementary guidance department are pupil appraisal, consultation, and developmental…

There appears to be much misunderstanding about the need for guidance at the beginning levels of education and especially the role of the professional counselor in elementary schools. Career development cannot be left to chance. Career guidance should be the concern of all persons who have any association with children. In the school this means…

Examines the process by which careers officers develop personal models of guidance through the interaction of theoretical knowledge with their experiences of training and practice. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 11 careers officers. Responses were considered in relation to theories of careers choice, careers counseling and guidance,…

In the 1950s, vocational guidance was dominated by the aim of helping clients find fulfillment through work. This "vocational aim" has since been diluted by a flood of developments in vocational theory and research, counseling practices, and particularly the nature of work and the patterns of careers. The impact of these changes over a…

This paper is concerned with the counselor's impact on career education in the elementary school. It stresses the importance of career education in contemporary society. Career development is enhanced by career education, which in this paper means organizing the basic subjects, K-12, around the theme of career opportunities and requirements in the…

THE PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE WAS TWOFOLD--(1) TO SHOW HOW GUIDANCE PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES CENTER ABOUT AND INVOLVE THE CHILD AS HE ADAPTS TO A NEW TYPE OF SCHOOL SETTING AND LEARNING PROCESS, AND (2) TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR ALL AREAS OF COUNSELING AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL. OF THE ELEVEN PAPERS…

Careers guidance is undergoing rapid and radical changes. However, the Careers Service is still operating to nationally agreed core training objectives which determine both initial training and supervisor training. Outlines recent changes influencing guidance practice and training, and identifies the predominant mode of current supervision within…

Discusses findings of a study investigating careers officers' use of theoretical models in careers guidance interviews. Evidence suggests theory is used to support, rather than determine, the development of skills in initial training. Recently trained careers officers were most likely to be familiar with theory. Overall, the findings cast doubt on…

This monograph contains eight papers and one bibliography resulting from an American Personnel and Guidance Association study of the role of the school counselor in career education. The articles are (1) Contrasts Between the Guidance and the Career Education Movement, discussing their similarities and counselor involvement; (2) The Comprehensive…