Vocational Guidance in Secondary Education

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Page 3 - Vocational education should equip the individual to secure a livelihood for himself and those dependent on him, to serve society well through his vocation, to maintain the right relationships toward his fellow workers and society, and, as far as possible, to find in that vocation his own best development.
Page 7 - Meaning and purpose of vocational guidance," the report asserts: Vocational guidance should be a continuous process designed to help the individual to choose, to plan his preparation for, to enter upon, and to make progress in an occupation. It calls for a progressive improvement of the public-school system and a fuller and more intelligent utilization of Its richly diversified offerings. It requires a more accurate adjustment between the school and all worthy vocations. For some children it demands...
Page 5 - Briggs, associate professor of education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City. Alexander Inglis, assistant professor of education, in charge of secondary education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Henry Neumann, Ethical Culture School, New York City. William Orr, senior educational secretary, international YMCA committee, 104 East Twenty-eighth Street, New York City. William B. Owen, principal Chicago Normal College, Chicago, 111. Edward O. Sisson, president University of Montana,...
Page 6 - Sciences — Otis W. Caldwell, director, Lincoln School, and professor of education, Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York City. Social Studies — Thomas Jesse Jones, United States Bureau of Education, Washington, DC Vocational Guidance — Frank M. Leavitt, associate superintendent of schools, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Page 27 - REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION ON THE REORGANIZATION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. The following reports of the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education are now available as bulletins of the United States Bureau of Education and may be purchased of the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC, at the prices indicated. Other reports are in preparation. Remittance should be made in coin or money order as stamps are not accepted: The Teaching of Community Civics. Bulletin, 1915, No. 23. 10 cents....
Page 11 - Excellent experimental work has been done in "employment supervision." This work has shown that for the sake of society as well as for the sake of young persons in employment, even more solicitous care should be given to them because they have entered upon the exacting duties of occupational life. That children are at work is no reason why they do not need education, though they may need a different kind of education. The committee recognizes that these children should still be wards of the school...
Page 14 - Studying and testing pupils' possibilities. 3. Guidance in choice and rechoice of vocation. 4. Guidance with reference to preparation for vocation. 5. Guidance in entering upon work: that is, "placement.
Page 16 - ... 4. Experience required. IV. Wages earned by workers: 1. Range of wages made (table showing distribution of all cases). 2. Average wage per week. 3. Relation of wage to length of experience and preparation. V. Length of working season, working week, working day, etc. VI. Health of the workers: 1. Healthful or unhealthful conditions.
Page 24 - ... scales" rather than in the young people immediately in need of guidance, for it is realized that many years of experimentation and scientific study will be necessary for its completion. In this field the psychologists themselves attach more importance to the testing of the tests than to the testing of people. It will be some time before actual proofs of the validity of psychological tests for vocational guidance can be established, meanwhile, young people must be guided. It is also to be noted...

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