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The Theory and Practice of Vocational Guidance
A Selection of Readings
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1968
- Authors: Barrie Hopson, John Hayes
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 1 3 3 9 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 8 1 2 5 - 7
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Request a sales quoteThe Theory and Practice of Vocational Guidance: A Selection of Readings is a compilation of papers that discusses theoretical foundations and practical applications of vocational guidance. The book presents 36 articles that cover various concerns in career counseling, both in theory and in practice. The first part of the text deals with theoretical concerns in vocational guidance, such as model for the translation of self-concepts into vocational terms; social factors in vocational development; young workers in their first jobs; and the criteria of vocational success. In the next part, the book presents the practical issues, which include needed counselor competencies in vocational aspects of counseling and guidance; an occupational classification for use in vocational guidance; psycho-social aspects of work; and key concepts in the use of psychological tests in vocational guidance. The book will be of great use to any professionals, but will be most useful to those involved in career counseling, such as human resource practitioners, school counselors, and college career advisers.
Foreword
Preface
Part I. Theory
Introduction
Section 1. Theories of Vocational Choice and Decision-making
1. A Theory of Vocational Development
2. A Model for the Translation of Self Concepts into Vocational Terms
3. A Theory of Vocational Choice
4. Decision and Vocational Adjustment: A Paradigm and Its Implications
5. Occupational Choice: A Conceptual Framework
6. Vocational Choice and Utility for Risk
7. Career Decision-Making
8. Vocational Development: Ten Propositions in Search of a Theory
Section 2. The Home and the School
9. Social Factors in Vocational Development
10. Some Psychological Aspects of Inter-Generation Occupational Mobility
11. Early Determinants of Vocational Choice
12. Sibling Associations and Role Involvement
Section 3. The Transition From School to Work
13. Youth and Work: Problems and Perspectives
14. The Entry of School Leavers into Employment
15. Young Workers in their First Jobs: An Investigation of Attitudes to Work and their Correlates
Section 4. The Work Experience
16. Concepts of Work
17. The Criteria of Vocational Success
18. The Meaning of Work and Jobs
19. A Theory of Work Adjustment
20. Job Satisfaction: Issues and Problems
Part II Practice
Introduction
Section 5. The Aims of Guidance
22. L.O. Recommendation (No. 87) Concerning Vocational Guidance
22. Guidance: Remedial Function or Social Reconstruction?
23. Issues in Counseling: Elusive and Illusional
24. Needed Counselor Competencies in Vocational Aspects of Counseling and Guidance
25. What Will the School Counselor Do?
Section 6. Guidance in Practice
26. Twenty-Five Years of Research in Vocational Guidance
27. The Seven Point Plan
28. An Occupational Classification for Use in Vocational Guidance
29. The Functions and Forms of Occupational Visits
30. Vocational Guidance for the Unscholarly Child
31. Autocount: A Computer-based Automated Counseling Simulation System
Section 7. Occupational Information
32. Functions of Occupational Information in Counseling
33. The Role of Occupational Information in Careers Guidance
34. Psycho-Social Aspects of Work: A Critique of Occupational Information
Section 8. The Use of Psychological Tests in Vocational Guidance
35. Key Concepts in the Use of Tests in Vocational Guidance
36. A Framework for the Improvement of Test Interpretation in Counseling
Author Index
Subject-Index
- No. of pages: 538
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1968
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080133911
- eBook ISBN: 9781483181257