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1 online resource (vi pages, 1 leaf, 231 pages) : tables |
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Contributions to education ; no. 900 |
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Contributions to education ; no. 900
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| Summary |
"During 1933-1934, the author [M.I. Wightwick, "The Function of Interest in Educational and Vocational Guidance" (unpublished Master's thesis, Columbia University, New York, 1934)], using the interview method for the most part, made an investigation of the vocational interests of college women, the persistence of these interests, and their relation to extra-curricular activities. The facts in which the interviewer was interested were: Reason for coming to college; Reason for choice of major; Occupational choice; Time of making choice; Factors influencing choice; Opportunities in community for summer work in chosen field; and Extra-curricular activities in high school and college. The participating group consisted of 173 freshman members of the class of 1937. The present research is a developmental study of the vocational interests of these same students. It has involved: 1. Obtaining an account of the trends in vocational and avocational interests of the individuals whose statements of vocational interests were ascertained eight years ago; 2. Obtaining data about the intelligence, achievement, vocational and avocational experiences, and the satisfactions of these individuals; 3. Studying the relationships among the preceding factors; 4. Studying the reasons for any change in the statement of vocational interest and any discrepancies between that interest and the jobs actually obtained; 5. Studying the validity of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Women in terms of the student's subsequent vocational and avocational interest history. This study sought answers to the following questions: 1. What is the permanence and the predictive value of expressed vocational choice? 2. What is the permanence and the predictive value of measured interest? 3. What is the relation between vocational interest and job satisfaction? 4. What part do avocational interests play in the individual pattern? 5. What vocational patterns are found among the individuals studied? 6. What individual deviations in vocational patterns occur?"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-226) |
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Print version record |
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Vocational guidance.
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Women -- Employment.
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Interest (Psychology)
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Women.
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Employment (Economic theory)
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Vocational Guidance
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Women
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Employment
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Career Choice
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vocational guidance.
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employing.
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Women.
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Employment (Economic theory)
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Interest (Psychology)
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Vocational guidance.
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Women -- Employment.
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Electronic book
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