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1 online resource (x, 382 pages) frontispiece (portrait) illustrations |
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"When the question of a life career is uppermost in the mind of a youth no more concrete, practical, or helpful aid can be offered to him than that of putting him in the way of securing accurate and clearly stated information about vocations. This book has been prepared with a view to meeting the need above stated. With the exception of the first three and the last two chapters, all of its pages have been devoted to descriptive material relating to the great fields of vocational effort by which the fifty-odd million gainful workers in America earn their living. Instead of following strictly the United States Census occupational groupings, or arranging the vocations in alphabetical order, the descriptions of the various callings have been grouped into chapters according to the similarity of service rendered or the type of ability necessary for success. This method of treatment promotes continuity of interest, and enables the teacher to concentrate attention upon a related group of vocations. Material treated in this way is easier to recall and to understand than when each vocation is treated as an entity in itself. By this arrangement economy of space also is secured, since it is possible to deal in a single section with elements that are common to the entire group of vocations. This plan has made it possible to treat a maximum number of vocations within the compass of a classroom textbook. Aids to instruction are provided in the "Seek-Further Questions and Suggestions, " given at the end of each chapter. No single book can hope to describe in detail even the most common vocations. That is a task for the publisher of an encyclopedia of vocations. All that can be expected of a single-volume text on the subject is that those who read the brief accounts therein given may have their appetites whetted for more information about the vocations described. It is the purpose of these questions and suggestions to stimulate such further study and investigation. Much is of necessity left to the ingenuity of the teacher of the course, who will no doubt supplement the materials found in the text by materials gleaned from the daily papers, current magazines, biographies, and other sources. A feature of this book, which should commend it to deans for girls in secondary schools and colleges, is the attention that has been paid, in connection with the discussion of each group of vocations, to the part played in those vocations by women workers"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Vocational guidance.
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Vocational Guidance
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vocational guidance.
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Vocational guidance.
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Electronic book
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