Date of Award
8-1937
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Degree Discipline
Home Economics
Abstract
Vocational guidance is an educational service and as such should be considered an integral part of the educational program carried on by the recognized educational agency of the community. Helping the youth to obtain reliable and significant information upon which to base a choice of occupation, aiding him to find a suitable opportunity to begin work in the occupation of his choice, and giving him additional assistance as needed during the period of adjustment and further training after employment begins, are just as truly educational service as teaching the same youth history or mathematics. The former service often has a more vital bearing upon his satisfaction in life and his contribution to society than the latter. When we consider the question of guidance, we are considering not something which is to be added to education, not something which exists outside, but something which is really in the very center of education itself. American democratic ideals demand not only that all should have as nearly as possible equal opportunity for education, but also that all men and women should be employed in that form of work to which they may contribute most of their own happiness and to the common good. Hence if the high school is to prepare its students to be vocationally efficient, there is need for guiding them so that they will be equipped to make the optimum re-adjustments in this complex world of economic and social changes.
Publisher
Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College
Rights
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Date of Digitization
7-20-2021
Contributing Institution
John B Coleman Library
City of Publication
Prairie View
MIME Type
Application/PDF
Recommended Citation
Taylor, A. G. (1937). The Need of a Vocational Guidance Program in A. J. Moore High School Waco, Texas. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pvamu-theses/41