Title: Vocational and moral guidance,
Authors: Davis, Jesse Buttrick,
Date: 1914
Publisher: Ginn and company
Physical description: 303 p. incl. forms. 20 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: L
Abstract: This manual of vocational and moral guidance is prepared in response to a demand for more detailed information regarding the work that was originated by the writer in the Central High School of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Contents: Part One: Vocational and moral guidance through education: Inventory -- The problem of vocational guidance in the public schools -- The problem of moral guidance in the public schools -- The plan -- Vocational direction in the grades -- The elements of character that make for success in life -- the worlds' work -- a call to service -- Choosing a vocation -- Preparation for one's life work -- Social and civic ethics from the point of view of the chosen vocation -- The vocationalized curriculum -- Training for social efficiency as a vocational asset -- A word to parents -- Vocational counseling -- The problem of placement -- A comprehensive plan of organization for cities -- Part Two: How some practical workers have obtained results: Teaching vocational guidance in the seventh and eighth grades -- The essentials of character that make for success in life -- The world's work -- a study of vocation -- Choosing vocation -- Preparation for a vocation and vocational ethics -- Social and civic ethics from the standpoint of the chosen vocation -- A vocation bureau's system of card indexes -- Application of vocational guidance to the young men's Christian Association -- The Librarian's part in vocational guidance -- Civic and vocational organization in the public.
Subject headings (LCSH): Moral education; Vocational guidance