By the end of this chapter, students should be able to:
- Be familiar with Holland’s, Ginsberg’s, and Gati’s models of career selection.
- Be able to explain the ways in which parents, peers, and school personnel affect career choice.
- Understand gender differences in career selection, and be aware of the kinds of barriers that women still face in many careers.
- Describe the effects that intelligence, abilities, interests and opportunity limit occupational selection.
- Know how socioeconomic status and ethnicity affect career aspirations.
- Describe the kinds of after-school and summer jobs that are commonly held by adolescents and know which teens are most likely to be employed.
- Discuss whether after-school employment is good or bad for adolescents.
- Describe which teens are involved in community service and the benefits they get from their efforts.
- Know which youth are unemployed and be familiar with the causes of youth unemployment.
- Compare and contrast the different models of career education.
