Review of Studies in Vocational Information

Abstract

Reviews the book, Studies in Vocational Information by William G. Bate and Eliza Ann Wilson (see record 1926-10463-000 ). In numerous instances, vocational guidance follows a perfunctory interview in which few or no valid tools or devices are employed. Such guidance often takes place hurriedly at a time when the pupil must secure within a short period of time some type of work. This last-minute placement often disregards the pupil's abilities and interests. It is obvious that pupils ought to begin to think about such matters long before they are faced with the necessity of securing a job. This book has been developed for the purpose of giving boys and girls of junior high school age an opportunity to study some of the important facts which they ought to know when they begin thinking about their life work. Too frequently young people go blindly into a complex industrial situation that often perplexes even those who have sought seriously to prepare for it. The authors have not attempted to produce anything new or essentially different from the books already written. Rather they have attempted to gather material that is already available and to combine with its use as many as possible of those sources of first-hand information that are present in every community. By way of supplementing the material included in their text the authors have included a series of suggestions to teachers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)