Designed for Postwar Living

Mary Krumboltz describes the postwar kitchen plan which received first prize in a contes

Career orientation of senior secondary school students

The main purpose of this study is to portray career orientation of Senior High School (SMA) and Vocational High School (SMK) students and the role that school counselors should play in providing vocational guidance. This study used a survey method involving 278 students from both SMA and SMK di Jakarta. Career Orientation Inventory (COI) and Counselor Role in Career Guidance Inventory were used as an instrument of data collection. Descriptive statistics and t-test were conducted to analyze the data. The findings of the study reveal that majority of SMA and SMK students wanted to further their study to university and only small number of them wanted to find out jobs or run their own business. The findings also show that school counselors play a very important role in providing vocational guidance services for senior secondary students. Therefore, in order for students to have a bright career in future, school counselors should improve the quality of vocational guidance services and plan comprehensive vocational guidance programs

The Iowa Homemaker vol.23, no.11

Keeping Up With Today, Marilyn Clayton, page 2 Introducing Our Dean, Dr. P. Mabel Nelson, page 3 Add Courtesy to Your Curriculum, Jane Fay, page 4 If I Were a Freshman Again, A Senior, page 5 Please Your Professors, Ruth Midgorden, page 6 Business Home Economics, Katherine Goeppinger, page 7 School Belle Fashions, Josephine Ahern, page 9 Personalize Your College Home, Victoria McKibben, page 10 Write from the College Front, Mary Dodds, page 11 What’s New in Home Economics, Lovilla Holland, page 12 Dietitians Plan for Future, Nell C. Clausen, page 14 Designed for Postwar Living, Mary Krumboltz, page 15 Club Keyed to Wartime, Jean Larson, page 17 Cultural Advantages Await You, Harriet Breckenridge, page 18 Women Advance in Activities, Virginia Carter, page 20 Know Your Honoraries, Frances Kerekes, page 21 Alums in the News, Patricia Maddex, page 2

Effects of Career Choice Intervention on Components of Career Preparation

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/89533/1/j.2161-0045.2011.tb00074.x.pd

Encouraging serendipity in research: designing technologies to support connection-making

Mobile applications have the ability to present information to users that is influenced by their surroundings, activities and interests. Such applications have the potential to influence the likelihood of individuals experiencing ‘serendipity’, through a combination of information, context, insight and activity. This study reports the deployment of a system that sends push text suggestions to users throughout the day, where the content of those messages is informed by users’ experience and interests. We investigated the responses to and interactions with messages that varied in format and relevance, and which were received at different times throughout the day. Sixteen participants were asked to use a mobile diary application to record their experiences and thoughts regarding information that was received over a period of five consecutive days. Results suggest that participants’ perception of the received suggestions was influenced by the relevance of the suggestion to their interests, but that there were also positive attitudes towards seemingly irrelevant information. Qualitative data indicates that participants, if in an appropriate time and place, are willing to accept and act upon push suggestions as long as the number of suggestions that they receive is not overwhelming. This study contributes towards an understanding of how mobile users make connections with new information, furthering our understanding of how serendipitous connections and insightful thinking could be accommodated using technology

The Career Decisions of Gifted Students: An Asian-Pacific Perspective

Drawing on the literature in multiple related areas, an overview is presented in this chapter of the major issues that may surround career decisions for gifted students in the Asia-Pacific region. After a discussion on the pervasive role of family influence reflecting cultural values in the region, coverage is given to the importance placed on extrinsic values such as prestige, economic returns, and stability in a career (and the lack of emphasis on intrinsic values such as interest and a desire for intellectual stimulation), along with gender role expectations and the experience of career indecision. Thereafter, the similarities and differences in the career aspirations of gifted students in the region with the career aspirations of gifted students in Western societies are explained. Following this, two career theories that may be useful in understanding the career decisions of this group—the theory of circumscription and compromise and the theory of work adjustment—are discussed. The chapter concludes with some speculative, but research-informed, thoughts on the future of the career decisions of gifted students in the region

Using the Living CV to help students take ownership of their learning gain

There is an increasing emphasis on embedding employability skills and experience within the higher education curriculum to address new concepts of ‘learning gain’ and the perceived student demand for a value for money experience. An exploratory study, at a southern university in the UK, found that students articulated an improved work readiness when they were presented the ‘Living CV’, an initiative that connects programme learning outcomes into CV outputs. During 2018, a larger, mixed methods study (n=127) was conducted across all three years of fashion degrees. Students completed a pre and post questionnaire before and after a presentation on the Living CV and their views were further explored in a focus group and interviews. Results found that the Living CV presentation heightened students’ awareness of the applicability of their programme learning to their future employability and how they could use their academic learning outcomes on their CV as a tool to achieve this. The study recommends that personalised and explicit coaching on ‘work literacy’ should be integrated into university programmes at all levels to include the Living CV, discussion about and experience in the world of work, increased employer engagement and preparation for interview