Deck 10: Career Development Interventions in the Elementary Schools

Question 1

Are career development programs needed in elementary schools? Why or why not?

Answer 1

No answer

Question 2

What influences (outside of school) impact the career development of elementary age children?

Answer 2

No answer

Question 3

What strategies do you think are useful for getting more support for career development programs in elementary schools?

Answer 3

No answer

Question 4

Consider yourself recently hired as an elementary school counselor. How would you go about instituting a new career development program in your school? What issues might you address?

Question 5

Discuss the importance of systematic planning in developing and implementing a career development program.

Question 6

What are the career development tasks confronting elementary age children?

Question 7

Identify and summarize the three domains outlined in the National Career Development Guidelines.

Question 8

Identify and discuss two environmental constraints that may negatively impact an elementary age student's career development.

Question 9

In order to justify limiting career-related activities in schools, critics have cited

A) time spent away from academic disciplines.
B) students' right to be in charge of their career decisions.
C) neither of these.
D) both of these.

Question 10

The Herr et al. (2004)five-stage planning model for facilitating the implementation of systematic career development intervention programs includes all of the following except

A) developing a program rationale and philosophy.
B) stating program goals and behavioral objectives.
C) selecting program processes.
D) marketing the program.

Question 11

Program planners in schools should be sensitive to the political climate in which they operate because

A) funding of programs requires backing and support by school administrators and school boards.
B) school counselors' jobs are in jeopardy.
C) seeking a raise for underpaid school counselors requires savvy maneuvering.
D) schools must be coaxed along to see the value of guidance counselors.

Question 12

When it comes to planning and disseminating information about career program delivery, counselors should collaborate with

A) both teachers and parents.
B) both teachers and grandparents.
C) both parents and clergy.
D) teachers, parents, community leaders/employers.

Question 13

Careers start to unfold and develop in

A) adolescence.
B) adulthood.
C) infancy.
D) pre-school years.

Question 14

According to Havighurst, when children aged 0-5 fail to navigate through developmental tasks, they may experience

A) fear, lashing out, and delinquency.
B) unhappiness, disapproval of society, and difficulty with later tasks.
C) bed-wetting.
D) depression and anxiety resulting from their inability to live up to their potential.

Question 15

According to Havighurst, activities involved during middle childhood (ages 6-11) include all of the following except

A) develop self-monitoring skills.
B) learn appropriate language/communication practices.
C) seek appropriate guidance for a preliminary career decision.
D) develop academic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics.

Question 16

Gottfredson's perspective indicates that

A) careers that are not deemed gender appropriate are eliminated first.
B) careers that are not socially prestigious are eliminated first.
C) only careers that are not gender appropriate are eliminated.
D) only careers that are not socially prestigious are eliminated.

Question 17

Because elementary school aged children have not yet had the opportunity to explore career options fully, counselors should

A) act quickly to present them with a career path.
B) urge them to develop a career path.
C) work toward counteracting environmental factors that pressure students to commit prematurely to occupational options.
D) not focus on the career needs of elementary aged children.

Question 18

Super, Savickas, and Super (1996) identified all of the following as major career development tasks that children should accomplish except

A) become concerned about the future.
B) develop increased personal control over their lives.
C) adhere to gender and work roles fitting the dominant culture.
D) convince themselves to achieve in school and at work.

Question 19

An important goal of career development interventions in elementary school is to:

A) prepare students for college.
B) counteract environmental factors that pressure students to prematurely commit to a specific job or career path.
C) teach students how to search for jobs.
D) develop their resume writing skills.

Question 20

Domains identified by NOICC as appropriate career development competencies for elementary school children include all of the following except

A) self-knowledge.
B) skill building.
C) educational and occupational exploration.
D) career planning.

Question 21

Skills like being reliable, getting along with one's co-workers, being trustworthy, and completing assignments on time are called

A) job content.
B) functional.
C) interpersonal.
D) self-management.

Question 22

Educational and occupational activities can be infused within a given curriculum by all of the following means except

A) writing about careers in short story assignments.
B) drawing, painting, or photographing workers.
C) finding out about different work around the world for social studies or geography.
D) participating in gym or art class.

Question 23

The greatest influence on the career development of children derives from

A) community leaders.
B) parents.
C) peers.
D) grandparents.