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"A survey of the period since 1900 reveals the rise of a number of educational movements, some to flourish and then disappear, others to grow into importance. Of these latter, vocational guidance is one of the most significant, from both the individual and the social standpoints. Related to every level and aspect of schooling, and to such outside affairs as management, labor, social life, politics, and the home, vocational guidance has (1) furnished wholesome critiques of aims, programs of studies, teaching methods, and administration, (2) introduced at least two new subjects into the curriculums for hundreds of thousands of students, and (3) added to the educational staff a new worker--a counselor--unknown forty years ago. Though in this report we deal chiefly with early developments, we note a few recent events when these seem to indicate important trends or raise vital issues. After an introductory chapter we describe briefly the success literature and occupational information that preceded organized effort in vocational guidance. Then are noted some significant early plans and proposals, followed by an account of the specific effort out of which the movement developed and progressed into the schools. City, state, and federal activities are described, followed by a chapter on the facilities utilized, another on the national organization sponsoring the movement, and a hint as to the great number of other associations, lay and official, that have invested in this work. Next follow in order the founding and promotion of a magazine, the preparation of counselors, the beginnings of a literature, the use of psychology, work in other countries, guidance in colleges, and the extension of the method to areas other than the vocational. An account of one important establishment for the fostering of the movement concludes the chapters, except for a survey of the issues that may affect future history".

Educational counseling. --- Vocational guidance --- History.