The British Experience in Educational Change, Careers Education, School Counselor Role and Counselor Training: Implications for American Education. Monographs on Career Education.

Major elements of the British experience with career education from which implications for American education can be drawn are addressed in this report, which (1) reviews British research and theoretical literature pertinent to current counselor roles, changes in counselor roles since 1965, forces shaping counselor roles, relationship of counselor role to educational change, forces affecting the implementation of career(s) education and counseling, current assumptions underlying career(s) education in Britain, the role of the counselor in career(s) education, and techniques of counselor training; (2) reports on interviews with selected British educators, counselors, and counselor trainees with regard to the topics described above; and (3) contrasts the British experience in the areas suggested with that of American education during the past decade and draws implications for American education in terms of implementation of career education, counselor role, counselor training, and educational change. Twelve implications for American education are discussed in detail, with the suggestion that it may be useful for America to consider a new form of specialist in career education whose role might be as a curriculum, materials, and demonstration resource in implementing career education into various subject matter areas or through other school/community experiences. The appendix and references sections identify the sources of information on which the report is based. (TA)