Vocational Guidance in Foreign Countries

Baumgarten Franziska . Die Berufseignungsprüfungen. (R. Oldenburg: Munich, 1928. 742 pp.)

Contains detailed descriptions of the numerous vocational aptitude tests used in the various countries.

Bureau International du Travail. Lea Problèmes de I'Orientation Profesdonnelle. (Geneva, 1935. 196 pp.; also published in English by the International Labor Office, Geneva. 183 pp.)

A brief description of a number of vocational guidance problems, with especial reference to health and labor conditions.

Kandel I. L. Comparative Education. (Houghton-Mifflin Company: Boston, 1933. 992 pp.)

An authoritative treatment of foreign school systems. While it does not include vocational guidance, it does provide an indispensable background for an understanding of the programs.

Keller Franklin J. , and Viteles Morris S. Vocational Guidance Throughout the World. (W. W. Norton Company: New York, 1937. 575 pp.)

A detailed treatment of the theory and practice of vocational guidance in the principal countries of the world.

Liebenburg Richard . Berufsberatung, Methode, und Technik. (Quelle und Meyer: Leipzig, 1925. 234 pp.)

An account of the best practices in Germany.

Oakley C. A. , and Macrae Angus . Handbook of Vocational Guidance. (University of London Press: London, 1937. 337 pp.)

A compendium of methods and practices developed in Great Britain, especially through the activities of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology.

Schoenfeldt B. “Social Objectives in Soviet Education,” in Redirecting Education, by Guy-Tugwell Rexford , and Keyserling L. H. . (Columbia University Press: New York, 1934. 285 pp.)

Provides background for the understanding of Russian vocational guidance theory and practice.

Stauber Heinrich . Die Jugend vor der Berufswahl. (Art. Institut. Orell Füssli: Zurich, 1934. 327 pp.)

An enlightening description of practical vocational guidance practices in Zürich, by the man who has directed the work for a number of years.

van den Wyeneergh Jacob . Schule und Berufsberatung. (Ferdinand Sehoningh: Paderborn, 1927. 259 pp.)

An exposition of the relation that should exist between the schools and the labor offices where most of the vocational guidance in Germany originates.

The Human Factor. (Published by the National Institute of Industrial Psychology London)

Bulletin de I'Institut National d'Orientation Professionnelle. (Published by the Institute Paris)

Berufsberatung und Berufsbildung, (Published by the Sehweizer Verband für Berufsberatung und Lehrlingsfürsorge Zürich, Switzerland)