Career Education: A Continuing Need of Illinois Gifted Students
A descriptive survey was implemented across the state of Illinois in 1975 and 1976 regarding career education provisions for gifted and talented students in the state. Professional educators in field settings of career education or educators of gifted and talented students were included in the population. Information was sought through questionnaires and interviews regarding the current status of career education programs for gifted students in Illinois and regarding the opinions of these educators about what should be done for these students. Differentiated career education programs for gifted students in the Illinois public schools were few in number and generally not fully developed. There was little purposeful or systematic effort to integrate programs and practices in career education and gifted education for the students in Illinois.