DOCUMENT RESUME ED 137 6 0 08 'CE 010 738 AUTHOR Workman; Jean; Hansen, Mary Lewis TITLE Exploring Careers in the Humanities. A Student Guidebook. INSTITUTION 1- Technical Education Research Center, Cambridge, Mass. SPOHS AGENCY Bureau of Occupap.onal and Adult Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, D.C. Div. of Research and DemOnstration. PUB DATE 76 CONTRACT OEC-0-74-9253 NOTE 197p.; For related documents see CE 010 734-744 Photographs may not reproduCe well AVAILABLE1FROMSuperintendent of Documents,\U.S. Government Prin ing 1 Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Stock Number 017-080-01649-4, $2.45) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$10 03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Career Exploration; Economics; Education; Geography; History; *Humanities; Instructional Materials; Language; Laws; Museums; *Occupational Information; Occupations; Philosophy; Political Science; Professional Occupations; Religion; Resource Guides; Secondary Education; Social Sciences; Sociology; Special Libraries ABSTRACT One of six student guidebooks in a series of 11 ar and humanities career explorati9n guides for grade 7-12 teachers, counselors, and students, this student book on exploration of humanities careers presents career information on 13 specific occupational areas:(1) Educators,(2) Historians and Archivists, Anthropologists, (4) Economists,(5) Geographers, (6) Political Scientists,(7) Sociologists,;(8) Language Occupations, (9) Lawyers, Judges, Paralegals, Legal Secretaries, and Court Reporters, (10) Museum Workers, (11) Philos9phers,; (12) Occupations in Religion, and (13) Special Librarians. An iintroductory chapter gives a general overview of humanities occupations: definitions, skills neededr education required, job settings, and problems. Each chapter on a specific area includes general discussion of the field and what people-in that field do, desCciption of personality characteristics and interests that are approp iate, education required, types o employers, Job forecasts, typical problems and rewards, and sources of further information. Appended is a chart listing nearly 200 humanities occupations with their corresponding functions or skills and level of educational preparation necessary. (JT) Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished materials not avglable from other sources. ERIC makes every effort to obtain the best copy' available. Nevertheless, items of marginM reproducibility we often encountered and this affects the quality of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the-best that can be made from the original. pioring arorp:in th .Humahitiqs student goitipbOoK BEST COPY AVAILABLE U.S DEPARTMENT OF HEALT EDUCATION A WELFARE NATIONAAL. INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS DEEN REPRO DUCED EXACTLY 'AS RECEIVED FROM. THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN STING IT POINTS OF VIEW QR OPINIONS STATED DQ NOT NECESSARILY REPRE BY SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTEOF JEAN WORKMAN. EDUCATION POSITION OR poocy MARY LEWIS HANSEN PROJECT DIRECTOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION.RESEARCH CENTERS., INC. .44 BRATTLE'STREET 'CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETT'S 02138 2 U.S.'Oovernment Printing Office Washington: 1976 ---------: For gam by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government PrIntLng Glace, Wva- inaton, D.C. 20402 Stock No. 017-080-016494 ii ursuant to Contract'So. OLE-0-74A:' 5 Curriculum II topoent Branch N on of Research and Demonstration Bureau of Occupational and Adult Ecluoation U.S. Office of Education Department of Health, Education and Welfare under PartI. Curriculum Develo patentiii Vocational and Technical Lducation . /catlunal tdation Amendments of MB uhlic Law 90-S7 ei Discrimtnation Dr h - Title VI of the Civil- Rights. Act Of 1b3 a ate No person in the United Skates, shall, on the ground:of race, color,or, no- tional piigin be excluded from participation ini be denied the benefit of or he subjected to discrim- ination under any program or activity receiving fed- eral financial as$istance." Therefore, the Vocational Education program, like all other programs or activi. ties,receiving financial: assistance from the Hepart-, ment ef Uealth, EduCation and Welfare, must he oper- ated in compliance with this laW. The project presented or reported herein wa$ per- formed pursuant to a contract from the U.S. Office of Education, Department of Health. Education and Welfare. HoweXer, tho opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the piisition or poliCy of the U.S. OffiCe of Education,' and no official endorseMent by the U.S. Office of Education $hould be inferred. U.S. Coternoont Printing Office. ashington: 1976 Photo Credits: p. 10, Alyce*Jackson courtesy of U.S. Office of Education, DHEW; p. 29, courtesy of U.S. Office of Education, DHEW; p. 36, courtesy of U.S. Department of. the Interior, National Park Service; p. 58, courteSy of U.S: Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; p466, Alyce Jackson4_courtisy of U.S. Office of Education,DHEW; p, 80,-Consolidated News Pictures,,c6urtesy of U.S. Office of Education, DHEW; p. 86, The Ohio University, courtesy of.the U.S. Office of Education, DHEW; p. 98, courtesy of the U.S. Office of Education, DHEW; p. 118, 'courted.), of U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park/Service; p. 138, courtesy of U.S. Office of Education/DHEW. TABLE OF CONTENTS HUMANITIES OCCUPATIONS AN INTRODUCTION 1 EDUCATORS i1 3. HISTORIANS AND ARCHIVISTS -23 4. ANTHROPOLOGISTS 37 S. ECONOMISTS 49 6. 'GEOGRAPHERS 59 7. POLITICAL SCIENTISTS 67 8. SOCIOLOGISTS 73 9. LANGUAGE OCCUPATIONS 81 iO LAWYERS, JUDGES, PARALEGALS, LEGAL SECRETARIES, AND COURT REPORTERS 99 MUSEUM WORKERS 119 PHILOSOPHERS 133 OCCUPATIONS IN RELIGION 139 SPECIAL LIBRAR ANS 151 APPENDIX - HUMANITIES-OCCUPATIONS 155- I. HUMANITIES OCCUPATIONS AN INTRODUCTION are the Humani ies? f humanitie\help us define -"what'it means to be human," If you have a ready.answer to what is a humanities occupation? this question, many of thena- tion's leading Scholars would Defining Humanities Occu ations like to hear from you. "Defin- tng:the Humanities" has been-the The U.S. Office of Education, subject of debate and discussion . which sponsored the research and for many years. A universally writing of this book, groups occu- accepted definitionllas not-yet pations into clusters, Or groups 'been found. It is agreed that of occupations, requiring similar people or "humanTeingS" are the interests and abilities. Some central concern of the humanities-. examples Of clusters are: Con- '.Many see, the humanities as the struction OccUpations, Transporr study of "what is means to be tation Occupations, Public Service human." Occupations, Arts and Humanities Occupations. I 'would understandthe As of 1971, the Humanities humanities as giv.ing each ope of us 'somesu'ilderstandipg cluster includeecinly two (lan- of who we are individually,' guages and history) from our pres- ent list. where we!ve been, who we are Then, Congress created flow and where we're golng... the National Endowment for the Humanities. Public Law 89-209 s1 Dr..Johh Knowle includes in the humanities,: [Humanities is]....the.record Language, both modern and 'of man's search,tor answers classical; linguistics, liter- 'to the.questions that never ature; history; jurisprudence; go ou-Lof style, questions phi.losophy; archeology; com- about... man's relationship parative religion; ethics; to man and 'God, onels.own the history, critioism, theo y identity. and practice of the arts; 2 , Copeiand- 1 -Dr. John Knowles in "The State of o,he Humanities," Chan Summer 1975, p. 41 2Evelyn M. Copeland,:itiliJoi,March, 1905, p.183 Sonic Definitions humanittic method; and the _ study and application of' the humanities to thi,cur- In discussing the Humanities occu- rent conditions of national Tational cluster,.we.use the terms "occupation," "field,"- "job." In this Guidebook you will also,see We have uSed Congress' list of the words "career," "setting," humanities fields as the base for and-"task"Aised often. r the Humanities occupations de- When you think of a "career" you scribed in this Gilidebobk The may think of a one-jbb, full-time accompanying chart Shows the oc- profession:: a career in law,,a cupational fields currently in eareer in medicine, a career in :the Humanities Occupational Clus, education, etc.. Would you include ter, The HumanitieA occupations a person's part-time hospital vol- are all "people-centered."They unteer job as part of his/her focus on people as individuals career? -Would you consider a stu- -They helplus to :and in,groups. dent's night-time waitressing job define, understand, and -deal with Tart of a careei? Well, we would. our relationships-to, each other . and to the world we have.struc- Here' are definitions of some tured for-ourselves. terms used throughout the Guidebook. We left out .psychology and Career All the work, paid or social work because they are not unpaid, full-time or part- considered a,"humanities" field time, that a person does by people Working in the field. in a-lifetime. Some occupations-havobeen omit- ted because:they are included in Occu ation - a group of related other occupational clusters. Be- activities or tasks which are cause our aim is to acquaint stu- a person's "title." (What dents: withos many occupations is - is your occupation? I am,a possible, %,e have also added to teacher. am aR economist. the listapproved by Conkress. I am an historian:) .Sooial sciences Were. added. Edu-7-, Job - usually