Incorporating simulated job samples into the junior high school curriculum can provide vocational exploration opportunities as well as assessment data on special needs students. Students can participate as active learners and decision makers. (CL)

Describes the planning of an English career day for high school and college students interested in being English majors that was designed to alert them about employment opportunities in business. (HOD)

Students at Walton High School in the Bronx, New York, can enroll in a preteaching academy to study and experience the role of the teacher. (Author/TE)

The manual presents an overview of the career development process for college students with language learning disabilities (LD). A systematic problem solving process is advocated beginning with job selection and preparation and continuing through retirement. Such a process can help the LD adult to identify personal strengths and weaknesses,…

This booklet is designed to provide middle and secondary school teachers with ideas on how to involve students in activities that allow them to explore the teaching profession. The ideas can be adapted to fit the particular needs of the teachers and students involved and can also be supplemented by students' and teachers' own ideas. Sections…

Describes methodology and procedures for an interactive approach to the interpretation of profiles in which few occupational scales are in the similar range. The answer sheet is used as a means of understanding and exploring the client's career thinking with counseling focusing on identification of client decision base, theme analysis, and…

The task of making a career decision can seem daunting for many young people. Careers do not always follow a straightforward, logical trajectory, and chance events can define or change the course of one's career path. Youth may benefit from a learning environment designed to guide the imagining and inventing of their future. A wide range of…

This guide has been produced in response to requests from teachers and counselors who use Minnesota Careers with students. This study guide was designed for facilitators of Minnesota Careers 2002 who take an active role in their students or clients career exploration. The guide is organized into two sections. The Facilitators Resource section…

In Cleveland, high school art majors explore art careers through a series of visits with working professionals in various fields of art. (SJL)

The importance of career education for elementary special education students is noted, the process of goal development described, infusion approaches suggested for classroom activities, and the career clusters approach reviewed. Suggestions are also made for taking advantage of school jobs and establishing a class business. (CL)

Enumerates ways in which university sociology departments can help students find out about career possibilities in the field of sociology. Suggestions include providing information on employment opportunities and graduate programs, identifying occupations of graduated sociology majors, advising students about employment and graduate school, and…

Describes three plastics projects (which involve making a styrene fishing bobber, an acrylic salad fork and spoon set, and acetate shrink art) designed to provide elementary level students an opportunity to work with plastics and to learn about careers in plastics production and distribution. (TA)

Presents a lesson designed for secondary economics classes. Students role play adults in selected occupations, create personal budgets, and make investment and savings decisions. Student directions and questions are included. (CFR)

High school students (N=44) participated in traditional and computer-assisted career exploration. Results indicated no differences in career exploratory behaviors or options selected. Students did, however, favor the computer-assisted treatment. No sex differences were found. (BL)

The establishment, operation, and evaluation of the Occu Sort career exploration kit in a university library is described. The kit was cost effective and useful to a wide variety of students. Kit helpfulness was not differentiated by sex of user, reason for using it, or previous career assistance. (BL)