Part of the Syracuse (New York) city school district's guided occupational orientation program, the student workbook consists of information and question sheets suitable for grade 6 career education studies on topics in the labor field, including labor laws, wages, and unions; job applications and interviews; on-the-job training; and social…

The document is the first in a series of four competency-based inservice teacher education modules in consumer education. Each of the modules is self-contained and can be completed by teachers at their own rate. The main objective of the program is to assist curriculum developers and elementary and secondary classroom teachers as they plan,…

Part of the Syracuse (New York) city school district's guided occupational orientation program, the document consists of a teacher's manual and a pre-post test answer key. The teacher's manual contains forms, data, and procedures for the teacher's use in instructing grade 6 pupils in individualized career studies in various occupations. Each…

The document is the second in a series of four competency-based inservice teacher education modules in consumer education. The main objective of the program is to assist curriculum developers and elementary and secondary classroom teachers as they plan, develop, implement, and evaluate a multidisciplinary consumer education program. The present…

The purpose of the instructional module is to provide educators with an orientation to career education--its goals, objectives, and rationale. The material is presented in an individualized instructional format, consisting of a pretest and four units. Completion of the units in sequence assures a logical presentation of these introductory…

The document is the final in a series of four competency-based modules produced for use with inservice teacher education programs in consumer education. The main objective of the program is to assist curriculum developers and elementary and secondary classroom teachers as they plan, develop, implement, and evaluate a multidisciplinary consumer…

The curriculum guide contains units of study about careers appropriate for high school level students in grades 9 and 10. The units focus on the four areas of mathematics, science, social studies, and language arts. The document contains a discussion of fundamental cognitive skills and a rationale for each. The format for presenting each goal of…

The paper describes the evaluation of a packet of 48 Adult Basic Education (A.B.E.) instructional units, designed to help the A.B.E. learner read the newspaper with more facility and interest. The extent to which planned activities were carried out (process) and the extent to which program objectives for changing performance of the project…

In an effort to conform to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) staff development requirement regarding elder abuse, a learning module was developed. It was designed to be administered to an individual caregiver for the purpose of self-study or to small groups of caregivers using the lecture-discussion format. Following the…

The document is the third in a series of four competency-based inservice teacher education modules in consumer education. The main objective of the program is to assist curriculum developers and elementary and secondary classroom teaches as they plan, develop, implement, and evaluate a multidisciplinary consumer education program. The present…