The teaching outline presents career education activities for grades K-6 structured into 10 subject areas (minicourses) with the rationale listed for each. The subject areas are: arts and crafts, culinary arts, hand sewing and clothing art, horticulture, lettering and layout, outdoor living education, personal banking, photography, practical home…

The supplement to the Career Exploration Curriculum Guide: 9-10 presents concrete approaches that school districts in Ohio are utilizing to implement and integrate career exploration throughout the curriculum. The lessons and units in the supplement contain objectives, learning activities, suggested teaching procedures, and resource lists.…

The packet of 10 curriculum guides, intended to aid in planning and developing materials for the introduction of agribusiness and natural resource education, can be used in statewide educational programs. The guides are appropriate for all levels from elementary to vocational schools and community colleges, although emphasis is on the secondary…

Criterion referenced, field-tested instruments developed to assess 11th and 12th grade vocational agriculture education programs in (1) agricultural mechanics, (2) horticulture, (3) agribusiness supplies and services, and (4) farm management are presented in the document. A narrative report briefly discusses objectives; test construction; field…

This curriculum guide is designed to orient students to their own characteristics in relation to agricultural occupations, to the occupations available in the broad field of agriculture, and to the decision-making process used in choosing an occupation. An introduction provides an overview of the instructional units, recommends supplementary…

The curriculum guide was designed for Vocational Special Needs Programs in Idaho and concentrates on preparing handicapped and disadvantaged students to succeed in regular vocational programs. The subjects, pre-vocational in nature, include: Living Skills (self concept, life management, community resources, food and nutrition, clothing and…

The purpose of this document is to describe project DECIDE, a business enterprise career exploration program, in the form of an implementation handbook. Chapter 1 presents the major characteristics of the model, which focuses on providing special needs students and regular junior high students the opportunity to improve their personal, social, and…

These experimental curriculum materials, from one of five clusters developed for the occupational orientation program in Illinois, include a series of learning activity packages (LAPs) designed to acquaint the student with the wide range of occupational choices available in the applied biological and agricultural occupations. The 30 LAPs, each…