Describes the Environmental Science Day segment of the week-long Math Options Summer Institute, a program providing career awareness support to eighth-grade girls who choose to pursue careers in mathematics, science, engineering, and technological fields. Considers the authentic, experiential tasks used to introduce students to fieldwork involving…

Investigated adolescent career development and its relationships to self-concept development and identity formation in 268 9th and 12th graders attending a parochial high school. Found that self-esteem and identity achievement were positively related to career planning and exploration and that female students engaged in greater career exploration…

This compendium, which is designed to provide readers with a variety of career planning (CP) program ideas, contains abstracts summarizing 10 elementary, middle, and high school CP programs identified as exemplary by a national review team. Explained in chapter 1 are the primary objectives of the Planning for Life program, which is jointly…

The definition of, reasons for utilizing, and how to utilize physical, social, and human community resources are presented. The development of a resources file is also explained. (Author)

The study compared cognitive achievement, attitude, and occupational awareness of students (varying in socioeconomic level) exposed to two different computer-based approaches (simulation and non-simulation) to the presentation of occupational information. (Author/MW)

The practicum report describes a program designed to enhance the prevocational education program offered emotionally handicapped sixth and seventh graders in a self-contained classroom setting. Major project goals included incorporating the prevocational educational skills into the daily curriculum and promoting a team approach. The program…

The manual describes the development and implementation of the Career Development Program at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). The program is said to provide a step-by-step introduction to the world of work. Nine courses are offered, with a focus on five goals: increased awareness of the world of work; exploration of a variety of…

A research/demonstration project was designed to evaluate existing vocational education programs offered at the Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI) and to provide residents with services such as ability assessment, employment or orientation, job sampling, career awareness counseling, and instruction. The project's anticipated outcome was…

This document is one in a series of monographs aimed at providing a narrative summary of ideas and thoughts gathered from particular community segments represented in a series of mini-conferences held to discuss the concept of collaboration in career education. In this monograph, the career education activities of the Girl Scouts of the United…

Counselors have often indicated an apathetic attitude towards involvement in career education activities. Suggested ways in which career guidance can become a useful tool for providing students with the information, skills, and assistance to make career plans are presented for the elementary, middle, and high school levels. At the elementary…

The North Carolina Plan for a life career development model provides a statewide framework on which to build meaningful local programs based on local situations and populations. The three domains of career education (learning to live, learning to learn, and learning to make a living) form the North Carolina Career Education Task Force's rationale,…

The supplementary curriculum guide is designed to assist elementary classroom teachers in presenting a career education program based on: recognition of student needs, integration of career oriented mini-courses into the curriculum, relation to job clusters, and development of guidance concepts and methods. Coordinated with CE 005 139,…

The book sketches the career education concepts and learning activities which have been developed for inclusion in the academic curriculum of one Missouri school, from kindergarten through secondary grades. Several learning activities are suggested for each elementary grade level. The primary-level activities are intended to increase students'…

The primary goal of the ninth and tenth grade segment of the Ohio Career Development Model is to provide experience related to career areas chosen for exploration by the student and emphasizing individualized activities. One activity is suggested for each of the 15 USOE occupational clusters. For each of these activities the developmental…