Prepared for use with the Research for Better Schools experience-based career education model, this handbook is designed to assist school personnel to formulate concrete and flexible responses to the challenges of developing exploration programs in collaboration with personnel from community resource sites. The handbook is divided into five…

The interim report outlines the second year objectives of a proposed three-year K-12 exemplary career education project for southeast Arkansas. A program description and evaluation of the project are provided by the evaluator. Grades K-7 focused upon knowledge about work were more significant than increases in self-awareness. Grades eight and nine…

Based on the 15 occupational clusters, the teaching guide in career education consists of three sections of lessons for students K-3, 4-6, and 7-8. Self-awareness, career awareness, and career exploration are the basic domain areas underlying the learning activities. There are 15 lessons for kindergarten level, 14 for primary 1, nine for primary…

Specific emphasis of this handbook is on the integration of 15 career clusters into an existing curriculum for grades 7 and 8. It is intended particularly for teachers who are exploring the various occupational clusters for the identification of the various career opportunities with their students. The 15 occupational cluster topics included are:…

The report covers the second year of a three-year project to develop a career education continuum for grades K-14 in participating Pennsylvania school districts. Emphasis was on dissemination procedures to schools for the major project components: curriculum infusion for grades 1-8, Singer Carrels exploratory component for grades 6-8, career…

The PIPS (People in Products and Services) guidebook is to be used by teachers in conjunction with Career Education: An Idea Book, and is intended primarily to provide suggestions for classroom teachers for developing K-6 career awareness programs. The theme of career development must emphasize people, not just products, to make the program…

The handbook provides resource materials and procedures which can be useful in helping secondary school students progress in their education. It is designed primarily for use in working with student groups of classroom size or smaller. The emphasis of the handbook is on exploration of careers related to nine academic areas, together with an…

A program of career education for exceptional students in the leisure occupations is described. It is explained that the book is designed for regular and special class teachers. Chapters one and two present information on career education principles and implementation. Chapters three through five deal with practical teaching concerns. Behavioral…

Investigated career exploration in two studies using longitudinal design. Work-role salience was significantly related to beliefs in the instrumentality of exploration and the importance of obtaining one's preferred position. Exploration instrumentalities and the importance of obtaining one's preferred position were significantly related to…

Discusses three issues of concern in journalism: working hard to keep high school journalism as an academic college preparatory course in every state; persuading the best young high school writers that journalism careers offer them rewarding lives; and joining professional journalists and journalism educators in the movement to increase the number…

Mini-term (an out-of-school, short-term, field experience) was implemented at the University of Knoxville so students could examine the work environment and job responsibilities of a specific career. Increase in student participation and positive student comments have provided the impetus for revising the program to meet future needs. (KRP)

Described are six activities for elementary and middle school students designed to encourage them to think about careers in engineering. Instructions and materials are discussed. (CW)

Parents have a pervasive and continual influence on their children's career development, beginning with early childhood and continuing as the child progresses through fantasy, exploration, tentative and trial stages of career development, and as the child responds to the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" The child's readiness for…

Many feel that more female role models are needed in the physical sciences to encourage young women to consider careers in chemistry and physics. This publication contains 28 profiles of women with careers in physics. Each one is written to show how each woman would spend a workday and some of the activities in which she might participate. Careers…

The senior seminar course in speech communication at Ripon College (Wisconsin) helps students to draw together their educational experiences and to focus on the task of planning for immediate and long-term career goals. In its initial year, it was taught in a two-semester sequence. The first semester focused on the discipline and the profession…