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Wishkoski, Susan J., Comp. – 1987
This curriculum is intended for use in teaching eighth graders to analyze their interests and abilities, develop an awareness of career opportunities and the world of work, learn the fundamentals of decision making, and develop an educational and career preparation plan. The curriculum is hands-on and experimental in nature and is designed to be…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Exploration, Career Planning, Decision Making
Carr, Thomas; Schlier, Gordon – 1978
The purpose of this project was to continue, expand, and measure the outcomes of a three-phase model developmental vocational exploration and career planning program that had been integrated into the junior high school curriculum. Phase I involved 304 seventh grade students. Ten sessions were conducted in which students explored the attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Download full textDuffy, Linda – 1996
With this instructional guide, teachers of eighth-grade family and consumer sciences courses can help their students create a school-to-work career portfolio and accomplish the following behavioral objectives during the process: demonstrate skills/attitudes essential for job interviews; describe the importance of academic and occupational skills…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Consumer Education, Decision Making, Education Work Relationship
Dawes, Mary E.; Horan, John J.; Hackett, Gail – 1997
A study evaluated experimentally a technology education program designed to provide mastery experiences described in Bandura's self-efficacy theory (1986) and predicted to improve career decision making. Seventh graders (n=97) and eighth graders (n=72) were stratified on grade level and randomly assigned either to a commercially published…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Ansbro, William; And Others – 1977
Based on the occupational clusters designated by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, this curriculum guide presents a career exploration program for junior high and middle school students. The program, presented in eighty-minute weekly sessions, is designed as an alternative activity in which students can elect to explore a wide…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Business, Career Awareness, Career Education
Frederick County Board of Education, MD. – 1983
This curriculum guide contains materials for use in implementing a nine-week introductory unit designed to help eighth grade students in Frederick Courts Middle School understand career choices. Addressed in the course are the following topics: resources typically found in a career center, assessing individual interests, career clusters, the…
Descriptors: Career Centers, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration
