The handbook contains curriculum objectives, suggests directed activities for the United States Dependent Schools in the European Area (USDESEA) Cooperative Work Experience Program, and provides information and guidance for instructor/coordinators and supporting staff. Designed chiefly for small group instruction, the activities can also be…

Radical educational change cannot take place in isolation from societal change. American schools see themselves as agents of the society, charged with transmitting the values and behaviors considered central to the maintenance of society. Critics of this functional view of socialization suggest schools should be instruments of radical change.…

This report presents data pertaining to 13 different project objectives grouped by student, teacher, and community objectives. Student objectives covered self-initiated learning, competency in verbal and math skills, attitudes toward the alternative school, involvement in decisionmaking, community involvement, evaluation, self image, and students…

The document presents an overview and rationale for implementing career education programs in Louisiana and provides a loose structure wherein parishes can develop programs suited to their needs. Specific career education goals and objectives that were considered to be desirable for students to attain were identified and evaluated in a series of…

The guide is one of a series for a statewide career education development project in Hawaii, based on a conceptual framework encompassing grades K-14. An introductory section in each guide includes directions for users; rationale for the project; a conceptual model (areas of individual growth, sequences of experience, and components of the…

Developed by the Cincinnati Public Schools as part of a project designed to provide career orientation for students in grades 7 and 8, this manual is designed to provide activities and information concerning the infusion of seven career developmental areas in the curriculum. These developmental areas include self, individual and environment, the…

Brief analyses are provided of presentations at a conference, held at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, which addressed questions and answers relating to research and education. Conference sessions explored the role of research in relation to educational practices with special focus on theory, research, issues, and application. Papers…

The project's goal was to enhance the outside evaluation of the Opportunities Industrialization Center's Career Intern Program (CIP) with supplementary, criterion-referenced assessment measures identified through a literature review and an analysis of CIP's goals. The review (presented separately) referred to over 100 programs of dropout…

The specific purpose of the curriculum guide is utilization in industrial arts and home economics of part of the junior high phase of the SPAN Project--An Accelerated Project for a System Program Approaching Non-Unemployment of Vocational Students, or "Start Planning Ahead Now". The document is designed to assist the teacher in providing…

A total of 29 primary school head teachers, advisers, trainers, and specialists in career- and work-related learning met to discuss the role of career-related learning in primary schools in the United Kingdom. The discussion centered on the following topics: potential benefits of career-related learning in primary schools; rationale for, and good…

Explores the strengths and weaknesses of the five main philosophical positions currently found in school sex education. Argues that valid sex education promotes rational sexual autonomy, requires pupils to consider the needs and wishes of others, and occurs within a moral framework. Suggests teachers adopt a supportive but neutral position. (MJP)

The paper discusses the theoretical basis of elementary social studies curriculum. Using a categorization tool developed by Eisner and Vallance, the author examines recent elementary school social studies literature in order to determine the underlying of curriculum philosophies. Five philosophical positions are revealed. The first, academic…

The teacher-developed curriculum guide provides integrated career education concepts for use in the elementary, middle, and secondary grades. Organized according to grade level, it suggests enrichment activities based on four concepts: self-awareness, career awareness, career exploration, and decision-making. The elementary level focuses on…

Intended for the ninth grade, the level 2 career exploration curriculum guide focuses more closely on occupational clusters that have been selected by the student on the basis of interests, aptitudes, and abilities. Orientation to decision making acquaints the student with factors to consider when making more definite career choices. Units based…

The Wheeling Housing Authority in Wheeling, West Virginia, conducted two residential programs to help women living in public housing develop economic self-sufficiency. The Learning Independence from Employment (LIFE) program was an intensive 3-week program designed to accomplish the following objectives: improve participants' communication skills…