Our purpose in this paper is to shed light on the intricacies of designing and enacting curricular innovations aiming to enhance students' interest in science and their understandings of STEM careers. We present the design and describe the implementation of a set of STEM career-oriented curriculum materials referred to as career-based scenarios. A…

Translational science is the cornerstone of biomedicine that transfers laboratory and clinical research to the hospital bedside in various forms of therapeutic interventions. This scientific branch influences public health decisions, the economy, and ongoing research endeavors. The purpose of this study was to develop a youth-friendly…

The Australian Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has funded a rollout of the STELR (Science and Technology Education Leveraging Relevance) Stage One Project to 150 secondary schools in 2010. Participating schools will receive, at no cost, curriculum materials, class sets of supporting laboratory equipment, two…

The curriculum guide attempts to assemble select activities that represent skills related to careers in science. These learning activities are designed to give junior and senior high school students opportunities to explore concepts and processes in many science-related careers. The broad areas covered are biology, chemistry, physics, and earth…

This booklet contains a list of a wide range of job titles related to marine careers. This list was compiled to serve as a career guidance aid for high school students. Mailing addresses for information regarding marine careers are listed for 28 states. Examples of the types of scientific jobs available are described in the categories of…

Career orientation in the science curriculum introduces students to science-related careers and opportunities and enables them to prepare an educational program if they choose a science career. The curriculum guide is designed to aid junior high school science teachers in relating the seventh and eighth grade science curriculum to careers in…

A look at some curricular materials developed by the author, which are appropriate for secondary school students and a comprehensive design for a curricular program in computer-related career education. (Author/HB)

This video focuses on the duties and educational needs of a chemical technician. Many career opportunities are explored by watching a variety of technicians perform their daily professional tasks. (KHR)

This video focuses on chemical process technician education. It provides a look into the daily operations, available jobs, and background needed to enter this field. (KHR)

The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…

This annotated bibliography is a resource guide designed to assist schools in promoting the interest, engagement, and achievement of all students, especially those populations (poor, immigrant, female, and minority) that are underrepresented among students who elect advanced mathematics and science courses and pursue related careers. These…

Designed to infuse career education with language arts and science, these teacher-developed activities for grades 7-12 are based on one of seven teacher competencies identified by an Oregon task force (see CE 019 665 for the project description). The activities in this document are based on teacher competency number 7: assist students to reject…

This curriculum guide offers guidelines for structuring a course which exposes the students to various environmental careers. The guide is divided into three sections. The first section offers information about such a course: course description, purpose, credits, special or unique aspects, physical facilities, equipment, major materials, teacher…

Discussion of career counseling focuses on Careers in Computing, a project that was designed to help counsel students in junior high and high school regarding career choices in computer science. Highlights include objectives of the project, a description of kit materials, suggested activities, and distribution and evaluation plans. (LRW)

Career education is a comprehensive, systematic, and cohesive plan of instruction that provides each student the opportunity to plan and prepare for a meaningful and satisfying role as a working member of society. This guide was designed to offer teachers a sequenced program of suggested topics and learning activities in the natural resources, and…