For more than 70 years, the federal government has supported efforts to improve adult literacy and other basic skills. Many adults need help with basic skills like reading, writing, mathematics, and English proficiency to succeed in the American workforce. Congress has long provided resources to help individuals address these educational…

This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, discusses women in nontraditional occupations. It is designed to help women consider the option of working in nontraditional occupations and to recognize that access to these jobs is…

This booklet contains suggestions for parents (or teachers) who teach children at home (grades 4-6) to use in providing information on careers. The booklet covers the following topics: appreciation and attitudes, self-awareness, decision making, educational awareness, career awareness, economic awareness, beginning competencies, and employability…

One of nine products developed for a comprehensive program (kindergarten through university level) of vocational education for career development in Florida, this activities manual for elementary school counselors, teachers, and other users contains six federal career education objectives broken down into sub-federal objectives. These six federal…

The evaluation of the third year of Project OMEGA, an experience-based career education project, focused on three general areas of student ability: career education knowledge, basic skills, and competency in career areas. Experimental and control groups were assessed using the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Career Education Skills Tests, and…

This annotated bibliography describes materials available for computer-assisted instruction in career education. The materials are suitable for use by regular, disadvantaged, and handicapped students and by students whose facility in English is limited. These materials may be used for developing tests, testing, reviewing, and vocabulary. The…

This manual is designed to provide materials to improve the employment and academic skills of adults. Five chapters are included. Each chapter begins with problem-solving exercises that encourage students to reflect on the topic and recall their past experiences. These exercises provide a framework for the students to understand the readings that…

The Tech Prep/Associate Degree concept offers an answer to the nationwide mandate to improve the U.S. educational system and thus to enable the country to remain competitive in the world market. Tech Prep is a sequence of study beginning in high school and continuing through at least 2 years of postsecondary occupational education. The Tech Prep…

This first volume of a sourcebook presents a framework for identifying best practices of integrating career preparation into the community college. An introduction identifies seven domains of competency critical for postsecondary students: foundation academic competencies, education for citizenship, job specific/technical skills, career…

This book, which is intended for teachers of middle school and high school students, outlines a subject-integrated method for helping students explore concepts and situations encountered in the career world and recognize the connections that exist between classroom knowledge and the world of work. The book contains a brief introduction, list of…

The purpose of this booklet is to explain to the home teacher (or parent) what career education is, why career education is needed, and how to use career education in the course of teaching elementary students at home. The first two sections of the booklet define career education and explain its purpose. In the next section, some career education…

This second volume of a sourcebook is a collection of 46 examples of innovative practices colleges and technical institutes are using to impart the seven domains of career preparation described in volume I. A table of contents in chart format provides this information: page, identification (model and description, college), academic level (transfer…

The Youth Work Skills Program provided basic skills remediation, support services, and subsidized or unsubsidized work placement to out-of-school, economically disadvantaged youth aged 16-21 with demonstrated reading scores at or below the fifth-grade level. The program had three phases: basic education/vocational and career exploration, basic…

This document, which lists the middle school content competencies for the Work and Family Studies curriculum within Family and Consumer Sciences in Ohio, is intended to help middle school students develop self-responsibility and competence dealing with the practical problems of early adolescence. (Career awareness and career choice options are…

The Career Exploration Program was conceived to provide needed vocational guidance and counseling for adults enrolled in adult high school, basic skills, and general educational development (GED) preparation programs. The primary focus of the project was on meeting the interlocking educational and employment needs of urban adults by increasing…