Incorporating simulated job samples into the junior high school curriculum can provide vocational exploration opportunities as well as assessment data on special needs students. Students can participate as active learners and decision makers. (CL)

Success during middle school can translate to success in high school and the adult years. This monograph presents ways in which family and consumer sciences teachers can facilitate the learning of career development in the middle school. Middle level education is a unique challenge to educators because students at this level experience rapid and…

The manual presents information on career exploration for middle/junior high school special education teachers. The introduction lists eight goals of career education, including the development of reading, writing, computation, speaking, and listening skills. Chapter 2 outlines Individualized Education Program objectives, suggested activities, and…

Describes a science career workshop for eighth and ninth grade students to encourage enrollment in high school sciences. Sessions included scientists, engineers, and health care workers demonstrating laboratory activities which illustrate skills or concepts from the person's job. Guidelines are shared for the activity sessions and workshop…

The author describes components of a sex-fairness activity that he developed in his schools: OINK (Observed Interest in Negating Knowledge), an instrument to show students their own sex bias; sex-based language discussion; transparencies identifying sex bias on television and elsewhere; and freedom training, a film on nontraditional vocations for…

This curriculum guide consists of nine lessons designed for eighth graders to participate in career exploration and decision-making. Lesson 1 describes the goals of the program, criteria involved in considering life opportunities, and the value of good decision making. Lesson 2 helps the student explore his/her personality, identify strengths and…

A 9-week career awareness class in pre-vocational agriculture at a junior high school in Florida allows students hands-on experience to help build awareness of careers in agricultural production, agricultural resources, ornamental horticulture, agricultural products, agricultural mechanics, and agricultural sales and service. (HD)

The Work as a Topic of Study program is described as a vehicle for making academic study more relevant to the middle school student's future role as a productive worker. Following an argument for maintaining a flexible middle school curriculum which contributes to the social development of students, the five school districts currently…

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…

FEMME (Females in Engineering, Methods, Motivation, Experience) is a pre-college summer program for 25 bright and gifted ninth-grade females who like mathematics and science. This program, now in its fourth year, is described, providing information about program goals, operation, trips, student laboratory experiments, and topics discussed by guest…

This Joint Explorations Program for Home Economics/Industrial Arts, middle years, is a guide and support document related to the curriculum guides for Home Economics 7-9, and Industrial Arts 7-9. Developed as part of the overall revision of the Home Economics and Industrial Arts programs for the junior high schools of Manitoba, the guide provides…

This document is the second of three volumes in the kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) Developmental Guidance & Counseling Program. Volume II focuses on middle school and junior high school education, grades six through eight. The introduction defines the four major components of a comprehensive developmental guidance model: the guidance…

This document presents a health curriculum guide for junior high school students in Alberta, Canada. The introduction discusses the program rationale, curriculum themes, goals, a decision-making model, time allocations of program components, content overlap, characteristics of adolescent development, and the exceptional student. Ways to develop…

These guidelines for new and experienced educators conducting a career investigation program are the basis for revision of vocational education in Texas. Career investigation, a seventh- or eighth-grade semester course, combines vocational and business education courses and assists students in making meaningful and informed educational and career…

This curriculum is the result of a grant awarded to three North Carolina middle schools for the purpose of implementing the BASICS: Bridging Vocational and Academic Skills program that was developed at Ohio State University. The program correlates those competencies and skills considered important for learners by academic and career exploration…