Developed to provide seventh and eighth grade students information about careers in the environment occupational cluster, this booklet may be used to integrate career information with various subject areas. (It is one of several student booklets developed for use in the Ohio Career Orientation Program at grades 7 and 8 to assist students in making…

This competency-based prevocational exploration curriculum in agribusiness and natural resources is divided into the following eight areas: agricultural business (sales); animal science (health and grooming); horticulture (grafting and budding); agricultural products (grading eggs); plant science (germination); soil science (soil acidity and…

Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of 10 terminal objectives in this junior high school power and transportation course guide. Each objective also includes learning steps and suggestions for supplementary instructional aids. The overall focus is on the concepts of industrial…

This curriculum guide accompanies a business ownership and management curriculum designed for the prevocational and exploratory grade levels (grades 7-9). An explanation of the need for such a curriculum, an overview of the curriculum, and instructions for using this guide are included in the three introductory sections. Major content consists of…

Most of the document is a teacher's guide for an eighth grade course in career education, in use at Cal Young Junior High School, Eugene, Oregon, emphasizing small group work. The five main parts of the course are: (1) career corner, a multimedia career information center for student job studies, (2) life career, a life planning simulation game,…

The study unit is intended for use by teachers in an exemplary project in career education in Bridgeport, Connecticut for the school year 1973-1974. It consists of three complete units each for the kindergarten through grade 8 levels with five career clusters identified for grades 6, 7, and 8. The units for use at the kindergarten level focus on…

Seven fundamental developmental needs in the culture and in child development are seen as sustaining career education goals, with career education programs helping each student meet them: (1) mastering requirements for physical wellbeing; (2) understanding physical and emotional changes; (3) accepting the self; (4) accepting, understanding, and…

A program to develop career aspirations in middle school students has been implemented in the Philadelphia Public Schools and is entitled "Give Our Children Room to Grow." It utilizes a series of teacher guided projects; dialogues with resource persons from industry, business, and upper schools; field trips; pupil created projects; and…

Designed as a 6- to 9-week unit of instruction at the middle or junior high school level, this course offering represents a segment of a comprehensive course in orientation to vocational occupations. (When this comprehensive course is completed, a student may enroll in one or more of the three elective courses in distributive education providing…

The four learning packages for exploratory career education are designed for use at the seventh and eighth grade levels. Each unit includes coordinated teacher and student editions. The units are: Culinary Cubs, focusing on occupations in the areas of food management, production, and services, with special reference to dietitians; Mini Nursery,…

These four self-contained home economics miniunits on career exploration are part of a set of 21 designed to provide middle school/junior high boys and girls opportunities to explore several areas of study within a 6-, 9-, or 12-week period of instruction. Units are designed to be free of sex-role stereotyping and are identified as level 1…

A junior high school sought to prepare mildly handicapped students for an effective transition from school to work by incorporating prework skills into already existing curricula, especially into science, world studies, and reading. The project's three components included: social, organizational, and communication skills; world of work…

A study questioned 26 administrators, counselors, and teachers at 6 middle schools regarding School-To-Work (STW) curriculum implementation. It asked about conceptual, organizational, and operational reasons for implementation; curriculum focus; student benefits; and issues and concerns. Five national associations were questioned about their views…

A survey ascertained whether Arizona seventh-grade students perceived themselves to have participated in and benefited from career awareness, exploration, and counseling activities. In total, 2,349 seventh-grade students participated in the survey administered in spring 1997 after one full year of school-to-work (STW) regional funding. Students…

This publication contains the comprehensive grades 6-12 guidance plan developed for NOVA/Region 9 schools in Maine. It begins with the Career and Vocational Guidance Team philosophy and goals. Three lists present the general categories that address the goals of the NOVA career and guidance plan, key components of the plan, and components of the…