The book contains a series of career-oriented ideas for English teachers, contributed by teachers in the East Providence Career Education Project. The ideas are the basis of the interdisciplinary contracting system for grades 7-12 in three pilot schools. They are classified by occupational clusters, which the teachers can use to incorporate their…

The book contains a series of career-oriented ideas for science teachers, contributed by teachers in the East Providence Career Education Project. The ideas are the basis of the interdisciplinary contracting system for grades 7-12 in three pilot schools. They are classified by occupational clusters, which the teachers can use to incorporate their…

The book contains a series of career-oriented ideas for mathematics teachers, contributed by teachers in the East Providence Career Education Project. The ideas are the basis of the interdisciplinary contracting system for grades 7-12 in three pilot schools. They are classified by occupational clusters, which the teachers can use to incorporate…

This third of a 3-volume curriculum guide for Grades 1-9, contains master units for Grades 8-9 which incorporate career education concepts into the existing curriculum. The career education program for Grades 8 and 9 focuses on factors related to career choice, educational planning, decisionmaking, and personal information and individual…

The rapid growth of science and technology has a tremendous impact upon how an individual functions in today's society. This experiment-oriented course encourages the student to investigate home economics subject matter from a scientific viewpoint. Using the scientific method to solve problems and make decisions, the student conducts laboratory…

This training facilitator's manual is intended to train individuals in implementing the Insights program for self- and career awareness for the elementary grades. Topics discussed in the introduction include: the theory of the Insights program, self-esteem, the basic assumptions of worth and worthiness, fundamental life questions and dynamic…

Energy lessons, activities, and materials for vocational technology, science, English, and social studies classes are presented in this manual. Topic areas addressed in the sections include: (1) introduction to the current energy situation; (2) energy conservation; (3) preparation for energy careers; (4) energy for English classes, focusing on the…

This manual is intended for use by administrators and teachers in the implementation of prevocational education courses. Section I explains prevocational education. It discusses stages of career development, goals, teacher qualifications, student selection, instruction, and essential elements. Section II contains an instructional delivery outline…

Designed to teach migrant students about the world of work, CHOICE (Challenging Options in Career Education) guides career exploration through exposure to 60 occupations in 15 occupational clusters and shows how academic subjects relate to jobs and careers. The CHOICE curriculum contains two sets of materials. The advanced set, for junior and…

The social studies curriculum activities presented in this guide were developed as one component of a total career education demonstration project for Appalachian Maryland, and are intended for use as supplements to the total middle or junior high school curriculum. Introductory material lists career education concepts and outlines career and…

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…

"Exploring Careers" is a career education resource program, published in fifteen separate booklets, for junior high school-age students. It provides information about the world of work and offers its readers a way of learning about themselves and relating that information to career choices. The publications aim to build career awareness…

"Exploring Careers" is a career education resource program, published in fifteen separate booklets, for junior high school-age students. It provides information about the world of work and offers its readers a way of learning about themselves and relating that information to career choices. The publications aim to build career awareness by means…

The result of a curriculum development project known as Project Open, this curriculum guide offers an elective course on transportation systems for ninth graders who are participating in the Career Exploration in Technology (CEIT) program and who have completed the eighth-grade course on manufacturing systems. The course, which spans two…

To help American Indian girls understand some of the many career opportunities which are available to them, this unit provides information on two job clusters; one cluster consists of a group of 15 related jobs, and the other is a group based on school subjects. The unit includes ideas for field trips and guest speakers, and it offers a variety of…