The application of job simulation to career vocational exploration is discussed and a model for developing job-simulated units, with a description of their implementation in various education programs in Utah, is presented. The results of several evaluations and field tests using job simulation units are reported and discussed. (Author)

Describes the use of a microcomputer to schedule students into a series of small group career exploration sessions. Use of the computer greatly simplified the process, and all students were able to obtain their first or second choice options. (JAC)

The Campbell County Public Schools (VA) developed Project ACCENT (Arts, Citizenship, Career Education to Nurture Native Talents) to allow 150 gifted and talented high school students to investigate fine arts careers through the experience and guidance of a practicing professional artist. (SBH)

The article describes Project Explore, a six-week, half-day program that provides special needs students from secondary schools with a wide variety of career exploration and vocational assessment experiences. (SBH)

Counselors, faculty members, and placement personnel pool their skills to create a program that promotes student career awareness. (Author)

Alumni programs involving current students include flood relief at Notre Dame University (Indiana); an Illinois State University extern program; a program matching alumni with students for homecoming activities at the Georgia Institute of Technology; alumni visits to Muhlenberg College (Pennsylvania) classrooms; and career consultation at…

This booklet contains 18 one-page summaries of programs, practices, and publications that were awarded American Association for Career Education (AACE) Citations for Career Education Initiatives from 1992-1995. They represent ongoing, tangible, replicable, and innovative career education programs, practices, and publications as well as significant…

The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology (Indianapolis, Indiana) sponsored a career exploration program for physically handicapped high school students. Each group of students spent three mornings in one of four engineering and technology areas. In the computer section, half the time was spent in the classroom discussing such topics as what…

The Iowa Career Exploration Institute was designed to plan for implementation of career education at the junior high or middle school level. Fourteen planning teams were selected from different size schools and geographical areas of Iowa. The teams consisted of administrators, counselors, and classroom teachers. The first three days of meetings…

The document, which assesses the educational and career exploration system of the Genesee (Michigan) Intermediate School District, consists of two parts. The first contains project information for the 1971-72 fiscal year, including project overview, description, procedures, and budget allocation. The second part consists of an overview for…

Lists titles and program descriptions of numerous government agencies at local, state, and federal levels which offer aid ranging from priced publications to developmental grants for career education activities. (BM)

A career exploration and awareness curriculum was established for a self-contained class in a day school for severely behavior disordered and learning disabled adolescents. The classroom was set up according to a work-stations concept in areas which included business, electronics/electricity, and mechanics. (SW)

The New Careers for Adults program demonstrated that a large number of adults are looking for, and are responsive to, a group career exploration process designed to direct people into occupational educational training programs. (Author)

An Association of American Colleges program to promote graduate student exploration of and commitment to college teaching is described. In it, liberal arts colleges are paired with graduate institutions so students have experiences making them aware of the variety of campus cultures and range of faculty responsibilities. (MSE)