Several career exploration workshops for nine teams of junior high school teachers, counselors, and administrators were held to: (1) provide an opportunity to learn about and develop skills applicable to the career exploration process, (2) assist the teams in the creation of career exploration program plans for their own schools, and (3) supervise…

Lists five functions that should be executed in order to carry out a successful career exploration program for junior high and/or middle school students. (SB)

The community experience program at Boston University, designed to provide services to students and faculty in the areas of field education, career exploration, and voluntary action, is described. The staff's understanding of formal and informal systems was the key to successful program development. (MLW)

To provide an opportunity for pharmacy students to acquire a better understanding of the medical service representative's functions as a member of the pharmaceutical industries' marketing force, a practice experience elective course in pharmaceutical sales was developed at the University of Cincinnati. Course planning and implementation are…

Describes the planning, development, status, and instructional materials used in a career awaremess program in agribusiness in Chillicothe, Missouri. The four classes in the program and the results of an appraisal are also described. (HD)

Research points to the increasing importance of career exploration as a component of effective guidance programs in the transition years. For such programs to be successful, however, they must be part of a guidance program which involves the total school staff and works in collaboration with the school board and community. (Author/LKS)

Activities undertaken by the Amity school district to accomplish its six goals to infuse career education materials into the curriculum at the awareness, exploratory, and preparation educational levels are briefly described: to develop and initiate a career guidance program 1-12 for small schools; to develop and initiate Downtown Math and Language…

A career exploration program provided a group of twenty-five academically and/or socioeconomically handicapped New Haven, Connecticut, high school students with career guidance, classroom instruction, and exploratory work experience in area businesses and agencies. In their junior year participants were placed in an eight-week careers course…

Prepared for use with the Research for Better Schools experience-based career education model, this handbook is designed to assist school personnel to formulate concrete and flexible responses to the challenges of developing exploration programs in collaboration with personnel from community resource sites. The handbook is divided into five…

Designed to provide for the improvement of student career development through group guidance instruction, the career guidance component is one of three instructional components of the Research for Better Schools' career education program and is composed of four items. The general information manual provides background information, the rationale…

The guide suggests cocepts and goals for career education and describes career development. It is based on an already existing career education program in Bingham County, Idaho and is intended for use in planning, developing, and implementing a program. The guide defines career education concepts and makes recommendations for implementing these…

The report covers the second year of a three-year project to develop a career education continuum for grades K-14 in participating Pennsylvania school districts. Emphasis was on dissemination procedures to schools for the major project components: curriculum infusion for grades 1-8, Singer Carrels exploratory component for grades 6-8, career…

This report is addressed principally to college personnel who may have direct program responsibilities or who may otherwise have an impact upon the development of cooperative education. The aim of this report is twofold: first, to describe the research undertaken by the staff of Northeastern University Cooperative Education Research Center…

The PIPS (People in Products and Services) guidebook is to be used by teachers in conjunction with Career Education: An Idea Book, and is intended primarily to provide suggestions for classroom teachers for developing K-6 career awareness programs. The theme of career development must emphasize people, not just products, to make the program…

This document contains several short papers which cover various aspects of career education. The need for and elements of career development programs are discussed by R.M. Worthington in "Career Development for All," while G. Law, Jr., defines simulations, discusses their advantages, and presents examples in "Simulations and Career…