This curriculum guide for seventh-grade teachers contains values-based classroom lessons which are intended to assist students in the development of (1) a positive self-concept, (2) rational thinking processes, (3) inter- and intrapersonal skills necessary for individual and group effectiveness, and (4) a personal and societal value system.…

The three year Career Education Program in South Dakota has two major objectives to be accomplished on a Statewide basis: (1) to help all public and private schools in South Dakota implement career education programs, and (2) to provide every student in the State an opportunity to develop self-awareness, favorable work attitudes, and career…

As part of a study designed to develop youth programs which would maximize social and occupational adjustment of minorities in the rural Southwest, this report contains a detailed description of the general framework and/or tentative guidelines for a Chicano youth program. Also included are operating principles for an American Indian program…

This model for a competency-based home economics program covers the four areas from the 1984 Colorado Middle/Junior High Curriculum, entitled Basic Skills for Quality Living. They are (1) Developing Self, (2) Being a Family Member, (3) Being a Consumer, and (4) Becoming Employable. A conceptual outline from the Basic Skills for Quality Living…

Designed primarily for high school students who, for cultural or psychological reasons, find the traditional curriculum irrelevant, this unit deals with the problems of individual identity and group membership. Short readings taken from various periods and from various aspects of American society are used to set up discussions of racial,…

The guide is one of a series for a Statewide career education development project in Hawaii, based on a conceptual framework encompassing grades K-14. An introductory section in each guide includes directions for users; rationale for the project; a conceptual model (areas of individual growth, sequences of experience, and components of the…

The intent of this field tested instructional package is to acquaint the student with a method of career analysis to enable him to determine whether a career is in harmony with his future employment goals. The package provides behavioral objectives, a student self-test, a basic information section, and a career analysis study to aid the student in…

Using the skills and knowledge obtained in Office Career Occupations No. 1, the students will build their skill in typewriting and alphabetic filing. The 90-hour course also includes improvement of skills in numeric filing, communication, spelling, and computation; recognition of good personality traits, grooming habits, attitudes, and…

The student handbook teaches six skills which are basic to seeking employment, working on the job, and resigning from the job. These skills include matching talents to the job, locating job openings, securing a job, succeeding and advancing on the job, and how to "quit" a job. Although it is useful as a course in orientation to the world of work…

The purpose of this study is to shift the focus of research away from problems faced by administrators making reduction in force or reassignment/rank reduction policies to a consideration of the experiences of those affected by such policies. Following descriptions of the study's open-ended ethnographic interviewing technique, the criteria for…

This teaching unit is one of a series of materials developed by the Comprehensive Vocational Teacher Education Program for the Mississippi ARC (Appalachian Regional Commission) Region to provide teacher educators, vocational directors, teachers, and others with basic instructional material needed to improve professional teaching competencies. The…

This 1972 evaluation report of East High School's Senior Seminar, a program for seniors based on the philosophy that on-site, direct-involvement experiences become the basis for learning and broadening the student's perceptual environment, includes narrative descriptions of the various Seminar learning modules as well as the results of…

The guide offers a compilation of teacher-developed career education materials which may be integrated with secondary level curriculum in home economics. Suggested activities and ideas are presented as unit plans in the following areas of home economics: family relations/family living, home management, child development, foods and nutrition,…

The curriculum guide offers a sequential, articulated, and developmental career education concept grid and lesson plans for use in classroom and guidance sessions from kindergarten through postsecondary levels. Developed by Project Green River Opportunities for Work (Project GROW), the lesson plans, or miniunits, contain performance objectives,…

The guide is one of a series of 10 units composing an orientation to the world of work course designed expecially for disadvantaged and handicapped students in the ninth and tenth grades. It is designed to provide basic and remedial instruction in personal development, math, and language skills while providing information and skills basic or…