Describes an industrial arts course at Parkside High School in Jackson, Michigan in which an aircraft was constructed. (MU)

The Career Development Model is a comprehensive and developmental approach to career planning that allows schools the opportunity to be more accountable to their graduates. This is accomplished by providing students with the knowledge and job search skills to help them cope with changing job opportunities. (JOW)

There is a need to expand vocational education's role in secondary education to include (1) career awareness and exploration, (2) provision of vocational skills to nonvocational majors, and (3) provision of skills necessary for productive use of leisure time. (SK)

Evaluates the third edition of the Occupational Aptitude Survey and Interest Schedule, designed to assist students in eighth grade through postsecondary school settings in self-exploration, vocational exploration, and career development. Concludes that the OASIS-3 provides time- and cost-effective methods for assessing a number of abilities and…

Australian girls (n=21) received 6 weeks of mentoring from 19 retail and information/communications technologies professionals, a structured workbook, and a career guidance workshop. Pre/postprogram data from girls, mentors, and school staff showed the program was effective in providing realistic, relevant information about growth industry…

Cluster-analytic technique classified 189 rural adolescents according to career indecision type as measured by Career Decision Scale. Resulting three-cluster solution described types of career indecision experienced by adolescents in early exploration stage. Clusters span continuum that includes tentatively decided-crystallizing preferences,…

Discusses the benefits of job analysis in encouraging gifted students to become aware of specific career requirements and compare their own personal profiles to the profile of the career. A case study illustrates the potential meaning of job analysis in administering career counseling to gifted students. (Author/CR)

This booklet, developed to encourage young people to volunteer, presents a brief, informal overview of types of volunteer service for youth and information on where to find organizations in need of young volunteers. The following activities are suggested: working in hospitals; working with animal welfare organizations, zoos, or nature conservation…

The development of a personalized educational plan should be based on career and personal goals formulated and clarified through career exploration experiences. The eighth grade is a decision point at which students need to be aware of blocks of courses that require 4 years to complete; decisions must be confirmed at the 10th-grade level. However,…

One of a series of booklets on Project CAST (Community and School Together), a community-based career education program for educationally handicapped secondary students, the guide identifies basic competencies in career development. The guide is divided into four sections according to program phase (career awareness, career exploration, career…

The final report of the 3 year Project CAST (an Appalachia Educational Laboratory adaptation of the Experience Based Career Education Model) in Charles County, Maryland, reviews accomplishments in the areas of student appraisal, individual educational programming (IEP), joint coordination and continuing education, and dissemination and…

The career development component is one of three instructional components of the Research for Better Schools' career education program and is composed of seven items. The general information handbook provides an overview of the organization and implementation of the career development component, with particular attention to issues that confront…

The suggestions for learning activities in career education are presented with the aim of establishing career exploration opportunities with special emphasis on individual review and exploration. Objectives and activities, resources, and evaluations focus on four domains of career consciousness (self and interpersonal skills, knowledge of work and…

In order to offer students guidance about the rapidly increasing field of communications, Apollo High School developed a cooperative radio and television communication program to be added to the English curriculum. The objectives of the project were (1) to utilize the expertise of the staff and the resources of Apollo High School, the Daviess…

Project Trident (an ESEA title III project at Lincoln, Illinois) was designed to develop a comprehensive career education program for all students which would unify and synthesize the various components of career education at the secondary school level. A description of program objectives, phases, structure, and implementation is presented.…