ERIC Number: ED397327
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Dec-12
Pages: 66
Abstractor: N/A
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Mississippi Curriculum Framework for Career Discovery (7th Grade). CIP: 00.0251.
Mississippi Research and Curriculum Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, State College.
This curriculum framework provides a 22-unit curriculum for seventh-grade career discovery. It provides a variety of experiences and activities that promote self-awareness, career exploration, and educational planning related to future educational and occupational plans. Introductory materials include a course description, course outline, and curriculum framework (competencies and suggested objectives.) Each unit includes the following components: unit number and title, suggested time on task, competencies and suggested objectives, suggested teaching strategies, suggested assessment strategies, and suggested resources. Unit topics are as follows: orientation; coping skills and decision making; thinking about work, jobs, and careers; who am I; foundations of leadership and teamwork; family and consumer science activities; allied health activities; personal services activities; public service activities; hospitality and recreation activities; agribusiness activities; environmental activities; marine science activities; construction activities; manufacturing activities; transportation activities; business technology activities; communications activities; fine arts and humanities activities; marketing and distribution activities; reevaluating career goals or options, and career analysis. A student competency profile is appended. (YLB)
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Allied Health Occupations, Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration, Competency Based Education, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Distributive Education, Goal Orientation, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Marketing, Service Occupations, State Curriculum Guides, Teaching Methods, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Office of Vocational and Technical Education.
Authoring Institution: Mississippi Research and Curriculum Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, State College.
Identifiers - Location: Mississippi
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A