Background: The field of collaborative biostatistics plays a critical role in translating scientific discoveries into practical applications by providing sound statistical analysis, ensuring data integrity, and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration in translational science and decision-making in healthcare. The role of a collaborative…

In traditional preservice teacher education programs, education courses are "add-ons" to science content courses. As a result, future teachers are taught the importance of authentic inquiry and constructivism, but they may never learn science in the way they are expected to teach it. University of California San Diego's California Teach…

An interdisciplinary approach to STEM has huge benefits in terms of engaging young people and increasing their awareness of the opportunities that STEM skills can provide. However, planning a whole-school approach to STEM education can be challenging. This article gives case studies of two recent projects in STEM education and introduces two…

The article describes one teacher's innovative attempt to involve 10 visually impaired adolescents in a public day school in "Career Month," an activity to assist them in making realistic career choices. (Author/CL)

The Purdue Mentor Program uses role models for higher-level occupations in business, professions, or management for gifted and talented children in grades 4-12. Students have an opportunity to learn about fields which fit their talents. (CL)

Presents a definition of career education/CETA coordination and its components (statement of purpose, relationship of career education to the total education system, impact produced, needs of clients, and support of the schools); and describes stages of the coordination process (awareness, exploration, and preparation). (CT)

The manual is intended to help educators of hearing impaired students interested in infusing career education into the existing curriculum. An introductory section explains the Comprehensive Career Education Matrix (CCEM), a model whose eight elements (self-awareness, educational awareness, career awareness, economic awareness, decisionmaking,…

Summarizes some of the technical and professional challenges that engineers have overcome as they endeavor to clarify the image of engineering as that of a profession. Recommends educational changes to assure societal leadership from engineers. (CS)

Describes development of an enterprise education program at the University of Lancaster. Includes the development of business/enterprise awareness, acquisition of transferable personal skills useful in subsequent employment, and completion of a project in a working environment. Concludes that success of the program will depend on how it is…

Focuses on the following aspects of the WENDI (Women's Education Development Incentive) program at Brevard Community College (Florida): its history, objectives, service population, emphasis on introducing careers in nontraditional fields, and specific aspects of the delivery system. Relates the program to various studies of women's programing.…

A proposed career education program in the Clark County, Nevada, school district is described, based on the following components: career awareness at the elementary school level; greater awareness and investigative and exploratory experiences at the intermediate level; continued exploratory experiences, curriculum for a purpose, and correlated…

Describes the benefits of community-based career education and offers suggestions on setting up a program. Discusses locating and recruiting community resources, placement of students in the community site, follow-up interviews and other liaison activities which help students apply academic knowledge, test the feasibility of plans and develop…

A career education program is described which infuses the elementary level curriculum with self- and career-awareness concepts. Teacher guides and student workbooks were developed and later followed by career awareness booklets. Program elements include family attitudes and values, self-concept, role models, pupil-created activities, and community…

Technology is and will continue to be a driving force in the United States economy. The U.S. Department of Labor (2003) projects computer and data processing services to be the fastest growing segment of the economy between the years 2000-2010. A study by the National Association of Manufacturers (2001) indicates that more than 80 percent of…

Suggests several ways that school counselors can introduce aging education to students. In 11 articles, the author deals with developmental aspects of aging, student attitudes, counseling techniques, death education, and the value of leisure. Suggests teaching techniques and information sources. (JAC)