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Cox, William W. – 1973
Three elementary schools in districts of the Seattle, Washington area were the target of project EVA (Early Vocational Awareness) which developed career awareness resource materials. The document consists of two major components: sample instructional materials (40 pages) and information about the project (60 pages). The 14 multi-use resource…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Educational Resources, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Bridgeport Public Schools, CT. – 1974
The study unit is intended for use by teachers in an exemplary project in career education in Bridgeport, Connecticut for the school year 1973-1974. It consists of three complete units each for the kindergarten through grade 8 levels with five career clusters identified for grades 6, 7, and 8. The units for use at the kindergarten level focus on…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Guides

Gersmehl, Philip J. – Journal of Geography, 1997
Asserts that, to participate in a modern economy, every region needs at least one "bigjob" (basic income generating-job). Describes a mapping activity that helps students identify bigjobs in state economies. Uses California as an example and reveals that, contrary to popular opinion, real estate is California's bigjob. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business, Economic Factors, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
1980
Sixteen instructors who teach the ninth grade career cluster programs at the Cape May County Career Center produced learning activity packets which would constitute the required career exploration and decision-making activities for ninth graders. At a forty-hour workshop conducted during the summer of 1979 they developed fifteen separate but…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
Lave, Janice; And Others – 1976
Pilot testing was conducted on parts of the Occupational Exploration Program (OEP), a classroom program designed to enhance the career awareness and career understandings of seventh and eighth grade students through simulations, games, and small group and individualized activities. The Introduction to Occupational Exploration unit and three…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Evaluation

Davis, Rodney E.; Husted, Stewart W. – 1979
To meet the needs of distributive education teachers and students, a project was initiated to develop competency-based curriculum models for marketing and distributive education clusters. The models which were developed incorporate competencies, materials and resources, teaching methodologies/learning activities, and evaluative criteria for the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Broadnax, Reginald; And Others – 1978
The Interstate Distributive Education Curriculum Consortium (IDECC) was used as the nucleus in a five-part project to develop competency-based instructional systems for (1) adult distributive education, (2) postsecondary education, (3) special needs (of handicapped and disadvantaged groups), (4) additional occupations (such as marketing and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Business Education, Career Ladders, Competency Based Education
Millersville State Coll., PA. – 1980
This report on vocational training agreements and plans in Pennsylvania presents a uniform and systematic approach to formalize the relationships between vocational educators and employers in providing students with on-the-job training. First, the report briefly covers the purpose of formalizing on-the-job learning experiences, training agreement,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Business Education, Contracts, Cooperative Planning
East Texas State Univ., Commerce. Occupational Curriculum Lab. – 1979
In response to a need for quality resource materials for the Occupational Investigation component of Occupational Orientation, a project developed guides that addressed the needs of the four program components: self-appraisal, economic and societal factors, occupational clusters, and educational planning. A teacher's handbook was developed to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Villoni, Shirley – 1978
A project was designed to develop, field test, and publish a career infusion unit curriculum for grades 10-12 in the Garden Grove Unified School District. Students at one project school, two transport schools, and a comparison school formed the study sample. A third party evaluated the accomplishments of objectives for the following program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, American History, Attitude Measures
Baxter, Jim – 1997
This guide, which was developed for Idaho middle and junior high school teachers, provides a framework for developing hands-on curricula that will acquaint students with concepts and activities common to a wide range of occupations. Presented after a brief introduction explaining the rationale for a curriculum based on career pathways are a…
Descriptors: Art, Blue Collar Occupations, Career Education, Classroom Techniques