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Owens, Thomas R. – 1980
The Warm Springs Career Exploration Project (WSCEP) is an adaptation of experience-based career education (EBCE) for Native Americans residing on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. The project served as a full-time program for American Indian students aged 16-19 who had dropped out of school, and also served as a part-time career development…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Gaither, Dick; Baker, John – 1991
An Indianapolis (Indiana) project gave disadvantaged junior high and high school students summer jobs in various departments of a Veterans' Administration hospital. The project combined work with at least 1 hour per day of computerized instruction in basic mathematics and language, work maturity, and specific job competencies. Rules were strict,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
Burden, Paul R.; Wallace, David – 1983
Research in staff development and in teacher career development provides useful information so that staff development programs can be tailored to accommodate teachers' needs at different career stages. Findings of studies on staff development have identified characteristics of successful inservice programs. Collaboration between all participants…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Individual Development
Shively, Joe E.; Davis, Carolyn S. – 1978
The goal of the Conecuh County (Alabama) project was to successfully implement into its curriculum an Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program based on the model developed by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, which integrates academic requirements and work experience opportunities into a comprehensive curriculum. To determine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Carr, Thomas; Schlier, Gordon – 1978
The purpose of this project was to continue, expand, and measure the outcomes of a three-phase model developmental vocational exploration and career planning program that had been integrated into the junior high school curriculum. Phase I involved 304 seventh grade students. Ten sessions were conducted in which students explored the attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Jefferson County Board of Public Instruction, Monticello, FL. – 1976
The Jefferson County (Florida) Career Education Project was designed to meet the needs of this predominantly low-income, non-white community. The objectives were (1) to increase self-awareness and career awareness in grades K-5; (2) in grades 6-8 to increase self-awareness and career knowledge in the clusters of Agri-Business and Natural…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Community Involvement, Decision Making Skills
Greenville County School District, Greenville, SC. – 1978
The Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at J. L. Mann High School (Greenville, South Carolina) was designed to provide enrolled students with community-based career experiences and to make the career resource room a focal point for career education for all students and teachers in the school. An individualized course of instruction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Employer Attitudes, Experiential Learning
Greenville County School District, Greenville, SC. – 1979
An Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) exemplary project was conducted for three years in four high schools in Greenville County, South Carolina, and then evaluated for this final program report. Guidance and community components made up the program's major strengths. A third component (academic) proved nonessential. The guidance component…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
Belkin, Allen; Dries, Cindy – 1978
The goals of the Oswego County (New York) Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) Youth Employment and Training Program (YETP) was to improve job-readiness posture and self-concept of unemployed youth and in-school youth. Two types of classroom training supported the major learning activity, which was work experience. These activities…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Highline Public Schools, Seattle, WA. – 1976
The Highline School District (Washington) developed and implemented a special one-year career education project for gifted and talented elementary school students based on three objectives: (1) increased perception of internal control among participating students; (2) increased knowledge of data-people-things categories; and (3) increased career…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Awareness, Career Education, Decision Making Skills
Leach, James A. – 1978
The Occupational Survival Skills (OSS) Modules were designed to offer high school students an opportunity to develop skills applicable to a wide range of jobs in the work world and to develop positive attitudes, perceptions, and motivations toward work. The primary purpose of this study was to describe and interpret the influence of the OSS…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Edwards, Judith B.; Van Dusseldorp, Ralph A. – 1977
Fifty-eight Iowa high school seniors participated in an experience based career education (EBCE) project conducted at Storm Lake, Sac City, and Pocahontas during 1976-77. The program followed the EBCE model developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. Technical assistance and training for the project was furnished by that laboratory. A…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
Post, John O., Jr. – 1978
The Occupational Competence Access Project (OCAP) was conducted to facilitate student access to (1) occupational opportunities through the provision of a guidance system incorporating student capabilities; (2) occupational opportunities through the provision of industrially validated exploratory programs in occupational preparation; and (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Career Awareness, Career Development