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Good, James E.; And Others – School Shop, 1977
For the past 10 years all students have been enrolled in the industrial arts program for 13 weeks each year in the Greece Central School District, New York. The orientation phase in grades 7-8 concentrates on the construction, graphic communication, transportation, and manufacturing clusters. Grades 9 through 12 continue three levels of career and…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Planning, Curriculum, Industrial Arts
Gambino, Thomas W. – American Vocational Journal, 1972
New Jersey schools offer a variety of career exploration programs to capitalize on youth's natural curiosity and physical energy. (Editor)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
Curriculum Development in Hospitality and Recreation Occupations Cluster, Grades 7-12. Final Report.
Contract Research Corp., Belmont, MA. – 1976
In developing secondary level curriculum materials for the hospitality and recreation occupational cluster the following procedures were followed. An advisory panel was established and utilized to review preliminary plans, the draft materials, and the final curriculum. The hospitality and recreation cluster was analyzed to define its internal…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials, Job Skills
Baltimore City Public Schools, MD. – 1973
Career exploration is a process through which individuals learn about the range of educational and career options available to them. The career exploration model described in the document was produced to unite a variety of programs, activities, and procedures which have been used to facilitate career education primarily in Baltimore City and in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs, Grade 7
Fraleigh, Virginia A. – 1977
A description of the project, its development process, evaluation results, and exportability are included in this overview of WORK-ED (World of Related Knowledge and Educational Development), a program to provide ninth grade students both basic skills in communication and exposure to twelve career clusters. Introductory sections describe the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Communication Skills, Demonstration Programs
Tarboro City Schools, NC. – 1977
A project conducted by Tarboro City Schools (North Carolina) involved the development of an individualized curriculum, suitable for students in grades 7, 8, and 9. Emphasis for the project was on using the most effective components of different approaches from across the State to meet the State's goals for occupational exploration, while providing…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Class Activities, Curriculum Development
Stamford Public Schools, CT. – 1972
The interdisciplinary career assessment program is an experiment in curriculum revision begun in 1969 at Stamford High School, Stamford, Connecticut, for the purpose of providing instruction relevant to the needs of 86 slow learners and disadvantaged youth. The cluster concept and correlation of classroom materials to occupational assessment and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Development
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1977
A project was designed to develop curricula in manufacturing occupations for grades 9 through 12, and to test, modify, reproduce, and disseminate the results. To enhance the dimensions of the operation a committee from Fairleigh Dickinson University and the New Jersey State Department of Education staff was formed to ensure effective achievement…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Cooperative Planning
Ressler, Ralph – 1976
The paper describes a Virginia career education project tested in 1974-5 at 10 field sites with sixth through ninth grade students. The simulation-based curriculum, Careers and You, takes a clusters approach to career orientation. Designed for a total school year, the curriculum repeats its sequence of phases so that each is emphasized twice. The…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Design
Hanisch, Ronald M.; And Others – 1978
An assessment team of three industrial arts educators was sent to Utah to evaluate the Industrial Arts Career Exploration (IACE) program. Since its inception in 1975, the program has been implemented in thirty-eight of the state's middle and junior high schools. The major objectives of IACE are to reorient and expand the curriculum of the…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Career Education, Career Exploration, Communications
Coloma Community Schools, MI. – 1977
This report presents an overview of Project CDCC (Career Development Centered Curriculum), a curriculum-based career development program for students in grades K-6. The program's purpose, approach, definitions, and model are described. The approach stresses integrating career awareness with existing subject matter as well as building into the…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Philadelphia School District, PA. Div. of Career Education. – 1976
The planning and implementation of the Comprehensive Career Education Model for grades K-14 (a 3-year project in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is described. (The project's five major objectives were (1) to increase self-awareness of pupils by providing insight into their skills, potentials, and abilities which relate to the world of work, (2) to…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1974
As part of the Career Planning Program (CPP) introduced in 1971 by the American College Testing Program, the program component, CPP 8-11, emphasizes career exploration. The document describes the program, its uses, and its development, and summarizes related research. Following the program rationale, Part 2 discusses (1) assessment components…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Missouri Univ., Columbia. – 1978
Based on an analysis of problems in Missouri's distributive education programs, labor market needs, and a literature review, this report introduces three models developed for area vocational-technical schools. Basic guidelines are suggested for specialized and performance-based programs. The performance-based programs encompass the following…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Exploration, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Education

Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1973
Resulting from an evaluation of the Introduction to Vocations Program by Hawaii's State, district school, and community personnel, this handbook is intended to provide the necessary directions and guidelines for those schools interested in implementing the program. (The program is a restructured vocational-technical program for Hawaii's high…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Allied Health Occupations Education, Building Trades, Business Education