A set of program planning guides that include seven areas (1) Agricultural Production, (2) Agricultural Supplies and Services, (3) Agricultural Mechanics, (4) Agricultural Products, (5) Ornamental Horticulture, (6) Agricultural Resources, and (7) Forestry, were developed and introduced to high school applied biological and agricultural occupations…

This handbook is designed to assist in duplicating Project LIVE (Literacy Implements a Vibrant Existence), a family literacy project. Its purpose is to share some ideas and methods of teaching family literacy. It begins with a description of a typical day at the project. Recruitment, interviewing and testing, evaluations, and graduation are…

The document offers recommendations for a planned approach to the development and appraisal of a career-oriented marketing cluster program. The suggested appraisal instrument may be used for self-evaluation or group evaluation. Information on career education in Oregon, the career cluster concept, and the model marketing program concept precedes…

A project was designed to develop a curriculum model based on salient, sequenced occupational tasks. After an extensive literature review and staff discussions, a modified Q-Sort procedure was formulated to select and sequence tasks. The procedure made it possible to readily utilize a catalogue of tasks compiled by the Vocational-Technical…

Intended for researchers, scholars, and policy makers who are interested in family-oriented education programs for disadvantaged groups, this monograph examines the Mountain-Plains Career Education Model IV, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a…