The project developed three slide-sound units to be used to help postsecondary school youth to determine their values, interests, and aptitudes; to identify careers compatible with them; and to be able to recognize and utilize resources that will allow them to explore and experience work in these careers. From October 1974 to June 1975, surveys…

This resource unit was written as a guide for career exploration in Grades 9 and 10. Students at these levels need the opportunity to explore their capabilities in a wide variety of occupational situations, and secondary school curriculum should provide occupational experiences to enable them to make realistic occupational choices by gaining an…

Prepared for an exemplary project in vocational education, this seven-part interim report provides instructional materials useful in career awareness and career orientation programs. Designed specifically for grades one through eight, each part of the multiple volume report includes: (1) general objectives, (2) behavioral objectives, (3) teaching…

Developed for use in Grades 1-6, this teaching guide provides 26 resource units on career awareness. Through a process called curriculum blending (correlating or relating subject matter to occupational requirements), occupational information can be introducted into one discipline or simultaneously into more than one discipline. Arranged in a…

Part of the AIR Career Education Curriculum Development Project, the series of 15 exemplary lesson units for grades K-9 reflect a variety of topics and instructional methods. The units, developed through the coordinated efforts of AIR and selected teachers from nine public school systems, have been evaluated by teachers and curriculum specialists…

The publication is intended to provide some guidance to educators who are in the process of developing career education units which will be integrated into and correlated with school subjects. The first part of the document focuses on developing resource units, and offers information on goals and objectives, on the integration of career education…