Article discussed what the cluster framework in career education is and how it is affecting changes in curriculum patterns and instructional products. (Author/RK)

A three-part evaluation plan is presented for the occupational clusters approach to career orientation project, which attempted to design and field-test a two-semester curriculum package for orienting junior high students to the world of work. Project effectiveness will be estimated at three points in its development. In the laboratory setting…

Through Project VIGOR, the David Douglas Public School System in Portland, Oregon addressed itself to the objective of changing a conventional academically oriented general education system into one whose curriculum reflected the needs of all students from the primary through the secondary grades and including post-high school contact and…

This paper summarizes the purposes, history, and funding history of the curriculum development program which is Part I of the Vocational Education Amendments, describes the major categories of the program effort, and offers recommendations for the future of the program. Problems in career development and management at the national level which have…

The goal of this project was to develop and implement a program of career education in a pilot cluster of schools in Cobb County, Georgia. The approach fused aspects of vocational education, guidance, and a broad-based curriculum into a systematic and sequential effort within the elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Such an effort was…

To develop a coordinated and systematized program of curricular design, a steering committee met with the vocational directors of several large cities, conducted extensive literature reviews, visited several institutions involved in research and teaching activities, and made contacts with personnel in various Federal agencies. In the area of…

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…

The primary objective of this institute was to develop facility in using the process of zoned analysis for curriculum construction in vocational education. Zoned analysis was defined as a method of graphic delineation by which factors involved in an organizational or research project may be systematically arranged in an orderly sequence. The…

Developed as part of a New Hampshire project entitled "Curriculum Activity Planning for Schools," this guide provides an overview to creating a format and the appropriate components for a competency-based vocational secondary school curriculum. First, the curriculum components are identified, and directions are provided for their…

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…

Developed as part of a New Hampshire project entitled "Curriculum Activity Planning for Schools," this manual supplements the project guide (CE 021 833) on how to establish components for a competency-based vocational secondary school curriculum. The essential components for curriculum development are classified in an introductory…

The Cluster Concept Program (CCP) for 11th and 12th grade vocational education, has completed its second year. The program is designed to prepare youth for entry level capability in a variety of related occupations rather than a specific occupation. A pretest/posttest research design, with control and experimental group design in construction…

Florida's Division of Vocational Education has revamped its educational program structure. Under the new "cluster" structure, students become more widely employable than in the past, and the labor market benefits from their additional, broad-based skills. (Author)

Covering the Burlington school district's career education project for its first year from July 1975 through June 1976, the report describes a secondary program career education program emphasizing a combination of career clusters with student development plans. A sample population of 300 students from grades 7, 9, and 11 kept career folders and…

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…