Career education program goals in the St. Paul public schools aim at integrating career education concepts into existing curricula and developing new programs where necessary in home school programs, specialized learning centers, and grades K-12. Some high schools will offer learning and occupational center facilities to students from all…

Prepared by the Texas Education Agency for use in integrating career education into existing school programs, this curriculum guide presents an overview and objectives of career education. Other sections of the guide discuss: (1) Implementing Career Education, (2) Career Education in the Elementary School, (3) Career Education in the Middle…

Describes an arts in general education program in the Minneapolis school system, its objectives and effects. Discusses the role of the teacher in implementing an AGE program. (RK)

Development of one curriculum--integrating all subject areas under specific goals and objectives--has been delayed by current schooling structure which pigeonholes information. This could be solved by an integrated curriculum based on Bloom's Taxonomy which flows through the common link of environmental education. Bloom's Taxonomy allows for…

Describes the reflective process of a group of teacher educators who examine the goals and strategies of their teacher education program. Each educator/author discusses the program from their own point of view regarding the power of collaborative reflection in the conceptualization and implementation of teacher education practice. (GLR)

The exemplary project to develop models for career education was conducted in nine Iowa schools selected for their scattered locations and for representing rural, suburban, and metropolitan communities of Iowa. Awareness of self and of the world of work at the primary level was followed by exploration of occupations in junior high school and…

In its first year, a developmental career orientation program for an integrated curriculum in the East Hartford, Connecticut, school system at the elementary level implemented a wide range of "real-life" activities, field trips, and resource speakers. Focusing on occupations in the community, this career awareness project met educational needs and…

Career education is described as a concept designed to serve as a vehicle for educational reform in ways that will bring a more proper emphasis to "education as preparation for work" among basic goals of education at any level in the educational system. Several subconcepts of career education are discussed that seem to hold special relevance for…

The publication was prepared as a statement on the position of the California State Department of Education pertaining to the concept of career education. Career education is conceptualized as the bridge to relevancy between education and work; it moves the school out of the ivory tower into interaction with the total community. The position paper…

These guidelines for developing a model for an integrated comprehensive career education program in North Carolina at the elementary and secondary levels include a mission statement, a career education rationale, a wide range of educational objectives, and key considerations for statewide implementation of the career education concept. An advisory…

The Academy for High Performance at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, Illinois, attempts through integrated workplace education programs to develop empowered workers capable of functioning in today's high-performance workplaces and individuals who are empowered in the fullest, transformative, liberating sense of the word. The academy's…

A final evaluation (two interim evaluations were previously conducted) was made of Project ICE (Implementing Career Education), which attempted to infuse career education into elementary and secondary school curriculum in St. Louis. While the earlier evaluations concentrated on the elementary level, this third one assessed the program's operation…

This guide presents an overview of a federally funded career education program for implementation at the elementary level. As part of a comprehensive exemplary program with integrated activities, outlines of the following program considerations are included: (1) overall goals and concepts in career education, (2) specific objectives involving…

The Maine Curriculum Guide for Career Education's (K-12) task is to provide Maine educators with a model for developing concepts, activities, and resource materials that will infuse Career Education in all Maine schools. Chapter One explains the various aspects of career education, covering its components, definition, rationale, and program…

The objectives and development of the skill standards movement were examined along with 22 pilot projects that were undertaken as part of an effort to promote the development of a national system of voluntary industry-based skill standards. First, the past and present of the skill standards movement and certification practices were analyzed along…