Ten projects which used mathematics as a major element to infuse career education into the regular school curriculum are presented in the reivew. The projects generally include programs for grades K-12. The report analyzes the ten projects from the standpoint of whether or not mathematics was involved as a subject area and, if so, to what extent.…

This booklet is intended to instruct local high school educators on how to write a career education support unit curriculum which provides students with activities that will enable them to acquire the basic understanding and skills essential to function effectively within their economic system. Written in a question/answer format, this guide…

Career planning activities were integrated into an undergraduate semester-long course in industrial psychology. For example, students wrote resumes, generated interest profiles, wrote job descriptions which were consistent with their interest profiles, researched published sources to find out about various jobs, and interviewed persons working in…

This packet contains the career education articulation plan for the Orange County, Florida, Public Schools. Components include the following: (1) career education goals for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12; (2) an articulated career education plan specifying goals for attitudes and appreciation, self-awareness, career awareness, educational…

Describes a program in the Dade County (Florida) Public School System which developed career-related courses of study in academic subjects, namely mathematics and language arts. (Editor)

This guide book is intended for special education teachers who need suggestions for implementing career education ideas into existing curricula and regular education teachers of the mainstreamed handicapped who need suggestions for adapting their regular career education offerings for their handicapped students. The first three sections of the…

This third in a series of six teaching modules on career/educational awareness is part of the Special Partnership in Career Education (SPICE) program, which was designed to provide career awareness and exploration information to junior high-aged educable mentally handicapped students. The module follows a typical format that includes two major…

Social studies teachers can help students develop self- and career awareness by infusing career education into the social studies curriculum. The infusion method of career education is preferred since it can make the content of lessons more relevant for students. In addition, infusion of career education is particularly appropriate in social…

Intended as a guide to instruct teachers how to write career education units for their students, this booklet briefly explains how to incorporate subject area objectives with career education objectives in six steps. A sample unit is included as a reference, and a discussion of five major problems that teachers may encounter during the development…

This guide describes methods by which an educator can establish a program of career awareness for the educable mentally handicapped student using project SPICE (Special Partnership in Career Education) modules. The first of two sections provides an overview of the SPICE program. Specific topics included are peer facilitation, community career…

Presents an interview with Dr. Kenneth Hoyt, director of the United States Office of Career Education, in which the nature, progress, and future of career education in American schools is discussed. (BM)

Presents an evaluation model appropriate for evaluating curriculum-based career education programs, with step-by-step instructions for use. Eighteen tasks for evaluating the implementation of career education curriculum are noted in four model phases: writing the evaluation problem, developing evaluation design, implementing evaluation plans, and…

A model for evaluation of the infusion of career education into teacher-, counselor-, and administrator-preparation programs is examined. Its first component addresses outcomes and/or products resulting from efforts to infuse education personnel-preparation programs with career education concepts. A second component addresses the processes used to…

Exemplary developmental programs are described which attempt to deal with the problem of establishing the relationship of industrial arts manipulative activities and course content to the goals of career education. (Editor/TA)

Developed for classroom teachers in Alabama, this implementation mode is intended to provide a stimulus for infusing career education activities and goals into classroom sucject areas. It begins with a matrix showing the goals of career education. An explanation follows of the seven goals (self-awareness, educational awareness, career awareness,…