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)

This article discusses a project that placed over 97% of Mars' topography made available from NASA into an interactive 3D multi-user online learning environment beginning in 2003. In 2005 curriculum materials that were created to support middle school math and science education were developed. Research conducted at the University of North Texas…

A study was conducted of teacher perceptions of classroom student speaking opportunities at Cook Junior High School in Cypress-Fairbanks I.S.D. during the spring of 1995. Fifty-four academic teachers of language arts, reading, math, science, and social studies were given a questionnaire to answer according to their attitudes concerning…

Many anthropologists believe that anthropology stands to gain from devoting greater attention to history and historical questions. A successful synthesis of anthropology and history would not be difficult to achieve for several reasons. First, the two disciplines share fundamentally similar subject matters. Anthropology is the exploration of the…

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,…

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

The Detroit Urban Career Education Project served two inner city regions with a combined student population of over 50,000. These regions were involved in a K-12 career education-oriented curriculum project designed to deliver an infused curriculum approach which was in harmony with the objectives of the Michigan Career Education Model. The…

This first in a series of six teaching modules on self-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 sections:…

This sixth in a series of six teaching modules on employability skills 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 sections:…

This fourth in a series of six teaching modules on decision making/beginning competency 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…

This fifth in a series of six modules on economic 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 sections: overview and…

The purpose of the Special Partnership in Career Education (SPICE) project was to design a practical, replicable, transportable career exploration curriculum for junior high-aged educable mentally handicapped students. Six career education modules and a guide for integrating career education into an existing curriculum were developed. The six…

Comparing separate subject approach with an integrated approach to social studies instruction, it was found that neither approach taught process skills or changed student attitude; that integrated classes used more evaluative questions and were less teacher dominated; and that educational quality is related more to teacher quality than to…