Module One, Orienting Prospective Teachers to Career Education, is one of three teacher educator modules developed by Project TECE of Minnesota University. The module is intended to serve as a resource handbook for the teacher educator, and provides background on the need for career education, a brief historical overview of the movement, and a…

Describes the qualities of a good children's reference librarian and discusses training that involves both on cognitive and affective training methods. Evaluation to measure the effectiveness of the trainee is discussed, and a model training workshop is presented that includes a sample assignment as well as basic reference sources for children's…

The development of a model for career education at the K-12 levels is presented in the document. Thirty career education objectives were evaluated by teachers, counselors, parents, and career people in the Las Cruces, New Mexico, School District; they were asked to rate the objectives as to their relative importance and to determine at what grade…

A planning manual for teachers, parents, administrators, and students working on K-12 social studies curriculum development is presented. The manual discusses six problems facing social studies educators and then presents 12 sequenced group activities corresponding to the steps in the planning model. The six problems involve student learning and…

This book presents a collection of previously published journal articles dealing with the theory, practice, and research of planning. The various readings were selected to stimulate thought and action in educational planning, rather than to present solutions to specific problems. The articles include "Knowledge and Action: A Guide to Planning…

Describes a revitalized education component for consultation and education services of community mental health centers as a response to a growing public anxiety about coping with daily life stresses. A six-step model which serves as a guide to a comprehensive, systematic educational endeavor is presented. (Author)

This text is the first in a series of handbook providing methodology information for drug program planners and administrators. This handbook is designed to address the private sector need for assistance in their consideration of methods, techniques and approaches necessary for effective local program implementation and evaluation. The first…

Strategies for implementing instructional improvement programs must consider institutional characteristics, needs assessment, program and organizational objectives, and the characteristics of the instructional improvement program. Checklists, tables, and matrices are presented to illustrate the cyclical nature of the process of program development…

The development of faculty individual activity/performance agreements, a systematic set of procedures through which the goals or objectives of an institution are expressed as specific behaviors of an individual teacher, are discussed. These types of agreements also have been called growth plans or performance contracts. University objectives and…

An inquiry-conceptual program framework for social studies education is described. Guidelines for implementation of the suggested program are set forth, and a model for planning the basic sequence of learning experiences is developed. Effective teaching/learning techniques are outlined. An annotated list of elementary social studies materials and…

This resource guide provides a definition of and an evaluation design for community education programs. The author defines a community education program as a planned response to ongoing community needs which is operationalized through coordination and scheduling of locally available resources to given target populations. The following evaluation…

Intended as workshop guidelines, the model for career education implementation contains six modules which outline the procedure for integrating career education into the instructional process, and describes a multi-media approach to guide administrators through the developmental process. Module one, Preparation for District Career Education…

The Taba Curriculum Development Project at San Francisco State College developed a 1-8 social studies curriculum organized around teaching-learning units. In the process, a curriculum model evolved that organizes and interrelates five major components--objectives, content, learning activities, teaching strategies, and evaluative measures--so that…

Materials for a career development program for infusing career education concepts into elementary or high school curriculum are presented in this staff development guide. The text is arranged around four phases involved in implementing a career education. Phase 1 (Why) contains excerpts of four documents relating to change in education and career…

The publication's purpose is to suggest procedures and activities for implementing the accommodation phase career education objectives for the Iowa demonstration project. The document is a reference for teachers at the intermediate level and is intended for use in planning classroom activities to meet career education objectives and the needs of…