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Miller, Pamela F.; Brown, Deborah K. – 1990
Designed to be used with the Illinois teacher's manual, "Vocational Ethics: Toward the Developing of an Enabling Work Ethic," this supplementary instructional information contains the following: (1) student worksheets; (2) activities; (3) assessment information; and (4) a Teacher's Trouble Shooter's Guide to enable teachers to check their own…
Descriptors: Ethics, Postsecondary Education, Secondary Education, Values
Cauley, Virgil B.; Groves, David L. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1975
A study conducted at the University of Virginia has implications for the development of a conservation ethic in natural resource conservation courses. If instruction is provided about alternative approaches and the ramifications explored (thereby helping individuals to clarify their natural resource values), important changes in individuals'…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Educational Research, General Education, Introductory Courses
Halliday, John, Ed. – 1998
This book explores educational values in the British further education system. Following an introductory discussion of educational values by the editor, John Halliday, the book contains 21 short essays organized in the areas of cultural values, curriculum, and management and staff development. The following are included: "Democratic…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Communication Skills, Construction (Process), Continuing Education
Baran, Nancy H., Ed. – 1988
This resource guide for teachers offers material for teaching money management in classes ranging from elementary through adult level. The guide covers seven key concepts in separate units: values and goals, income and employment, money management, financial products and services, credit, insurance, and savings and investments. Each unit includes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Consumer Education, Credit (Finance)
Haney, Peggy H., Ed.; And Others – 1980
This issue of "Forum" magazine for adults and accompanying teaching units for use with students of all age levels deals with recent value trends. "Forum" is one of a group of educational publications and teaching units that JC Penney stores provide for local community groups and school consumer education programs. The magazine…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Resources, Consumer Education, Early Childhood Education
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Vocational Education. – 1979
Developed for use in the Youth Development Center of Georgia, these fifteen lessons respond to a need for nutrition education and training. Lesson titles are (1) Pre-Test and Brainstorming Exercises; (2) Moods and Emotions; (3) Reasons (rational vs. emotional thinking); (4) Two Sides of an Issue (rational, emotional, and combination thinking;…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Correctional Institutions, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green. – 1987
This curriculum guide was developed to help teachers/trainers conduct classes in life skills for single parents or displaced homemakers. The curriculum guide contains dozens of learning activities organized in the following three sections: self-concept (self-awareness, self-communication, and self-management); networking; and employability skills…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Employment Potential, Females, Job Skills
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1988
This guide leads users through a structured search of the Michigan Occupational Information System (MOIS). It is intended to help the user prepare a profile of interests and preferences that will be used in career exploration. The booklet asks the user to make choices in seven categories and to enter the responses on the MOIS Search Worksheet. The…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, Career Information Systems, Decision Making
Duenk, Lester G.; Combs, Paul William – 1988
This learning activity package (LAP) on decision making is designed for student self-study. It is intended to help students clarify their values as well as lead them through the steps of making a decision. Following a list of learning objectives, the LAP contains a pretest (answer key provided at the end of the LAP). Ten learning activities…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Course Content
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1989
This manual examines the ways in which the Michigan Occupational Information System (MOIS) can be used to facilitate career decision making. The programs featured serve a variety of client groups and can be administered by teachers, counselors, social workers, librarians, and paraprofessionals. The program descriptions, activities, and exercises…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Exploration, Career Information Systems
Oklahoma State Board of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1988
This module on social skills is one of a series of modules designed to help teach students to become more self-sufficient in their personal and professional lives. This module provides teacher and student materials that are planned to help students interact with peers and conduct themselves during formal and informal occasions. Two units cover the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making Skills
Morse, Betty R.; And Others – 1987
Developed by several colleges in California, this guide contains a curriculum for a course in Life Management (usually taught in the home economics area). The introductory sections of the guide contain the following information: recommendations from the pilot test teachers, rationale, course description, goals, justification for including the…
Descriptors: Coping, Course Content, Course Organization, Cultural Influences
Oklahoma State Board of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1988
This module on human relations is one of a series of modules designed to help teach students to become more self-sufficient in their personal and professional lives. This module provides teacher and student materials that are planned to help students understand the importance of human relations and improve human relations skills. Three units cover…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques
Bourque, Janet – 1983
A project was conducted at the Lake Washington Vocational Technical Institute to develop a curriculum and provide a pilot class in the consumer and homemaking program to address the needs of persons with the dual role of homemaker and wage earner. The format chosen for the course was a series of seminars to be conducted on-site at business offices…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Collin, Audrey, Ed.; Young, Richard A., Ed. – 2000
This book presents many views of the concept of "career," reviewing its past and considering its future in an international context including viewpoints from sociology, psychology, and human resources management. Following an introduction, "Framing the Future of Career" (Richard Young and Audrey Collin), the book contains the following 17…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development, Careers