A project was conducted to develop an instrument to evaluate the degree to which teachers actually participate in career education programs. It also identified subfactors which together comprise the concept of career education participation. Development procedures are described and data tables are included. (CT)

Reviews the development of the experience-based career education (EBCE) model; describes the development of the EBCE project at Murphy High School in Mobile, Alabama; presents the results of the project; and discusses insights gained from it. (JOW)

A program is described in which home economics teacher educators at Texas Tech University developed a training program for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) clients which utilized the resources of both vocational educators and CETA personnel. Discusses organization of personnel, program implementation, results, and implications. (CT)

Describes a project involving teacher educators and related support personnel in a curriculum change process designed to teach preservice students how to implement career education programs with a special emphasis on needs of exceptional students. Deals with considerations that must be made for staff development in a university setting. (CT)

The author discusses a career decision-making program which she designed and implemented using a pyramidal model of exploration, crystallization, choice, and classification. Her article outlines the value of rigorous evaluation techniques applied by the local practitioner. (MF)

Describes two Educational Testing Service projects conducted to identify skills that women acquire through life experiences which are helpful to success in occupations and vocational programs, and to develop materials for experience-job linkages: Project ACCESS (Assessing Competencies Concerned with Employment and School Success) and Project HAVE…

Describes the career development program at the University of Alabama, designed to enhance career development concepts of students and faculty by being more comprehensive, coordinating faculty and staff, infusing career information into the academic mainstream, establishing better community relations, providing career education in teacher…

A career education program is described which infuses the elementary level curriculum with self- and career-awareness concepts. Teacher guides and student workbooks were developed and later followed by career awareness booklets. Program elements include family attitudes and values, self-concept, role models, pupil-created activities, and community…

Describes a career development pilot program as a segment of the church school class for secondary students at the Second Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee. The program focused on values clarification, tentative career choices, and limited reality testing by means of panels of church adults involved in those occupations. (MF)

Developed and implemented through four regional educational laboratories, Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) provides secondary students with an alternative education program combining academic learning, community resource career experiences, and life skill development. Program evaluation of data from sixteen pilot sites indicates that EBCE…