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Rusling, Diane E. – 1979
Six school sites were visited to evaluate the work being done there in the third and final year of the Ohio Experience-Based Career Education program (EBCE) for secondary students (primarily 9th and 10th graders). Evaluators interviewed school staff, present and former EBCE participants, and employers in the communities. Questionnaires were also…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Employer Attitudes, Experiential Learning, High Schools
Peer reviewedDzik, Anthony J. – Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society, 1992
Reports that students who might be bored or intimidated by economic geographic theory become enthusiastic when they can apply it to their own experiences. Describes a class project involving fieldwork and in-class analysis on delineating the retail trade area of a small Ohio city. Includes three maps and mathematical formulae for data analysis.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Economic Factors, Economics Education
Peer reviewedVenaleck, Judy; McDonald, Pete – NAMTA Journal, 2001
Describes how the Hershey Montessori Farm School in Huntsburg, Ohio, developed an advanced biology course, which begins with an experience-based, task-oriented approach within different biomes of the surrounding environs while incorporating high school content and scientific method. Concludes that integrating place-based and contextual inquiries…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Biology, Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning
Download full textOhio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education. – 2001
This book is designed to help academic teachers in middle or secondary education develop an appreciation of career-focused education and begin the process of designing career-focused instruction. (Career-focused instruction is educational programming in which curriculum content and learning experiences clearly connect to the world of work.) For…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Art, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development
Cordonnier, Gene – 2002
Cultural factors that influence 14- to 17-year-old boys in southwest Ohio to become involved in the juvenile correctional system include the following: (1) lack of a structured family environment; (2) lack of empathy; (3) self-centeredness; and (4) a misplaced sense of masculinity. Treatment of the whole person in correctional residential…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons
Bidwell, Sheri E. – 2000
This document, which was written for Ohio cosmetology teachers and academic teachers who instruct cosmetology students, presents projects that were developed by a team of highly skilled cosmetology and academic teachers with input from workplace representatives. Section 1 presents the following materials to help teachers provide students with…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration
Manufacturing Industries Careers Alliance, Washington, DC. – 2000
This booklet, which is part of a series demonstrating the scope of employer involvement in school-to-careers, highlights the efforts of six manufacturing employers and three "intermediary" organizations connecting workplace experiences to classroom learning for secondary education students. The introduction presents a series overview and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Awareness
