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Matteson, David R. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1977
The adolescent identity crisis involves two processes: exploration of alternatives, and commitment. Danish adolescents were assessed regarding the degree of exploration or commitment in four areas: vocational maturity, values, political attitudes, and sex role. Sex differences and problems associated with categorizing the stage of crisis are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries
Herzog, Douglas – 1974
To help schools use community volunteers as part of their guidance program a Community Resource Directory has been developed by South Dakota Career Education in cooperation with District I Youth Services System (Model Rural Development). The guide can be particularly useful when meeting some of the student needs cited in the South Dakota…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, Community Resources, Decision Making
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Richburg, Robert W.; Harward, Kathleen; Steinkamp, Kathy – Social Studies, 2000
Describes a thematic unit for secondary education students that focuses on eight themes, with accompanying activities, on learning from mistakes, such as "mistakes are inevitable, and everyone makes them" and "making mistakes does not make you a faulty person." Provides a concluding activity on the Titanic. (CMK)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Strategies, Individual Development, Learning Experience
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Jepsen, David A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
This study described the development of occupational decision processes over the high school years. The key processes in occupational decision development for both sexes appeared to be an information search strategy and an elaborate rationale. Both processes increased in complexity and contributed to confident feelings about occupational choices…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Career Choice, Decision Making, High School Students
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Stewart, William J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1990
Although 1980s school reform efforts focused on improving student achievement, they overemphasized content coverage and testing for content retention. Future secondary reforms must transcend student "production" to reach all students consistently, emphasize application of curricular content, model critical thinking and decision-making, and foster…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Critical Thinking, Curriculum
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Tripp, Amy Wilson – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1993
This article reviews literature on the behavior of deaf adolescents; pinpoints problems in students' lack of social skills, decision making, and lack of goal orientation; and offers guidelines for teaching values in tandem with decision-making skills. Six sample lessons are briefly outlined, on defining problems, predicting consequences,…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Deafness, Decision Making
Adams, Fred B.; Albright, William U. – 1980
This guide contains detailed instructions for classroom guidance activities in grades 7 through 12 to provide a continuous, sequential career development program. Instructional units with specific objectives, suggested activities, worksheets, handouts, forms, evaluations, and a bibliography are provided for each grade level. The seventh grade unit…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Classroom Techniques, Decision Making
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Johnston, Sue – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1990
Defines images that teachers have of themselves within their teaching context. Employs a grounded theory approach and interviews to study how these images contribute to curricular decision making in six secondary school teachers. Analyzes the effectiveness of teacher images as tools for connecting teachers' past experiences to current curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Research
Langford, Peter E. – 1990
Reported are four studies of the development of moral autonomy among 720 individuals ranging in age from 12 to 21 years. A questionnaire and a focused interview technique were used to find indications of autonomy in moral judgments and the justifications for these judgments. Tasks elicited moral decisions in the areas of child rearing, schools,…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1978
The activities in this booklet are designed to help students achieve the following objectives: (1) learn as much as possible about the world of work; (2) learn as much as possible about themselves; (3) develop the skill to make sound educational and vocational decisions; and (4) accept responsibility for making their own career decisions. This…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1978
This activity book contains charts and checklists to be used in conjunction with the Career Decision-Making (CDM) program text, CE 019 231. (See CE 019 229 for an overview of the total CDM program.) The text contains fifteen units which are sequenced to provide a career exploration and decision-making course for secondary school students. The…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1978
The Career Decision-Making (CDM) Program consists of two components: the Exploring Career Decision-Making (ECDM) curriculum materials and the supportive Career Information System (CIS). (See CE 019 229 for a description of the total CDM program.) This document contains the teacher's guide to the ECDM materials, which represent fifteen career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1987
This curriculum guide is intended to assist business and office occupations teachers in preparing clerical and secretarial students to function in offices whose procedures and equipment are changing rapidly in the face of modern technology. Although the curriculum has been developed primarily for students enrolled in secondary-level vocational…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Clerical Occupations, Decision Making, Equipment Utilization
Reese, Mary Jane – 1975
This curriculum guide for seventh-grade teachers contains values-based classroom lessons which are intended to assist students in the development of (1) a positive self-concept, (2) rational thinking processes, (3) inter- and intrapersonal skills necessary for individual and group effectiveness, and (4) a personal and societal value system.…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Class Activities, Decision Making, Drug Education
Sharpton, James L. – 1984
These student learning materials deal with various life skills vital to personal development. The following topics are covered in the individual units: human relations (personality traits, employer expectations, human relations situations, and job attitudes); techniques for securing a job (locating employment opportunities and developing job…
Descriptors: Banking, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Consumer Education
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