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From "How-To" to "Why Do?" A Film-Centered Pedagogy for Teaching Contemporary Careers
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Jennifer Tosti-Kharas; Julie Levinson – Journal of Management Education, 2024
In the contemporary work landscape, individual workers increasingly create, sustain, and manage their own careers. Business schools prepare students to enter careers using a vocational approach that neglects the cultural lens on why students desire the careers they do and how they perceive those careers over time. In this essay, we argue that…
Descriptors: Career Education, Teaching Methods, Films, Career Development
Q & A with Ed Tech Leaders: Interview with Bryant Griffith
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Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Educational Technology, 2015
Bryant Griffith is a Regents Professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Director of the Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Program. Previously, he was Professor and Director of the School of Education at Acadia University, and Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Calgary. His research interests include situated…
Descriptors: Interviews, Change Agents, Profiles, Educational Practices
Learning for Economic Self-Sufficiency: Constructing Pedagogies of Hope among Low-Income, Low-Literate Adults. Adult Education Special Topics: Theory, Research and Practice in LifeLong Learning
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Alfred, Mary V., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
In a most timely volume addressing many of the connections among current fiscal and employment crises to adult education, Learning for Economic Self-Sufficiency highlights the problems and challenges that low-literate adults encounter in various environments. Moreover, this book presents strategies for addressing the chronic illiteracy among…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Physical Health, Illiteracy, Adult Basic Education
Education for Reality: In-Service Design for Teacher Orientation in Career Education.
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Woodall, Thomas E.; Olson, LeVene A. – 1972
This federally-funded developmental comprehensive career education program for the elementary and secondary grades in a West Virginia county is intended to provide a model for career education in rural economically depressed areas. Developed by 34 teachers and principals, a guidance coordinator, and an administrator at a 1-week workshop, the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, County Programs, Developmental Programs
A Guide for Implementation of a Career Education Program: Elementary Grades. Contemporary Curriculum for Career Development Series.
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Neal, William L. – 1972
This guide presents an overview of a federally funded career education program for implementation at the elementary level. As part of a comprehensive exemplary program with integrated activities, outlines of the following program considerations are included: (1) overall goals and concepts in career education, (2) specific objectives involving…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Developmental Programs
Vocational Development in Grades Seven, Eight and Nine. A Resource Guide Integrating Selected Vocational Development Concepts with Eight Areas of the Curriculum in Grades Seven, Eight and Nine.
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New York State Dept. of Labor, Albany. Div. of Employment.
Developed by representatives from state guidance, education, and employment, this resource guide was designed to facilitate the integration of career education concepts into the curriculum of junior high schools. Recognizing that career development is a life-long process, learning experiences to develop work concepts and attitudes are outlined…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance