A discussion is provided of the contributions of the study of the humanities towards the improvement of community college occupational education. After section I provides background information on the creation of a Shared Vision Task Force by the National Council for Occupational Education (NCOE) and the Community College Humanities Association…

This document is the second volume of the Louisiana curriculum guide for teaching a one-semester course in child and adolescent development in grades 10-12. This volume presents basic information regarding the development of children from infancy through school age, including prenatal development. Many lessons of the volume's five major units also…

This instructor's guide and student activity packet (together with a slide/tape presentation not available here) comprise a module for the postsecondary office occupations education competency area of making decisions and setting priorities. Modules for other competency areas are available separately. The purpose stated for the module is to help…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit provide the eighth grade junior high school student with steps he can utilize in problem solving. The two-hour unit is designed for team presentation involving counselors (when they are available) working with teachers. Instructional sequences are outlined in terms of goal statements, performance…

This evaluation of the Washington, D.C. Public Schools Career Education Project investigated student self concept, student relationships with the world of work, student attitudes toward career davelopment, decision making skills, educator attitudes, and community involvement. The project was designed for inner city students in all grade levels.…

This facilitator's manual consists of guidelines and materials for use in conducting a workshop dealing with three management basics for minority women--communication, decision making, and interpersonal skills. Covered in the first half of the manual are the following aspects of implementing the workshop: background on the need for and development…

Integrating concepts of basic citizenship education with community involvement, this experiential curriculum provides a means for developing decision making and critical thinking skills within the existing social studies curriculum at the kindergarten level. Consisting of 11 lessons, the guide, written in Spanish, introduces the meaning of rules,…

The Citizen Me Level Six guide incorporates the project's goal of providing a curriculum which integrates concepts of basic citizenship education with community involvement through gaining an understanding of rights, liberties, and obligations of citizens, developing an awareness of outcomes identified in crime and drug education, understanding…

The Penasco School System's Career Education Program (PENCEP) in New Mexico is being evaluated over a three-year time span. Second-wave data collection (reported here) took place during the third semester of PENCEP's operation, midpoint in its development. A school site similar to Penasco but which has no formal, externally funded career education…

To determine the effectiveness of the Appalachian Maryland Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) Project in meeting its aims and objectives, a third-party evaluation was conducted for 1977-78. Forty students in grade 12 participated in the project, spending four days a week at selected career sites and a day at the EBCE Learning Center…

This junior high school career education curriculum guide contains lesson plans intended to serve as a basis for a nine-week minicourse in career education. Sixteen lesson plans are included in the guide: (1) Social Security, (2) A Career Is Calling, (3) Stereotyping, (4) Values Clarification, (5) Decision-Making, (6) Aptitude Tests, (7) Career…

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;…

This document provides teaching guidelines and student material for a unit intended for use in fifth and sixth grade social studies and economics programs. Time allotment is from four to six hours. The objectives are to help students identify the difference between wants and needs, to distinguish between items that are scarce and abundant, to…

The document contains student materials and a teacher's guide for a unit to help second grade students consider decisions that must be made when purchasing and caring for a pet. Objectives are to recognize that consumers have wants and needs, identify reasons consumers go to more than one place to trade or purchase goods, and tell what…

Written for women on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) who are seeking employment, this booklet is designed to introduce the possibility of taking a non-traditional job (a job traditionally held by men). Chapter 1 discusses the dilemma women heads of households face in finding jobs that will adequately support their families. Chapter…