The entrepreneurial development and experiential education environments of Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama, are described. The college-owned industries of the dairy, farm, garment and linen service, bakery, food manufacturing, convenience store, and snack bar are discussed in terms of markets and marketing, permissions and protections,…

The purposes of this study were to assess the status of recruitment, preparation, certification, and retention practices and procedures concerning day trade teachers, and to assess the effectiveness of these practices as expressed by day trade teachers, local administrators, and state administrators in the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,…

Thirty-two deaf retarded patients were diagnostically assessed for speech and hearing, intellectual function, academic achievement, and medical status. Eight of the patients served as controls and 24 received 18 to 24 months of special training in communication skills, shop experience, physical education, and homemaking. Twelve of the 24 also…

To depict the current status of vocational education state leadership personnel in terms of policies, numbers, education, and experience, a five-part questionnaire was utilized in 31 states to: (1) determine the existence and content of professional personnel policies and their effects on the operation of state divisions of vocational education,…

Objectives of a career education research and development program were to reduce student absenteeism and dropout rates in seven Baltimore schools (four elementary, two junior high, and one high school) by initiating and developing career awareness at the elementary level; providing occupational information, personal development, and career…

Technical notes are presented from a study that examined the degree to which cooperative education is a viable educational and/or financial aid mechanism for institutions of higher education to adopt. This volume gives graphs and tabular data on cohort selection, construction of net benefit streams (including graduate earnings and student…

The report examines the use of student activity sheets in evaluating the performance of students in the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program. All activity sheets completed during the second semester of 1972-73 for selected participants in the following subject areas were examined and are analyzed…

The evaluation summary covers the first year's operation of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program. The report's first section describes the student, employer-related, and parent-related goals of the program; program operation and costs; and replication concerns (transportation, costs per…

The guide, developed to assist administrators and teachers involved in starting and administering public service career education programs, suggests guidelines for utilizing the six curriculum guides contained in the Public Service Occupations Curriculum Project. An introductory chapter discusses public service careers, the career education…

A selection of 26 operational linkage programs are described in the supplemental document, providing career education practitioners with examples of program development and operation in the area of school-work relationships. The programs are grouped under four categories and in terms of their relationship between education and work: (1)…

The trainer-directed manual describes a 45-minute school staff orientation session of not more than 30 participants discussing why people work and the influential role school can play in formulating student perceptions of work. The purpose, activities, outcomes, duration, setting, resources needed, and presession activities and preparation are…

During the 1974-75 school year, the Owensboro-Daviess County middle and high schools engaged in developing an exemplary program in human relationships and occupational competencies. The purpose of the program was to provide classroom instruction and exploration-placement activities that would enable the student to gain knowledge about himself in…

The theme for the proceedings of the conference is "Technical Education--A Continuing Search for Quality." The topics of the 10 papers included in the proceedings covered the search for quality, technical teacher training, effective student counseling, educational management by objectives, educational management through joint participation with…

The handbook contains curriculum objectives, suggests directed activities for the United States Dependent Schools in the European Area (USDESEA) Cooperative Work Experience Program, and provides information and guidance for instructor/coordinators and supporting staff. Designed chiefly for small group instruction, the activities can also be…

The curriculum report describes the Experience-Based Career Education project (EBCE) that is attempting to foster productive relationships between school and community and to meet the personal and occupational needs of high school students. The four project centers are: Far West School (Oakland, California), the Academy for Career Education…