The first phase of this three-phase study focused on identifying occupations (job titles), projecting employment and employment opportunities, determining employment qualifications, and identifying clusters of technical occupations and attendant competencies. Data were obtained from 814 questionnaires completed during 483 interviews conducted with…

A curriculum guide for grade 8, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Transportation." It is divided into five units: surface transportation, interstate transportation, air transportation, water transportation, and subterranean transportation (the Metro). Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the unit's…

The correlated curriculum program (New York City schools) is a four-year career-oriented program designed for the general course student. Students explore careers in business, health, and industry during the first three semesters and receive broad occupational training in careers of their choice for the remaining five semesters. The approach is a…

Implementing the concept that there are two unchangeable factors of economic society (the dignity of the worker and the dignity of work), the handbook is designed for professional personnel concerned with elementary education in Department of Defense Dependent Schools in the Pacific Area and is to be used in all educational programs. Written by a…

Eight career development learning units were produced by classroom teachers in the Milford, Delaware, School District using the triad concept of school, teacher, and community and using career clusters as a data base for school activities to increase student awareness of the variety of career opportunities available. Career oriented activities…

Through Project VIGOR, the David Douglas Public School System in Portland, Oregon addressed itself to the objective of changing a conventional academically oriented general education system into one whose curriculum reflected the needs of all students from the primary through the secondary grades and including post-high school contact and…

We cannot afford to continue letting 2.5 million young people leave formal education each year without a marketable skill or a career goal. Career education will take time and money, talent and commitment. While the Federal government can provide seed money for innovation and reform, the real thrust and the real money to implement career education…

This compilation of ERIC abstracts dealing with the government as an administrative body is the fourth in a series that identifies research and instructional materials in selected occupational clusters. Seventy-four documents were identified by means of computer searches of "Research in Education" from 1967 to December 1972. Instructions…

To find a method for making better use of vocational interests in occupational guidance, Roe's occupational classification system was tested. A search was made to determine whether this system would yield a contiguity structure of occupations, by interests, showing the relationships between interests in different types of occupations. Three…

The recent emphasis on career education accentuates the problem of transforming and organizing information work domain into information that can be applied to educational problems. A comprehensive taxonomy of human work and accompanying measurement devices suitable for educational purposes is needed. This report describes a systematic procedure…

This paper summarizes the purposes, history, and funding history of the curriculum development program which is Part I of the Vocational Education Amendments, describes the major categories of the program effort, and offers recommendations for the future of the program. Problems in career development and management at the national level which have…

This is part three of a three-part series concerned with the empirical development of homogeneous families of insurance company jobs based on data from the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ). This part involves validity generalizations within the job families which resulted from the previous research. (Editor/RK)

A Q-factor analytic technique applied to the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) basic interest scales of 156 males yielded three bipolar factors described as conceptual, interpersonal, and volitional. The degree of fit between interests and job categorization related significantly to ratings of job satisfaction. (Author)

Researchers suggest major changes in health care to spur efficiency and job mobility. (Editor)