Volume 5 of the six-volume articulated elementary education career guide deals with the appreciation--attitudes, decision making, educational awareness, and employability levels of career awareness and aims at developing student social self-fulfillment, career decisions, educational identity, and career placement. The lessons in the volume are…

After an extensive review of the literature concerned with evaluating career objectives, a literature with little cohesion, six areas were isolated as crucial indices of the adequacy of career education. These areas are: (1) self-awareness, (2) career-awareness, (3) decision-making skills, (4) overall school behavior, (5) career competencies, and…

This is the first interim evaluation report on the 3-year PERC Project funded under ESEA Title III. Two additional annual interim reports and a final, comprehensive evaluation will be provided by June 30, 1971. The center was evaluated by a University of Nebraska team on the basis of three proposed goals: (1) the unification of the three…

The study addresses the problems of: (1) how vocational-technical students arrive at their curricular and vocational choices, (2) how the vocational-technical experience that is offered in a vocational-technical school influences various aspects of the students vocational development, and (3) the curricular implications of these findings. A series…

This volume contains the proceedings of a conference of social scientists and ministers on "Religion and Social Change" held at the North Carolina State University (Raleigh). Five seminars were held on the topics of (1) economic progress; (2) the distribution of income, status, and power; (3) the local community decision-making process;…

The report is based on a questionnaire which was part of the Alaskan Native Needs Assessment in Education (Project ANNA). It was sent to members of 44 village school boards to determine the educational preferences of Alaskan Native adults. The method asked 6 open-ended questions: (1) What kind of high school does your village want your students to…

"Educational Futuristics," a pilot instructional module for a foundations of education course, resulted in the compilation of these guidelines. The aim of educational futuristics noted in the introduction is to increase student awareness of trends in the environment and of the impact of choices in the future, as well as to equip students…

This curriculum guide consists of environmental studies modules for grades 4-8. The curriculum, which is organized around major concepts, is intended to serve as a guide for program development and as a framework for compiling and sharing ideas on methods and application on a national basis. Each module may be utilized as an integral part of the…

The supplement, a product of an elementary school district career education workshop, has been designed to assist the classroom teacher in integrating career education into the social studies curriculum. Focus is on eight future-oriented elements or themes that promote developmental growth, interaction, and decision-making skills: career…

Project "What About Vocational Education?" (WAVE) originated as a series of in-service training programs offered for graduate credit to teachers, counselors, and administrators at various locations in Washington to assist students in their development of the awareness, attitudes, and skills necessary for employment. Results of some past…

The purpose of this case study is to provide a description and an interpretation of the process by which State-level policy decisions are made for the public schools of Georgia. The report begins with brief treatments of the socioeconomic environment and political culture in which education takes place. State governmental arrangements for public…

This case study deals with the process of educational policy formulation at the State level for public elementary and secondary schools in New York. The social, economic, and political context is described since it provides a backdrop from which to view the structure of State government and education. The enduring pattern of State educational…

Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM) is a system designed to provide a curriculum defined in terms of performance objectives, test items to measure student performance on each objective, a set of comparable test forms to evaluate performance, testing throughout the period of the course, computerized analysis and reporting of results after…

Types and techniques of propaganda and its effects on American Life are discussed in this elective social studies course for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students. Since young people today are bombarded with conflicting ideas disseminated through mass media, it becomes imperative that students become more knowledgeable about propaganda and its impact…

The authors describe an extension that has been made to and subsequently incorporated into the system known as Teacher Cost Models. This approach -- a dollar flow analysis -- identifies and quantifies the factors that contribute to dollar changes in the ON GRID teacher wage-bill from one year to the next. The methodology is applicable at both the…