The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating curriculum concepts in Texas studies to curriculum performance objectives, career concepts and career performance objectives, suggested teaching methods, and audio-visual and resource materials. Career information is included on 24 related occupations. Space is provided for teachers' notes which…

Designed to assist Computerized Vocational Information System (CVIS) users in evaluating projects in local secondary school sites, the handbook provides users with a variety of variables or viewpoints from which to assess the CVIS system. Four different approaches are presented to CVIS evaluation: the analysis of use patterns; the reaction of…

All materials which could be acquired from the five leading computer-based guidance systems were read and evaluated for sex bias or fairness. Such analysis was done within the framework of six categories: interactive dialogue, data files, the computer program, on and off-line interest inventories, audio-visual support materials, and printed…

The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating algebra curriculum concepts to curriculum performance objectives, career concepts and career performance objectives, suggested teaching methods, and resource materials. Career information on a variety of occupations includes comments on what a person in the occupation does, the level of education…

This brochure presents regulatory guidelines on sex discrimination with sections devoted to: general principles; sex as a bona fide occupational qualification; separate lines of progression and seniority systems; discrimination against married women; advertising job opportunities; employment agencies; pre-employment inquiries as to sex; the…

As a basis for providing meaningful job opportunities for the disadvantaged in health occupations, this study has investigated the current number, duties, and education and training of ancillary optometric personnel and the projected need for such employees. The study further describes the type of formal training program required to meet the…

The study is focused on four major themes: (1) A search for a population of successful migrants and the ways this population sustains the life of migrancy; (2) The continuing development in the Agricultural Economy of the large scale agribusiness and the impact of this growth on the employment opportunities of the migrant worker; (3) A detailed…

Summarized in this interim report are the proceedings and accomplishments of a career education exemplary project for the period 1972-73. Piloted in public and private elementary, secondary, and post secondary schools, the project provides for orientation and exploration into career opportunities, work experience, and job placement. Contained are…

This document presents the 1972 report on the Warren, Ohio, city school district's career education program, which was conducted in one high school for Grades 9 and 10, in one junior high school for Grades 6, 7, and 8, and in six elementary schools for kindergarten through Grade 6. Participation in the program totaled 33.2 percent of the students…

A four-month study was undertaken to prepare a plan for the articulation of those educational programs for nursing-related health occupations for which the Connecticut Division of Vocational Education shares responsibility: nursing assistant programs in the comprehensive high schools; practical nurse education programs; and community college…

The School Library Manpower Project is a five-year study to redefine the concept of school librarianship and to develop an educational program geared to a new concept. Designed in two major phases, the project is concerned with the task and job analyses of school library media positions, education for school librarianship and recruitment from…

The purpose of this study was to experimentally ascertain the effect of career information, with and without audio distraction, on the attitudes and knowledge of students whose interests are similar to or different from successful industrial art teachers. The investigation involved 201 11th grade male students from six randomly selected public…

A study was conducted in the field of auto mechanics under a research grant from the Vocational Education Branch of the Iowa Department of Public Instruction to provide data necessary for future curriculum planning. Objectives included the analysis of the automotive repair field to determine jobs performed, the time spent in major areas, level of…

To investigate and resolve some of the problems associated with developing a permanent state-wide occupational information service system for planning and programing vocational education, a small scale data bank was developed for six selected countries in Alabama. Inputs were collected from 38 high schools offering vocational education, two…

This third annual report provides a comprehensive picture of the work that has been done to construct a prototype of a computer-based Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD), the major objective of which is the improvement of vocational decision-making. The report is divided into 7 parts: (1) the inception of the ISVD; (2) its…