The book is intended by the authors to be used as a text for a college-level course in career development; their suggestion is that the course be offered in the first year, especially in schools operating a program of cooperative education, and that the course cover the general theory of career development, the preparation of a resume to be kept…

This three-part package provides a description of the philosophy and operating instructions for New Careers training programs in Employment Security (NCES) agencies. The first part gives instructions to State agencies and Department of Labor staffs on the operations of a training project. Included are term definitions, program standards, training…

The catalog is organized to provide information (classification and location) of media and resources for teachers and students in the junior and senior high schools. Directed specifically to teachers in Powell, Wyoming, the materials checklist covers the areas of: (1) professions; (2) education; (3) science; (4) medical; (5) service; (6)…

Three curriculum units for the fifth grade level focus on: (1) conservation skills; (2) newspaper's history and organization; and (3) television's skills and talents. Each unit's behavioral objectives emphasize career opportunities within the communications, newspaper, and television industries. A chart format is used to list suggested content…

This curriculum guide was developed to provide a model plan to help public high schools and area vocational-technical schools to initiate, or evaluate and improve, natural resource occupational preparation programs. It offers a curriculum plan which can be modified to meet particular needs and objectives which are career education oriented. This…

The general purpose of the occupational analysis is to provide workable, basic information dealing with the many and varied duties performed in the typewriter servicing occupation. The document opens with a brief introduction followed by a job description. The bulk of the document is presented in table form. Three duties are broken down into a…

Integrated data processing in offices was studied to determine implications for the development of office occupations curriculums in public secondary schools and post-high school institutions offering less than baccalaureate degrees. Interviews were held with representatives of 285 businesses, teachers in 176 public high and post-high schools in…

To compare the relative effectiveness of a film slide-audio tape and a printed brochure as a means of conveying information and influencing student attitudes relative to industrial arts teaching as a career choice, and to identify those concepts and factors which can most effectively be presented by each method, an experiment was conducted…

Using interviews and questionnaire, this survey investigated aspects of the Agency for International Development (AID) training programs, participants' reactions, and subsequent uses made of training. Data were obtained on personal background and occupation, pretraining activities, actual program sojourns, and the aftermath. These were among the…

The Career Information System (CIS) was developed with the purpose of providing direct access to career and labor market information in forms meaningful to students and other clients and integrated into schools and social agencies in the State. The document discusses the information system, dealing with the topics: economics of information,…

The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating curriculum concepts in Latin American studies to curriculum performance objectives, career concepts and career performance objectives, suggested teaching methods, and audio-visual and resource materials. The one-quarter course guide includes career information on 26 related occupations. Space is…

The first 80 pages of the guide are arranged in vertical columns relating the biology curriculum concepts to curriculum performance objectives, career concepts and career performance objectives, suggested teaching methods, and resource materials. Career information on 41 occupations includes comments on what a person in the occupation does, the…

The report is one of a series which supplements overall report "Exploratory Study to Analyze New Skill Content in Selected Occupations in Michigan and the Mechanism for its Translation into Vocational Education Curricula." It presents detailed task analyses in results of employer skill requirements for chef/cook, dental assistant, and licensed…

A course on free enterprise, part of a high school career curriculum project, is outlined. Seventy-two objectives for the course are listed. An introduction establishes the purpose of studying free enterprise, a state required course, in terms of learning citizenship responsibilities and gaining knowledge of a private enterprise economy. Four…

The report is one of a series which supplements the overall report "Exploratory Study to Analyze New Skill Content in Selected Occupations in Michigan and the Mechanism for its Translation into Vocational Education Curricula". The present report presents detailed task analyses and results of employers skill requirements for auto mechanics. The…