Creating more differentiated, specialized work roles within teaching can be viewed as a response to a structural lag in school systems. Organizationally, differential staffing attempts to correct inefficient use of human resources by providing a more individualized program to maximize the use of teacher talent. This paper discusses aspects of…

The major reason men and women become dissatisfied is they did not know the right questions to ask when they initially started looking for a career, and consequently received misguided and/or incorrect answers. "Careerism," a new approach to the subject of career opportunities, "put it all together" and "tells it like it…

The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating curriculum concepts in American history to curriculum performance objectives, career concepts and career performance objectives, teaching methods, and resource materials. The three quarter course also presents occupational information on 61 different occupations including job duties, educational…

The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating curriculum concepts in earth science to curriculum performance objectives, career concepts and career performance objectives, suggested teaching methods, and resource materials. The course for eighth graders attempts to place the curriculum concepts in order of increasing difficulty. Occupational…

This teacher's guide is one of a series of publications focusing on the occupational preparation of persons with special education needs. The material was developed and tested by cooperating teachers over a period of three years. Task analysis information is presented using occupational descriptions from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles,…

This teacher's guide is one of a series of publications focusing on the occupational preparation of persons with special education needs. The material was developed and tested by cooperating teachers over a period of three years. Task analysis information is presented using occupational descriptions from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles,…

An overview is provided of the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE). MISOE is described as an interactive, computerized information system designed to be prototypical for the statewide management of education and to help managers at all levels better understand, through numerical analysis of past experience, the causal…

Publications in this annotated bibliography were selected to cover subject matter relating to the world of work and the broader socioeconomic environment in which man works and lives. Its readings and references deal with the content of world-of-work economic education rather than with teaching strategies and techniques. The bibliography is basic,…

In this publication, the teacher's responsibilities in career education have been delineated from an examination of past and present teacher's roles as well as selected programs which directly and indirectly define the teacher's responsibilities. Some of these responsibilities include: (1) assessing needs, (2) commitment to career education goals,…

This materials preparation guide is one of seven publications designed to implement the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) program which uses televised, mobile classroom, and parent instruction to educated 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. The materials production team which provides all the basic materials for the program is described. Materials…

The project had three goals: to increase the supply of elementary counselors in North Carolina, to provide guidance services to seventeen elementary schools in a satisfactory manner so the program would be adopted after expiration of the project, and to provide systematic guidance services for children in grades one through six. Four full time…

This study compares the effectiveness of the computer-based Occupational Information Access System (OIAS) with the Lane Community Counseling Center, Eugene, Oregon, in terms of their abilities to deliver occupational information to 1970-71 students. Cost models were developed for both. Research findings include: (1) OIAS rated "good" and the…

Since the 1968 Vocational Education Amendments there has been increased emphasis on programs of world of work orientation and exploration for elementary and secondary students. In order to identify the problems facing these programs and the methodological approaches used in their development, this review emphasizes school responsibility in setting…

This report reviews and interprets activities carried out at the Center for Studies in Education and Development, Harvard Graduate School of Education, in support of the Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD) over a three year period. Included here are the contents, development, use so far, and potential of three specific datafiles…

The purpose of this report is to provide the Washington County School System in Maryland with current information on the local labor market. Intended to aid work-study coordinators, teachers, and administrators in providing information for students on occupational guidance and career exploration, this resource guide includes pertinent data on…