The goal of this project was to develop and implement a program of career education in a pilot cluster of schools in Cobb County, Georgia. The approach fused aspects of vocational education, guidance, and a broad-based curriculum into a systematic and sequential effort within the elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Such an effort was…

The guidelines suggested in this publication have been designed to assist educators in developing career education programs based on local needs and resources in the leisure career family for the occupational groups in recreation services, recreation resources, tourism, and amusement and entertainment. The basic approaches presented are applicable…

The need for more and better manpower information is hampered by the lack of adequate occupational data classification systems. The diversity of interests in occupations probably accounts for the absence of consensus regarding either the general outlines or the specific details of a standardized occupational classification system which would…

A study was conducted to examine changes in the vocational choices of a national sample of junior-community college students. Holland's psychological classification scheme for vocations--realistic, investigative, conventional artistic, enterprising and social--were used. The dependent variable was constructed by comparing each student's fall,…

Career education combines vocational, general, and college-preparatory education into a curriculum designed to provide educational experiences that will prepare an individual for economic independence, personal fulfillment, and an appreciation for the dignity of work. Career education will be integrated in the early school years, beginning with…

This compilation of ERIC abstracts dealing with the construction process is the third in a series that identifies research and instructional materials in selected occupational clusters. Approximately 130 documents were identified by means of computer searches of "Research in Education" from 1967 through December 1972. Instructions on how…

This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the second year of the Exemplary Comprehensive Occupational Orientation and Vocational Program in the Tulsa, Oklahoma Public Schools. Data were obtained through a variety of student tests, teacher quarterly reports, interviews with administrators, and questionnaire responses. Findings…

Project CAREER is a federally funded program to develop computerized behavioral objectives which will have relevance for career education in the 15 Office of Education occupational clusters for a multi-faceted approach in teaching marketable skills. The computerized data bank will be made available to all Massachusetts school systems. One element…

This curriculum guide is designed to help students develop career decisionmaking skills which they may use throughout their lives and examine and explore hospitality and recreation occupations. Nine units are included, with each consisting of a teacher's guide and student materials. The teacher's guide includes an overview, objectives, rationale,…

Part of the Project CAREER guidance component, this manual presents career preparation analysis charts called "careerograms," visual devices which synthesize information contained in the "Dictionary of Occupational Titles" (DOT) and the "Occupational Outlook Handbook." Designed for use by counselors of high school…

Students in a multi-occupational (cluster) metals program scored higher on tests covering three metals areas than students in single-occupational programs, suggesting that, at the secondary level, general rather than special instruction in metal trades has considerable value as far as pencil and paper tests of cognitive outcomes can reveal.…

Jobs differs in ability, educational level, and other attributes required of workers such as a table listing 23 job characteristics (such as junior college required, outdoor work available, initiative required, etc.) shows which characteristics are associated with each of 281 occupations. Students can compare interests with occupational…

Diagrams the levels of specialization in electronic data processing and provides a job description for the first level, computer production operations job cluster. Data collected from computer operations managers, incumbent operators, and interviews and observations were analyzed for the job skills and educational and employment qualifications…

A program that is being field-tested at Northside Junior High School in Roanoke, Virginia, under the title, "Cluster Approach to Career Orientation," (CACO) will be ready for use sometime in 1977. (HD)

This description of the development of the Mansfield, Illinois, K-6 career awareness model program for elementary school students covers the following areas: program objectives, inservice training and workshops for personnel, curriculum outlines of occupational clusters, and the integration of career development and subject matter concepts. (MF)