Exercises and activities for incorporating career education into the junior high school curriculum (7-9) are contained in this teacher's manual. Activities are developed for language arts (78), mathematics (28) science (22), social studies (42), related arts/fine arts (56), and guidance (19). Teaching activities are written in a format which…

The research investigated political and psychological reactance among adolescents. Political reactance is interpreted to include feelings of political alienation and distrust. Psychological reactance is defined as behavior by an individual in response to reduction or threatened reduction of freedom. A model was created which expanded existing…

The purpose of this three-year evaluation was to determine the effects of a newly designed curriculum for early adolescents. From a pool of 600 applicants, students were randomly assigned to the new curriculum school and to traditional schools curriculum. A number of measures of the implementation of the curriculum and its effects on students were…

In the middle western area of Pennsylvania, four model programs have been developed at the high school level to provide occupational orientation and preparation for the educable mentally retarded: The Community Based Work-Study Program, The Academic Special Education Program, The External Vocational Program, and The Internal Vocational Program.…

The curriculum guide is a product of the Alpine School District (American Fork, Utah) program to integrate career education concepts into the curriculum of all junior high schools in the district. The guide offers teacher-developed materials designed to help seventh grade students become aware of the dignity of work and to explore the world of…

As part of the Career Planning Program (CPP) introduced in 1971 by the American College Testing Program, the program component, CPP 8-11, emphasizes career exploration. The document describes the program, its uses, and its development, and summarizes related research. Following the program rationale, Part 2 discusses (1) assessment components…

The document is comprised of 91 career-related science modules for junior high school students, indexed by the learning activity's title and cross-referenced by occupation. The modules are intended for use in an individualized science program, either as an ongoing curriculum supplement or as a discrete unit. Integrated with the presentation of…

The document is one of seven volumes of instructional materials developed around a cluster of Transportation Industries. Primarily technical in focus, they are designed to be used in a cluster-concept program and to integrate with a regular General Education Development (G.E.D.) program so that students may attain an employable skill level and a…

Developed to identify how low socioeconomic black students perceive the world about them in relation to social and academic characteristics identified by various research findings, this study employs the research technique of using a visual multiple choice questionnaire. The establishment of characteristic statement photographs as being either…

The overall purpose of the study was to identify relationships between perceptions of vocational female faculty and vocational administrators in four types of vocational institutions: area vocational school, community college, comprehensive high school, and postsecondary proprietary school. Data was obtained from 1,404 vocational female faculty…

The collected papers deal with issues, trends and concepts in vocational and technical education. Contributors are Charles H. Buzzell, Sophie S. Hollander, Angelo C. Gillie, Sr., Ruth Midjaas, Edwin L. Kurth, Jimmie C. Styles, Patrick A. O'Reilly, Thomas C. Cooke, Charles O. Whitehead, John W. Glenn, Jr., Michael N. Sugarman, C. Thomas Dean,…

The guide aims at integrating the career education concepts of self-awareness, career awareness, and occupational awareness into the seventh grade science curriculum. Each of the units on self-knowledge, career preparation knowledge, and career planning contain goals, performance objectives, activities, and outcome measures. Unit activities…

This is a final progress report on a two-year project that developed a basic and clerical skills training system for women from AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) households that included the establishment of a company employing former trainees. The following were important components: comprehensive education; a day-care facility;…

The evaluation report is one of seven produced for the Occupational Exploration Program (OEP), a series of simulated occupational experiences designed for junior high school students. Describing the pilot testing of the simulation dealing with health and welfare, the report contains sections describing the simulation context, evaluation…

The occupational resource unit, one of a series encompassing grade levels 1-10, was prepared by the Lincoln County (West Virginia) Exemplary Project staff to provide career exploration learning activities for the seventh and eighth grades. The career orientation materials are designed to give students a broad knowledge of the characteristics and…