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* Standards for Career Education
Includes standards for career education in agriculture, business, health, etc. Provided by the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning.
http://www.mcrel.org/careerstandards/
* Preparing Kids for Careers
This Education World article includes "fourteen simple career skill-building exercises for students in elementary, middle, and high school."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr395.shtml
* The 2002-03 Occupational Outlook Handbook
The handbook includes job descriptions for 326 occupations as well as job search and resume preparation tips.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
* The 2000-10 Job Outlook in Brief
"The table shows how employment growth will be distributed among the approximately 270 occupations or occupational groups covered in the 2002-03 Occupational Outlook Handbook. The table also gives the current employment and a summary of job prospects projected for the 2000-10 decade."
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2002/spring/art01.htm
* International Career Development Library
Project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services.
Free online collection of full-text resources for counselors, educators, workforce development professionals, and others who provide career development services.
http://icdl.uncg.edu
* Community Involvement in K-12 Career Education. ERIC Digest
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed402473.html
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Record 1 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED450219
CHN: CE081330
TI: K-12 Career Awareness & Development Sequence [with Appendices, Executive and Implementation Guide].
CS: CareerTec, Freeport, IL.
SP: Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield.
PY: 2000
AV: CareerTEC, P.O. Box 387, 501 E. South St., Freeport, IL 61032; Tel: 815-232-0709 or Tom Purple, Northwest Illinois Education to Careers Partnership Executive Director, Tel: 915-235-6141.
NT: Includes photocopies of newspapers, photographs and other material that may not copy well. Funded by a School-to-Work Opportunities Act grant. "A project funded by the Northwest Illinois Education to Careers Partnershi p."
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC09 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED450219
DT: Guides-Classroom-Teacher (052); Guides-Non-classroom (055)
CP: U.S.; Illinois
TA: Practitioners; Teachers
LA: English
PG: 217
DE: *Career-Development; *Career-Education; *Program-Development; *Program-Implementation
DE: Career-Awareness; Career-Exploration; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Instructional-Materials; Statewide-Planning
ID: *Illinois-
AB: This packet includes four publications of a project to develop and pilot a K-12 career awareness and development sequence (CADS) for education-to-careers. The K-12 CADS sequence presents a pyramid of the recommended CADS by grade level; recommended career-cluster focus for grades K-8; suggestions for implementation with this information for each grade: career area focus, career development focus, and career awareness pyramid goals; classroom speakers and field trip matrixes by subject area; six supportive career awareness activities, with targeted grade level and subject area, local contact person, and description; a summary of curriculum materials and resources that are (1) being used in member schools, (2) new materials recommended for purchase, and (3) valuable resources for developing or enhancing curricula; and information on staff development. The appendices document contains a list of materials available to system schools, Illinois Career Development Guidelines, and sample curriculum materials. The executive summary document provides the CADS mission and rationale, CADS pyramid, and summary of the K-12 career and development sequence. The implementation guide contains sample materials and forms from a kindergarten healthy hobbies career day, Grade 5 millennium mall, Grade 6 career fair, junior high Career Explo (career exploration day), Grade 10 career fair, and K-8 career awareness forum. (YLB)
LV: 1
CH: CE
FI: ED
DTC: 052; 055
UD: 200108 (RIE)
Record 2 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED442999
CHN: CE080447
AU: Hopkins,-Valorie; Kinnison,-Joyce; Morgenthau,-Eleanor; Ollis,-Harvey
TI: Career Information Delivery Systems: A Summary Status Report. NOICC Occasional Paper.
CS: National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (DOL/ETA), Washington, DC.
RN: NOICC-OP-4
PY: 1992
AV: NOICC Training Support Center, Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education, 1500 West Seventh Avenue, Stillwater, OK 74074, Tel: 405-743-5197 ($5).
NT: For related occasional papers, see ED 328 756, ED 339 869, ED 367 854, ED 396 160 and CE 080 446-449. A Working Draft of this paper was presented at the Association of Computer-Based Systems for Career Information Conference (Los Angeles, CA, December 4, 1991). This report was developed under a grant to the Nevada State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED442999
DT: Reports-Descriptive (141)
CP: U.S.; District-of-Columbia
LA: English
GL: Federal
PG: 51
DE: *Access-to-Information; *Career-Education; *Career-Information-Systems; *Information-Dissemination; *Information-Networks; *Occupational-Information
DE: Adult-Education; Adults-; Career-Counseling; Career-Development; Career-Exploration; Career-Guidance; Computer-Oriented-Programs; Computer-Uses-in-Education; Databases-; Delivery-Systems; Education-Work-Relationship; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Guidelines-; Information-Sources; National-Organizations; Nonprofit-Organizations; Professional-Associations; Program-Development; Retirement-; Standardized-Tests; Standards-; State-of-the-Art-Reviews; State-Programs; Statewide-Planning; Trend-Analysis
ID: *Career-Information
ID: National-Occupational-Information-Coordinating-Com; State-Occupational-Information-Coordinating-Comm
AB: The National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee/State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees (NOICC/SOICC) Network sponsors numerous occupational information programs and systems, including career information delivery systems (CIDS). CIDS provide useful national, state, and local information for people who are exploring, planning, or making decisions about careers. CIDS integrate data from many federal and state agency programs designed to meet the needs of various groups, including upper elementary and middle school students, high school students, adults in transition, and retired persons. CIDS provide "fingertip access" to the world of work by helping users match their individual interests, skills, and abilities to potential education and employment opportunities. The use of CIDS programs can be described as a cycle in which users access occupational and education/training information that is then delivered to them via computer or other media. State CIDS now serve 7 million users at more than 18,000 sites annually. (Appended are the following: information about statewide delivery of career information; names/addresses of CIDS developers and state CIDS directors; information about the Association of Computer-Based Systems for Career Information; standards for computer-based CIDS; information about the National Career Development Association; description of NOICC/SOICC career development initiatives; and phone numbers of SOICC directors.) (MN)
LV: 1
CH: CE
FI: ED
DTC: 141
UD: 200101 (RIE)
Record 3 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED440801
CHN: RC022388
AU: McFarland,-William-P.
TI: Career Guidance Programs in Rural Schools: Framework for the Future.
CS: Western Illinois Univ., Macomb. Illinois Inst. for Rural Affairs.
PY: 1999
AV: Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Stipes Hall 518, Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455-1390. e-mail: iira@ccmail.wiu.edu; For full text: http://www.iira.org/pubs/.
PR: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DT: Reports-Research (143); Tests-or-Questionnaires (160)
CP: U.S.; Illinois
LA: English
PG: 28
DE: *Career-Education; *Career-Guidance; *Educational-Practices; *Rural-Schools
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Partnerships-in-Education; Rural-Education; School-Surveys; Small-Schools
ID: United-States-(Midwest)
AB: Students in rural areas need strong career guidance programs to help them overcome disadvantages related to poverty, isolation, and scarcity of occupational opportunities and role models. A survey of career guidance programs in rural schools examined three essential program components identified in national guidelines. These components are a program's focus on student self-knowledge, occupational exploration, and lifelong career planning; program collaboration, articulation, and communication with parents, community, faculty, and businesses; and program leadership, evaluation, and institutional support. Responses were received from 108 rural schools enrolling fewer than 555 students and located in 12 Midwestern states. Most career guidance programs were not comprehensive K-12 programs. Sixty percent of schools reported that less than one-third of counselor time was devoted to career guidance. Counselors helped students achieve self-understanding through assessment of interests and aptitudes. Counselors infused information about careers into the school curriculum, and they facilitated the career decision-making of students through counseling and the use of computer-based career exploration programs. Commonly used collaboration methods included parent conferences, consultation with other school departments, and the involvement of local businesses in special events. Counselors reported adequate institutional support for professional development and program facilities and also reported the use of multiple program evaluation methods. Several exemplary career guidance programs are described. (Contains 16 references and the survey questionnaire.) (SV)
LV: 2
CH: RC
FI: ED
DTC: 143; 160
UD: 200010 (RIE)
Record 4 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED436668
CHN: CE079537
TI: Career and Life Role Common Curriculum Goals and Grade 12 Career-Related Learning Standards.
CS: Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem.
PY: 1998
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED436668
DT: Guides-Non-classroom (055)
CP: U.S.; Oregon
TA: Practitioners
LA: English
GL: State
PG: 60
DE: *Academic-Standards; *Career-Development; *Education-Work-Relationship; *Family-Work-Relationship; *Problem-Solving; *Role-Conflict
DE: Career-Education; Communication-Skills; Conflict-Resolution; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Employment-; Family-Role; Job-Satisfaction; Life-Satisfaction; State-Programs; Statewide-Planning; Teamwork-
ID: *Oregon-
AB: This document identifies the three components that frame overall career and life role education that helps students prepare to integrate the demands of six life roles (individual, learner, producer, consumer, family member, citizen) into family, community, and work settings. The three components that help prepare students to meet the grade 12 Certificate of Advanced Mastery (CAM) Career-Related Learning Standards are common curriculum goals, grade-level indicators, and career-related learning standards. The common curriculum goals are presented in a table format. Each goal is accompanied by career and life role indicators at grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 that provide guidance to school districts in preparing students to meet the grade 12 Career-Related Learning Standards, a required component of CAM assessment and a responsibility of the local school district. Columns in the table for each common curriculum goal are as follows: grade 3 indicators; grade 5 indicators; grade 8 indicators; grade 10 indicators; and Career-Related Learning Standards, CAM/grade 12. The common curriculum goals are as follows: personal management, problem solving, communication, teamwork, organizations and systems, employment foundations, and career development. (YLB)
LV: 1
CH: CE
FI: ED
DTC: 055
UD: 200006 (RIE)
Record 5 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED434272
CHN: CE079328
AU: Matias,-Zipura-B.; Maddy-Bernstein,-Carolyn; Harkin,-Gisela
TI: Zeroing in on Students' Needs: The 1998 Exemplary Career Guidance and Counseling Programs.
CS: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA.
SP: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC.
RN: MDS-1233
CN: V051A30003-99A; V051A30004-99A
PY: 1999
AV: NCRVE Materials Distribution Service, Western Illinois University, 46 Horrabin Hall, Macomb, IL 61455 (order no. MDS-1233, $6). Tel: 800-637-7652 (Toll Free).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED434272
DT: Reports-Descriptive (141)
CP: U.S.; California
LA: English
PG: 55
DE: *Career-Counseling; *Career-Development; *Career-Guidance; *Guidance-Programs
DE: Career-Awareness; Career-Education; Demonstration-Programs; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Postsecondary-Education; Student-Needs
AB: This publication provides information about the 1998 exemplary career guidance and counseling programs named by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. An introduction describes the search for excellent career development programs and lists components of exemplary programs. The next section summarizes the main program features of the four recipients of the 1998 Exemplary Career Guidance and Counseling Program Award. Each exemplary program profile includes the program contact information, number and educational level of students served, list of curriculum materials (when available), a brief description, and program evaluation. The career development activities are listed according to grade level, if applicable, followed by a short explanation. The programs are as follows: Dorchester (South Carolina) District Two Career Development Initiatives; La Crosse (Wisconsin) Central High School Guidance/Career Center; Lewis and Clark Community College Career and Employment Services (Illinois); and Rich South High School: Horizon Program (Illinois). Appendixes contain the following: sample copy of the application form for the exemplary career guidance and counseling program search; description of the three 1998 Honorable Mention programs identified through the search; and a directory of 19 past winners of the search. Contains 13 references. (YLB)
LV: 1
CH: CE
FI: ED
DTC: 141
UD: 200003 (RIE)
Record 6 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED431925
CHN: CE078947
AU: Liss,-Polly
TI: Stumbling Blocks for Career Education: School Board, Administration, and the Ever-Tightening Budget. AACE Distinguished Member Series on Career Education.
CS: American Association for Career Education, Hermosa Beach, CA.
PY: 1999
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED431925
DT: Opinion-Papers (120)
CP: U.S.; California
LA: English
PG: 4
DE: *Administrator-Attitudes; *Boards-of-Education; *Career-Education; *Counselor-Attitudes; *School-Districts; *Teacher-Attitudes
DE: Educational-Administration; Educational-Attitudes; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Financial-Support; Integrated-Curriculum; Librarian-Attitudes
ID: *Arlington-Public-Schools-VA
AB: After the position of career education (CE) coordinator was eliminated from the Arlington, Virginia, Public Schools budget for 1998 and 1999, two surveys were conducted to determine the status of CE in local public schools. The first survey was sent to all 37 principals in the district (response rate, 68%). The second survey, which was sent to random samples of 10 teachers, counselors, and librarians in each of the district's 37 buildings, elicited 57 responses (from 48 teachers, 8 counselors, and 1 librarian) from 18 schools and the career center. Although most of the principals appeared to understand the CE concept, the principal survey revealed unmet needs what would have been the purview of the CE coordinator, including staff development, assistance with infusion techniques, and contacting businesses. Some excellent examples of CE were reported by those responding to the second survey; however, none of those surveyed were aware of the state mandate for and state definition of CE. Although the survey sponsors recommended that the position of CE coordinator be reinstated as a full-time position and that the Arlington school board provide clear direction for implementation of CE in all curriculum areas in grades K-12, the district's board of education refused to reinstate the position of CE coordinator. (MN)
LV: 1
CH: CE
FI: ED
DTC: 120
UD: 199912 (RIE)
Record 7 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED424404
CHN: CE077341
AU: Kucker,-Marsha; Smith-Rockhold,-Gloria; Bemis,-Dodie; Wiese,-Vickie
TI: Parents as Partners in Career Education.
CS: South Dakota Curriculum Center, Pierre.; Lake Area Technical Inst., Watertown, SD.; Mitchell Technical Inst., SD.
SP: South Dakota State Dept. of Education, Pierre. Div. of Workforce and Career Preparation.
PY: 1998
AV: South Dakota Curriculum Center, 435 South Chapelle, Pierre, SD 57501-3210; Tel: 605-224-6287.
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC05 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED424404
DT: Guides-Non-classroom (055)
CP: U.S.; South-Dakota
TA: Practitioners
LA: English
GL: State
PG: 105
DE: *Career-Choice; *Career-Education; *Parent-Participation; *Parent-Role; *Parent-Student-Relationship
DE: Career-Development; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Nontraditional-Occupations; Parent-School-Relationship; Resources-
AB: This document is a compilation of materials on improving parent involvement in career education. Section 1 contains the following informative materials and exercises: a parent's guide to the career development alphabet, involvement continuum, self-assessment, influences on parents' career decisions, and parental influence exercises; and sample action plan for parent involvement. Section 2 provides information on the following: the changing workplace, future trends, job skill level changes, fastest growing occupations, earnings in various occupations, nontraditional careers, career decision making, and job clusters. The materials in section 3 focus on why parents should be involved: how parents make a difference, helping teens identify interests and abilities and acquire skills, parental involvement checklist, and tool for planning family involvement. Section 4 provides materials on how parents can be involved: parent roles in education, investigating careers activities, parent checklist for school-to-careers involvement, and tips for parents of elementary students and of middle and high school students. Section 5 considers barriers to parental involvement and ways to overcome them. Section 6 provides these resources: chart of cross-curricular career education standards, equity/diversity activities for educators and parents, annotated listing of 115 resources for supporting children, 17 references, descriptions of 18 websites, and list of 5 resources for parents. (YLB)
LV: 1
CH: CE
FI: ED
DTC: 055
UD: 199904 (RIE)
Record 8 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED407521
CHN: CE073920
TI: Career Development in School-to-Work. Resource Bulletin.
CS: National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC.
PY: 1996
AV: National School-to-Work Office, 400 Virginia Avenue, S.W., Room 210, Washington, DC 20024; 800-251-7236; fax: 202-401-6211; World Wide Web: http://www.stw.ed.gov.
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED407521
DT: Information-Analyses-General (070)
CP: U.S.; District-of-Columbia
LA: English
GL: Federal
PG: 9
DE: *Career-Choice; *Career-Development; *Career-Guidance; *Career-Planning; *Education-Work-Relationship; *Student-Educational-Objectives
DE: Career-Counseling; Career-Education; Counselor-Role; Demonstration-Programs; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Vocational-Education
AB: This bulletin presents strategies that school-to-work practitioners can use to implement comprehensive and effective career development programs. These strategies are described: career development as an integral and interdependent program; team counseling; new roles for career and guidance counselors; sequence of comprehensive activities; connections to labor market information; career and computer laboratories; and individual education and career planning. The next section describes three effective practices: a comprehensive career development program operated by Sabino High School, Tucson, Arizona; "Education Cones," which connect academics and work beginning in the early grades in the Weber County School District, Utah; and a systematic guidance program that enables students to develop Employability Development Plans in the Van Buren Vocational-Technical Center in Lawrence, Michigan. Contacts and addresses for these programs are provided. The bulletin concludes with a listing of 15 organizations that can provide further information on the topic. Brief summaries describe the organizations' focus and activities. (YLB)
LV: 1
CH: CE
FI: ED
DTC: 070
UD: 199710 (RIE)
Record 9 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED400435
CHN: CE072793
TI: Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies. Revised Edition.
CS: New York State Education Dept., Albany.
PY: 1996
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC05 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED400435
DT: Guides-Classroom-Teacher (052)
CP: U.S.; New-York
TA: Teachers; Practitioners
LA: English
GL: State
PG: 103
DE: *Career-Development; *Career-Education; *Evaluation-Criteria; *Integrated-Curriculum; *Specifications-; *Standards-
DE: Competence-; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Employment-Potential; Job-Skills; Learning-Activities; Mastery-Learning; Vocational-Education
ID: New-York
AB: This document contains four learning standards for career development and occupational studies at three levels: elementary, intermediate, and commencement. The first section consists of these four standards: (1) career development, (2) integrated learning, (3a) universal foundation skills, and (3b) career majors. The format for displaying the standards includes the following: key ideas regarding the standard; performance indicators describing expectations for students and designated for one of the three levels; and sample tasks suggesting evidence of progress toward the standard at a given level. Selected sample tasks are followed by an asterisk indicating their appropriateness for inclusion in a student's career plan. The second section provides samples of student work that are intended to begin the process of articulating the performance standards at each level of achievement. Each sample indicates level, context, performance indicators, and commentary. (YLB)
LV: 1
CH: CE
FI: ED
DTC: 052
UD: 199703 (RIE)
Record 10 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED394070
CHN: CE071492
AU: Drummond,-Robert-J.; Ryan,-Charles-W.
TI: Career Counseling: A Developmental Approach.
PY: 1995
ISBN: 0023306750
AV: Prentice-Hall, Inc., A Simon and Schuster Co., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DT: Books (010)
CP: U.S.; New-Jersey
TA: Counselors; Practitioners
LA: English
PG: 418
DE: *Career-Counseling; *Career-Development; *Career-Information-Systems; *Counseling-Techniques; *Counseling-Theories; *Developmental-Psychology
DE: Adults-30-to-45; Career-Education; Career-Guidance; Career-Planning; Computer-Oriented-Programs; Disabilities-; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Ethnic-Groups; Higher-Education; Information-Sources; Middle-Aged-Adults; Middle-Schools; Occupational-Information; Older-Adults; Testing-; Two-Year-Colleges
AB: This text is designed to help readers understand the skills, abilities, and knowledge needed by career counselors. Case studies and suggested activities are included. Part I focuses on career and life-style planning and the world of work. Chapter 1 analyzes the career counseling process and theoretical approaches. Chapter 2 introduces philosophical and conceptual ways of understanding work and career. Chapter 3 presents labor market trends and projections and describes systems of classifying occupations. Part II emphasizes career development theory and practices of individuals and groups across the life span. Chapters 4-12 look at these groups: students in grades K-5; middle school; high school; community college, college, and postsecondary students; early adulthood; middle adulthood; older adults; individuals with disabilities; and individuals from other ethnic and cultural groups. Part III covers career information. Chapter 13 explores career information resources. Chapter 14 looks at computer-assisted guidance systems and other applications of technology in career counseling. Chapter 15 presents an overview of testing and other assessment techniques. Part IV emphasizes current practices and future trends. Chapter 16 reviews developmental counseling strategies. Chapter 17 focuses on current trends and issues. Appendixes include selected lists of publishers of career literature and test publishers and career tests; a list of 463 references; and name and subject indexes. (YLB)
LV: 3
CH: CE
FI: ED
DTC: 010
UD: 199609 (RIE)
Record 11 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: ED392941
CHN: CE071083
TI: Career Education.
CS: Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus.
RN: RR-91-02
PY: 1991
NT: Appendices and executive summary are printed on colored paper.
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.
DL: http://orders.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED392941
DT: Reports-Research (143); Tests-or-Questionnaires (160)
CP: U.S.; Ohio
LA: English
GL: State
PG: 55
DE: *Career-Education; *Integrated-Curriculum; *Outcomes-of-Education; *State-Aid; *State-Programs
DE: Compliance-Legal; Educational-Legislation; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Policy-Formation; Program-Effectiveness; Program-Evaluation; Public-Policy; State-Surveys
ID: *Ohio-
AB: A 1991 study conducted by the Ohio Legislative Office of Education Oversight examined the Career Education program funded through the Ohio Department of Education. During the 2 years studied, the Career Education program was funded for $11.5 million in 60 local programs serving 365 school districts in grades K-12. (Career education is not a course or curriculum; it is a set of principles that are to be infused into all courses and curricula.) The study sought to determine whether the principles of career education were more effectively taught in districts that received funding than in districts that did not. To evaluate the program's effectiveness, eight surveys were designed and field tested to students, graduates, parents, teachers, and employers. The researchers also gathered information on the history of the program, attended conferences of leaders in the Career Education program, and reviewed newsletters from a variety of schools and districts that described special events and teacher training programs. The surveys found no statistically significant difference between funded and unfunded districts. Of several hundred studies conducted on this topic, less than 50 percent found career education to show a difference in the lives of the students at whom it is directed. The study recommended that the Ohio Legislature delete Career Education funding from the state budget. Future funding of only $500,000 should be used by the Ohio Department of Education to fund a small central office to diffuse career education principles, disseminate materials, and conduct conferences. (Survey documents are included in appendixes to the report.) (KC)
LV: 1
CH: CE
FI: ED
DTC: 143; 160
UD: 199608 (RIE)
Record 12 of 12 - The ERIC Database
AN: EJ510069
CHN: EC612064
AU: Bartholomew,-Cheryl
TI: Horizons: 2000. Career and Lifeplanning Curriculum for Grades 5 to 12.
PY: 1995
SO: Intervention-in-School-and-Clinic; v31 n1 p51-55,57 Sep 1995
ISSN: 1053-4512
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Opinion-Papers (120); Reports-Descriptive (141)
TA: Practitioners; Policymakers
LA: English
DE: *Career-Development; *Career-Education; *Curriculum-; *Sex-Bias
DE: Career-Choice; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Females-; Sociocultural-Patterns
AB: Information is provided on a developmental curriculum designed to correct gender bias in education by addressing contemporary needs of female students. The program, which is taught longitudinally for grades 5 to 12, is a career- and life-planning curriculum, and also includes boys for grades 5 to 8. (SW)
CH: EC
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 120; 141
UD: 199601 (CIJE)