The trainer-directed manual describes a 45-minute school staff orientation session of not more than 36 participants in which the potential of the classroom for teaching the interdependence of society as revelaed through the world of work is explored. The purpose, activities, outcomes duration, setting, and resources needed are stated. The script…

The manual contains over eighty career education lesson plans which are aimed at instilling readiness for decision making in first and fifth grade students. The lessons are intended to go beyond the provision of occupational information and to focus on teaching students how to gather, evaluate, and integrate information. Lesson plans are keyed to…

The trainer-directed manual describes a 45-minute school staff orientation session of not more than 30 participants in which individual independence and societal interdependence, in terms of leisure time activities, are discussed. Classroom implementation of this concept is then explored. The purpose, activities, outcomes, duration, setting,…

In an attempt to build career development activities into the English curriculum this hands-on television production course focusing on video tape production was offered as an English elective in a Minnesota high school. The course was developed to emphasize the following objectives: (1) to develop and apply the interpersonal competency skills…

This sixth in a series of ten learning modules on school-community relations is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers competence in arranging for television and radio presentations which explain and promote their vocational programs. The terminal objective for the module is to arrange for a television or radio…

The trainer-directed manual describes a 45-minute school staff orientation session of not more than 30 participants discussing why people work and the influential role school can play in formulating student perceptions of work. The purpose, activities, outcomes, duration, setting, resources needed, and presession activities and preparation are…

This handbook outlines the curriculum objectives for the children's television program, "The Electric Company." The first portion of the text delineates strategies for teaching symbol/sound analysis, including units on blends, letter groups, and word structure. A second section addresses strategies for reading for meaning, including…