Describes Tunisian experiment of including practical activities in secondary school curriculum that will prepare students for working life. Suggests schools study development needs and needs of community, translate those needs into community development projects, match projects against objectives of training and personality development of…

Describes a program established by the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) in which high school journalists spend a day on the job with organization members. (AEA)

This article describes the variety of activities (such as scuba diving, skiing, and shooting) available through the Dublin, Ohio, High School physical education program. (DS)

The implementation guide for special education administrators and teachers provides a review and synthesis of programing in experienced based career education (EBCE) for the handicapped, describes exemplary programs, and gives implementation guidelines. The first chapter provides background information, an overview, and summaries of legislation…

To encourage secondary social studies teachers to utilize community resources, the author describes three successful programs involving school community involvement. He also discusses the basic teaching method of field trips, interviews, and guest speakers, used in many school community programs. (Author/RM)

Described is a social education project developed for 13-18 year olds in Dudley, England. The project's major objectives were to broaden the school curriculum to relate it more closely to real life and to promote community participation, particularly by employers. (Author/RM)

Senior agriculture students in the "Careers in Agriculture" program at Cashmere (Washington) High School made arranged visits to community agriculture-related businesses, where they collected information about occupations with interviews, cameras, and tape recorders; they later organized their material into slide-tape presentations for…

TV Agricultural Secondary School (TVASS), a scheme of agricultural education using a combination of television and further education classes, is fully described and viewed in light of current research. (WL)

This article describes a career information center which was established in a Canadian high school. (HMV)

By stressing natural resources and environmental concepts that key on people, economics, and science, the vocational agriculture program of Centralia (Washington) High School has increased student participation and gained support from the community. (MW)

Information for prospective employers of students involved in a work education program sponsored by the Pima County Developmental Career Guidance Project is presented in the document. Two of the project's programs are described: (1) Work Exposure, aimed at providing seventh through twelfth grade students with an opportunity to observe on a job…

A high-school-level field experience program in economic education in Meridian, Mississippi, is described. The program provided exposure to various careers as well as experience with economic processes. Each student spent several weeks in a variety of business, industrial, and manufacturing organizations. Students learned the background of each…

This paper describes the school-community guidance centers authorized by the Texas legislature in 1981 in an attempt to decrease the incidence of student disruptive behavior and student contacts with the criminal justice system. The variety of services, including academic instruction, counseling, home/school liaison, and follow-up programs, are…

Community service projects that are part of a religious studies program in a Catholic secondary girl's school in Canada are described. The experiential social education projects are intended to foster and nurture responsibility in students and to help them develop participatory skills. (RM)

This is a description of a mental health project in which the goal of assisting the general public in managing stability-threatening situations is pursued by starting outside the community mental health center, in a rural high school. Included are: (1) a description of students; (2) a statement of goals that directed the teaching effort; (3) the…