REVISION OF THE ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM FOR MORE BALANCE, FLEXIBILITY, AND ARTICULATION WILL HELP IT MEET THE IMPACT OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC CHANGES, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR. EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES--A GUIDANCE PROGRAM, HEALTH SERVICES, SPECIAL EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES,…

This report contains six presentations by members of the Task Force on Libraries and Lifelong Learning. "Library Programming for Groups with Special Needs" describes the library as a local alternative education agency, complementing school systems, and ways libraries serve adults with special needs through outreach and special programming efforts.…

This guide presents materials to help the teacher in implementing a teacher advisory program (grades 8-12) to provide career and life guidance within the classroom. Emphasis in grades 8 and 9 is on values clarification, decision making, and career exploration. In grades 10-12 greater emphasis is placed on career choice and selection. The guide…

Eighteen case studies which supplement the National Survey of Compensatory Education are presented. This survey evaluated Title I-funded special services to low achieving students in poor schools, and was conducted by the National Institute of Education. The case studies describe health, guidance, psychological, social work, and other…

The purpose of this needs assessment study was to demonstrate the need for a comprehensive career and vocational guidance and counseling plan in West Virginia. Survey instruments adapted from a number of existing instruments which pertain to career and vocational education and counseling were administered in forty-nine of fifty-five counties.…

THE COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IS DEFINED AS ONE WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS BY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE AND ELECTIVE PROGRAMS FOR THOSE STUDENTS REQUIRING SALABLE SKILLS UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS A BROAD ELECTIVE PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. INCLUDED ARE SUMMARIES OF THE…

THE PERCENTAGE OF DISADVANTAGED FARM LABORERS, LOW INCOME MANUFACTURING WORKERS, AND MIGRANTS IS DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE IN RURAL AMERICA. MILLIONS OF TECHNOLOGICALLY UNEMPLOYED RURAL YOUTH ARE UNEDUCATED, UNPREPARED, AND HENCE UNEMPLOYABLE IN A NEW OCCUPATION. ALTHOUGH UNDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE EXISTS TESTIFYING TO THE BENEFITS OF VOCATIONAL…

The relationship between self-esteem, academic expectations, and ethnic group membership was studied in a New York City elementary school which had an approximately equal enrollment of Negro, white, and Spanish-background pupils. Subjects were 162 sixth-grade students who were tested with two projective tests and one specifically designed…

Strategies counselors can use to involve "significant others" (persons who have an important influence on the career plans of students, e.g., parents, peers, and relatives) in high school career guidance programs are offered in this handbook. Content is presented in three main sections: (1) a brief, nontechnical section summarizing how significant…

This manual is designed for the administrator or coordinator responsible for implementing the World of Related Knowledge and Educational Development (WORK-ED) program in a school district. (The program is a career education course of study for ninth graders designed to enable students who have not chosen the traditional college prep high school…

The guide for an inservice course in career guidance is presented in 15 units designed to be used together as a complete course or selectively as learning modules for developing new skills or reviewing previously learned concepts. Topics covered include: philosphies of work and vocational guidance, vocational guidance need and status, utilization…

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 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,…

A 3-year developmental program in career education for grades kindergarten through 14 (K-14) conducted by the South Portland, Maine schools is described in this report which also contains curriculum materials produced by the project. Goals are outlined for career awareness (K-6), career orientation and exploration (7-9), career preparation…

Educational changes enacted by four Swiss cantons regarding the following are summarized: educational objectives, right to education, public/private schools, school structure, compulsory education, class size, holidays, fees, parent/pupil participation, guidance services, insurance, financial support, curricula, teaching methods, disciplinary…