This catalog of career education ideas and resources was developed to communicate the results of 1977 projects funded by the Office of Career Education. Ideas are grouped in four major sections: (1) Classroom--with an emphasis on career awareness activities, infusion, and non-discriminatory attitudes toward the handicapped; (2) Community…

Designed to provide for the improvement of student career development through group guidance instruction, the career guidance component is one of three instructional components of the Research for Better Schools' career education program and is composed of four items. The general information manual provides background information, the rationale…

This issue presents guidelines for pupil services by blending theory and practice. It reports on promising practices in pupil services disciplines in Wisconsin and stimulates professional activity in the field. Articles address guidance programs, learning disability services and self-concept through media production, and include a review of the…

This resource pamphlet offers information about programs, curriculum development, and teacher education for disadvantaged children. Described are innovations in school organization and the expansion of school programs into such areas as preschools, tutoring, enrichment and guidance projects, and school community cooperation. Also noted are some of…

This report describes a project in New York State which used extended and improved guidance services to lower the school dropout rate. The project was conducted by the State Bureau of Guidance between 1954 and 1960 in cooperation with 89 secondary schools. Specifically discussed are project findings concerning school holding power rates. Factors…

Educational television (ETV) has been explored fairly widely as a tool in supplementary or large scale curriculum presentation, but relatively little work has been done using it as a guidance tool. This paper presents Delaware's Alfred I. duPont School District's program using the district and state closed-circuit television network. The major…

The utilization of students is a valuable resource in providing services for a successful learning experience. Two possible services are tutoring and peer advising. For many students tutoring is the only answer to successful academic coping. Effective tutoring requires knowledgeable, sensitive and well-trained tutors. Depending on the degree of…

This module is a competency-based staff development training package which focuses on the assessment of desired outcomes in career guidance. It is part of a long-range project designed to present a comprehensive approach to career guidance, counseling, placement and followup. As a staff training package, this module is directed toward developing…

Guidance and counseling is an integral part of the need fulfillment in the educational process. This truth was established and accepted by Kansas and it was further determined that, if true, then there needed to be an acceptable organized guidance program with a properly certified counselor working in a program with goals, objectives, and expected…

Junior secondary schools, since they encompass youth who are obliged to remain in school regardless of their suitability, show more problems than other schools. Groups are designed to enable some of these students to adjust better within the school systems and within society and to get along better with their families. In order to do this the…

This pamphlet describes SIGI, a computer-based System of Interactive Guidance and Information designed to help students in community and junior colleges make career decisions. SIGI is based on a humanistic philosophy, a theory of guidance that emphasizes individual values, a vast store of occupational data, and a strategy for processing…

This report presents the evaluation of the 1973-1974 Fall River Middle School Research and Development Center, a project funded by ESEA Title VII as a model demonstration bilingual program beginning in 1972-1973. The evaluation focused on the assessment of the degree of accomplishment of product objectives for each component of the program. The…

This booklet is the report of a task force appointed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals to examine the contemporary American social scene and the place of secondary education within that context. The report focuses mainly on the educational program of secondary schools, rather than attempting to survey all aspects of…

To promote and accelerate the creation of remedial training programs in technical institutes and community colleges, 46 participants from a wide geographic representation and from varied positions were selected to attend a 5-day training institute. Presentations by consultants and group discussions were utilized to meet the objects of developing a…

This is the report of the field trial and evaluation of an experimental computer-assisted guidance system designed for use by junior and senior high school students. This trial was designed to determine the system's applicability and feasibility in a secondary school setting. It sought also to obtain information on the outcome of its use, both in…