ERIC Number: ED068683
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1972
Pages: 96
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Contemporary Curriculum for Career Development. Year End Report (1 July 71-30 June 72).
Knox County Schools, Knoxville, TN.
This report summarizes the activities accomplished during fiscal year 1972 by an exemplary career development project serving 2,424 elementary and secondary students, 108 teachers, and 180 parents. The activities are listed and described according to whether they were primarily project, elementary, middle, or secondary school activities. Some of the activities included: (1) workshops, educational television inservice presentations and evaluation by the project staff; (2) units of study, field trips, curriculum development, and parent involvement at the elementary school level; (3) teacher inservice, field trips, career lab, and community and parent involvement at the middle school level; and (4) career orientation and job placement at the secondary school level. Plans for the last year of funding are also described and include such activities as: (1) workshops in language arts and career orientation; (2) publishing and disseminating curriculum and resource materials; and (3) program evaluation. An evaluation report for fiscal year 1972 is attached. (SB)
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Occupational Information, Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Secondary Education, Workshops
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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Knox County Schools, Knoxville, TN.
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