NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
ERIC Number: ED271240
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1983
Pages: 299
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Occupational Resources: Career Information. CHOICE (Challenging Options in Career Education). [Grade 5].
Mid-Hudson Migrant Education Center, New Paltz, NY.
Designed to teach migrant students about the world of work and how academic subjects relate to jobs and careers, this illustrated CHOICE (Challenging Options in Career Education) Occupational Resources text provides career and job information and basic job market entry skills information for junior and senior high school students written at a fifth grade reading level. Using stories, fact sheets, cartoons, poems, and interviews, the text describes the skills, tasks, tools, training, work environment, and advancement opportunities for 60 occupations from 15 different work clusters: agribusiness, arts and humanities, business and office, communication and media, construction, consumer and homemaking, environment control, health and safety, hospitality and recreation, manufacturing, marine science, marketing and distribution, personal services, public services, and transportation. Sections on each occupation conclude with a set of self-quiz questions. Occupations included are cooperative extension agent, horticulturist, organic truck farmer, bilingual adult instructor's aide, studio musician, keypunch operator, small business owner, library technician, telephone operator, heavy equipment operator, painter/paperhanger, day care worker, hotel cook, stock clerk, exterminator, surveyor, dental assistant, x-ray technician, executive housekeeper, ski instructor, optical mechanic, upholstery repairer, fish hatchery technician, auto parts salesworker, buyer, building maintenance worker, cosmetologist, minister, paralegal, diesel mechanic, and taxicab driver. (NEC)
CHOICE, P.O. Box 250, New Paltz, NY 12561.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Migrant Education Programs.
Authoring Institution: Mid-Hudson Migrant Education Center, New Paltz, NY.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A