A Career Education Primer for Educators. Information Series No. 4.

Overview & Synopsis

The first of two parts of the career education primer focuses on the following aspects of career education: the need for the refocusing of educational systems toward career education; ways of incorporating career development elements, life activities, and a democratic ethic into career education programs; methods of including parents, families, and communities into the process of career education; the fashioning of career education programs out of existing instructional programs; the utilization of career resources available in the community; sample programs in such community involved career education programs at the various educational levels; the national career education resource center, the ERIC Clearinghouse in Career Education; the planning and evaluation of new career education programs; and the professional commitments which will be necessary to involve educational personnel and institutions in career education. Part 2 of the primer, a bibliography of ERIC career education literature which comprises over half of the document, describes the ERIC system and lists 50 pages of career education literature by subject under the headings of: philosophy; programs; program organization, administration, and evaluation; and education in career education. (JR)