Teachers and Career Education. Monographs on Career Education.

Overview & Synopsis

The set of papers included in this monograph is intended to provide a conceptual framework for viewing examples of actual implementation of career education in the classroom. These papers emphasize the key importance of the classroom teacher to the career education effort. Characteristics of today's "good" teacher are discussed in the first paper in terms of value systems. The second paper examines career education and the teaching/learning process under four topics: (1) The rationale for career education in the classroom, (2) use of career implications of subject matter as motivational devices, (3) implications of expanding the parameters of the teaching/learning process, and (4) implications of career education for the philosophy of teaching. The third paper concerns the evaluation of career education and implications for instruction at the elementary school level. The problem of career education as a vehicle for change in teacher education programs is addressed in the last paper. The concluding section of the monograph discusses four assumptions which have implications for teacher education institutions in adopting positions and taking action regarding career education. (TA)