Project CAP. Boston Mountains Educational Cooperative, Greenland, Arkansas

摘要

The goals of Project CAP (Career Awareness Program), an undertaking by the Boston Mountains Educational Cooperative of Greenland, Ark., are to provide awareness of adult occupations among K - 8 level students, along with regular instruction in basic academic areas. Special emphasis is placed on showing students that the studying they are doing in school is important and related to work they will encounter outside of school. The project uses staff - developed learning activity packets and other materials. At each grade level, 2 packets in each of 15 occupational clusters, plus 2 packets on self - awarenss, were developed. The packets are sequential and blend easily into the regular curriculum, with career stories and academic skills infused into the appropriate regular lesson, without requiring additional time. The project staff consists of a half - time project director, two curriculum coordinators, a bookkeeper - secretary, and a machine operator. The main cost items are the learning packets, a teacher's manual at each grade level, and evaluation instruments. Potential additional costs include teachers' time spent in a preschool year inservice training workshop. The impact upon students of the project was assessed in 1976 - 77 by testing comparable treatment and control student groups. The impact was highly significant. The appendices include a copy of a CAP survey; a list of resources for agri - business and natural resources; a learning activity packet for the occupation of environmental scientists; a sample project newletter; and the means, standard deviations, t - values, and significant levels for treatment and control schools on three tests. (Author abstract modified)