Building Futures
Integrating Career Competencies with the Multiple
Intelligences
Building Futures is an exciting new series of
classroom manuals designed to integrate career education
concepts with curriculum and multiple intelligence
theory. Spanning grades K -12, this series of manuals
is organized around six subject areas and was developed
in accordance with the National Academic Content Standards.
Each
manual provides an educator with practical information
regarding career education and multiple intellengies
theory, and features turnkey classroom activities
that are tailored to each subject area. Manuals include
a
comprehensive introduction sections, instructional
resources and integrated classroom activities.
Introduction
The Introduction contains background information on
career education and the School-to-Careers movement,
including detailed information and data supporting
the positive effects of career education on students,
teachers and communities. Also included in this section
on integrating Multiple Intelligences theory into
career education.
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Instructional Resources
This section provides educators career education resources
so they can implement more creative, substantive career
awareness activities into daily instruction. Information
in this section includes:
- A complete listing of the career
competencies
- An overview of the Multiple Intellingences
(including details on each intellengence)
- Character Education components
- Integration with and an overview
of the SCANS skills
- Employability Skills development
- A look at Career Clusters and
Occupations
- 125 Occupations with Job Descriptions
and Primary Intelligences used
- A comprehensive Career Calendar
with suggested activities
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Classroom Activities
Each manual comes with 15 classroom activities. Each
activity waves the core curriculum subject matter
with the career competencies, the SCANS skills and
the Multiple Intelligences The lessons are designed
to be fun, interesting and interactive, and to involve
little preparation time or cost. Individual activities
identify the resources needed, step-by-step instructions,
reflection/discussion questions and the curriculum
connections which indicate links to other subject
areas.
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Interactive
Web Site
The Building Futures series of classroom manuals
comes with a companion web site, www.building-futures.com.
The web site features additional resources, discussion
boards and activities which expands the series.
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Ordering
Information
Manuals can be purchased individually, by grade packages
covering all six subject areas, or as a complete set
of 24 books.
