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| Discovery, Project. A career exploration and assessment system that provides the participant with "hands-on" work experiences. Approved by JDRP for individuals of all abilities, age 12 and up, including minority groups, disadvantaged and disabled, as well as "typical" populations. |
Description Project Discovery was developed to provide students with hands-on work experience. Forty-two programs comprise the Project Discovery system. Students, following detailed instructions, use many of the same tools, equipment and materials as a trained worker in that field.
Students can sample a diversity of work activities to identify likes and dislikes or self-perceived abilities. Students gain an understanding of the basic work requirements and competencies of the occupational/vocational area.
By successfully completing the activities, the student builds self-awareness and self-confidence necessary for career decision-making and vocational training. Project Discovery provides work performance benchmarks that help compare a student's specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to the actual ones required of the occupation. A Guidance and Counseling Component is available to aid in the exploration/assessment interpretation. Designed to be used as self-contained "table top" units, programs are highly portable and contain: Instructor's Notes, Student Instructions (4th-6th grade reading level), Work Performance Benchmarks, supplies and materials, and tools and equipment. Nineteen of the 42 modules are designed with "Special Editions" for special-needs populations, including disabled readers. Modifications of the regular modules were based on field-testing. The resulting Special Editions contain "First Look Books"--specially written and illustrated books (2nd-4th grade level) that introduce and define vocabulary words and concepts, and audio cassettes that read word by word through the activities.
Developmental Funding: USOE BEH, and Career Education.
JDRP No. 78-161 (3/15/78)
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