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Career Education: A Third Grade Mass Production Project, Jack Julian Hanson

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This study was undertaken to determine if a mass production project could be used as an effective method to acquaint third grade students with the world of work through practical experience and provide information about specialization of labor and industrial organization.

The literature reviewed included three areas concerning career education at the elementary school level: general education, industrial education, and guidance. The writer, a former industrial arts teacher, developed the total teaching unit. The actual instruction was carried out with the support of the teachers and counselors of the participating classes.

The experimental group for the study includes six third …