Abstract

This study aimed to formulate plans for developing career education content and textbooks for
 elementary school Practical Arts programs, aligning with the 2022 curriculum revisions. The research
 methods employed included literature reviews and expert reviews from the field.
 The key findings of this study are as follows. First, the study underscores the significance of
 elementary school career education, given that this phase corresponds to a crucial period of
 intensive career development according to career development theory. It was emphasized that the
 2015 school career education goals and achievement standards need to be revised and supplemented
 to align with the revised 2022 curriculum. Second, despite the broader scope of career education
 introduced in the 2022 revised curriculum, including the concept of ‘career linkage education’, there
 was an overall reduction in the presence of career education within the Practical Arts Education
 curriculum. Nonetheless, evidence of content related to career education was identified across various
 areas within Practical Arts Education. This indicated the potential for developing textbooks that
 integrate career education concepts. Third, the study proposed that the structure of the career
 education component in Practical Arts textbooks, according to the 2022 curriculum revisions, should
 include an independent unit focused on career education as the first unit of the 6th grade.
 Furthermore, the entire Practical Arts textbook should be transformed into a career education
 convergence textbook incorporating career education. The objective is to reconfigure Practical Arts
 textbooks to emphasize life and career education. To this end, the study presented specific
 alternatives and provided practical and scholarly recommendations for implementation.

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