Career education
Today,
people should expect to make multiple career changes throughout their
lives and continually upgrade their skills. The importance of
establishing a quality career guidance programme is particularly
important if today’s learners are to successfully adapt, and continue
to adapt, to future labour market challenges.
Career education encompasses the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes through a planned program of learning experiences in education and training settings that will assist students to make informed decisions about their study and/or work options and enable them to participate effectively in working life.
Career education encompasses the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes through a planned program of learning experiences in education and training settings that will assist students to make informed decisions about their study and/or work options and enable them to participate effectively in working life.
Career education should be:
- intentional
- developmental
- comprehensive
- available to all students.
Self awareness activities typically involve students in:
- identifying their own personal attributes e.g. physical, intellectual, emotional characteristics, skills, interests and values
- exploring the relationship between their personal attributes and the skills required to be effective in different life/work situations
- evaluating strategies and conditions that affect their learning in different life and work situations.
Opportunity awareness activities involve students in investigating, exploring and experiencing the world of work and the various pathways within it. Activities might include:
- experiencing and researching different work environments
- investigating a range of occupations and educational and training opportunities
- analysing historical and projected changes in the world of work.
Decision learning is concerned with learning how to make decisions. Relevant activities involve students in:
- exploring how other people make decisions and understanding the influences on a person's decision-making
- identifying appropriate decision making styles and strategies
- generating a range of career related options for themselves.
Transition learning relates to the awareness and skills students need to cope with new situations, both desired and undesired. Typical activities include:
- identifying the range of planned and unplanned life/work transitions they may encounter during their lifetime
- exploring how people respond to transitions
- developing the skills to effectively manage a range of planned and unplanned transitions e.g. problem solving, identifying and using support networks.
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