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CAREERS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL?

CAREERS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL?. What is Career Development?. Career Development is about helping people manage their life, learning and work over the lifespan. It is the acknowledgment of life long learning ( Mary McMahon, Wendy Patton, Peter Tatham, 2002 ).

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CAREERS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL?

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  1. CAREERS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL?

  2. What is Career Development? Career Development is about helping people manage their life, learning and work over the lifespan. It is the acknowledgment of life long learning (Mary McMahon, Wendy Patton, Peter Tatham, 2002). Career Development is “the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that will assist students to live and work as successful independent learners, and as active, confident, creative and informed individuals” (Shape of the Australian Curriculum – ACARA, Dec. 2010). These capabilities are essential for life long learning. …

  3. In Australia, there are a number of existing arrangements to address these generic skills: • General Capabilitiesthat form part of the Australian Curriculum for schools. • The Overarching Outcomes,part of the WA Curriculum Framework, • The Australian Blueprint for Career Development, which addresses career management competencies essential for life long learning. • Employability Skills Frameworkused in the VET sector. • Graduate Attributesdeveloped by universities. • Australian Core Skills Framework, foundation skills for the workforce. • The Australian Qualifications Framework, which spans all education and training sectors, also refers to four broad categories of Generic Skills. From a Broader Perspective … the notion of Generic Skills are not new!

  4. It has many social and economic advantages: • From a government and business perspective: career development assists workforce preparation, adaptability, sustainability and reintegration hence increased workforce participation rate, reduced costs, increased efficiency and productivity. • From a human point of view, career development assists increased satisfaction and psychological success in one's life. • From an educational perspective career developmentassists individuals realise their full potential.. Career Development is High on the Government’s Agenda- a National Priority

  5. Career Development Is not about expecting a child to make lifelong career decisions at a very young age … it is about providing them with a context for their school learning and the skills, knowledge, understandings and attitudes to make future career decisions. It shows students the real life relevance of their school experience and therefore it is important that career development in schools is a K- 12 approach.

  6. Did you know research tell us … The research findings suggest we are missing a valuable opportunity to influence and enhance the career development of our students if we do not begin career education early. Students from Preschool to Year 12 have the capacity to understand career development?(Miles Morgan Australia (2003). Australian Blueprint for Career Development, P. 87.) Australian Blueprint for Career Development Worksheets and Activities Additional Primary Classroom Activities

  7. Did you know research tell us … • Six to Eight (6 to 8) year olds have already begun to narrow down the number of occupations they are prepared to consider in the future (Phipps, 1995). • Five (5) year olds can talk about the job they want when they grow up, and …

  8. Did you know research tell us … • … and once these limits are set, individuals will rarely consider broader alternatives (Poole & Low, 1985). • Individuals start to rule out options at an early age because of the unconscious influences of parents, their friends and the stereotyping of occupations.

  9. Why is it important to start early? Research has shown that children engage more deeply in learning if they … • 1. can see how education is connected to a successful future. • 3. discover the variety of jobs available to them and are able to imagine themselves in an occupation. • 2. connect what they are learning in school to real-world situations. • 4. develop work-readiness skills.

  10. STUDENTS CAN BUILD A CAREER FOUNDATION … in the Early Years by encouraging the use of age-appropriate activities and play to explore the structure and function of the working world which is presented in a Model of Contemporary Learning entitled Exploring Roles in the Community<click to view>

  11. THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP CAREER PERCEPTIONS • Exploring the range of opportunities in the world of work – both online, and face to face! • Engaging in authentic learning, and • Reflecting on personal interests, attributes, values and abilities to develop personal learning goals and aspirations. … in the Middle Years by building solid foundations for good career decision making by…

  12. VELS Years Prep to 4 – Laying the foundations: • The curriculum focuses on developing the fundamental knowledge, skills and behaviours in general skills of literacy and numeracy and other areas including physical and social capacities that underpin all future learning. • Career development at this stage includes the development of self awareness and understanding of the world around them, including the roles people have in their lives.

  13. Years 5 to 8 – Building breadth & depth: VELS • Career development at this stageincludes a deeper understanding of themselves and the working world and the decision making processes. They will begin to explore options for learning that can lead to pathways they may want to follow. • Years 9 to 10 – Developing pathways: • They need to experience learning in work and community settings as well as the classroom. They are beginning to develop preferred areas for their learning. Reference: http://bit.ly/OcL4cc

  14. Other Resources you may wish to explore • Through such programs as the “You Can Do It” you can teach children the Five Keys to Success or in using the “Real Game Series” the Five High Principles of life. • These programs gives students the tools to help manage and excel in all aspects of life. • You Can Do It! You Can Do It! http://www.youcandoit.com.au/ • The Real Game http://www.realgame.com/australia.html • Squidoohttp://bit.ly/P69y7a • Teaching Kids Business http://bit.ly/eT6v7J

  15. References ACARA, http://www.acara.edu.au/default.asp Australian Curriculum, http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au Chance Clutter (1995) The Effects of Parental Influence on their Children‘s Career Choices, Fort Hays State University, 1995. http://bit.ly/O4QWoy Mary McMahon, Wendy Patton, Peter Tatham (2002) Managing Life, Learning and Work in the 21st Century. http://bit.ly/Na8pHq Miles Morgan Australia (2003) Australian Blueprint for Career Development, P. 87). Patton, Wendy and McMahon, Mary (2006) The Systems Theory Framework of Career Development and Counseling: Connecting Theory And Practice. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 28 (2): pp. 153-166. http://bit.ly/N35sJN Phipps, B.J. (1995) Career dreams of preadolescent students. Journal of Career Development, 22 (1), 19-32. http://jcd.sagepub.com/content/22/1/19.extract Poole & Low (1985) Career aspirations of adolescent girls: effects of achievement level, grade, and single-sex school environment, May 2002, Volume 46, Issue 9-10, pp 323-335. http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1020228613796 Back

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