Lesson 1 - Career Choices and Pathways PDF

Lesson 1 Career choices and pathways Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  The big picture - connecting knowledge Dreams and Goals...

Lesson 1 Career choices and pathways Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  The big picture - connecting knowledge Dreams and Goals Career choices and Transferable skills Autumn 2 topics pathways and interests What knowledge What new Where will this do I remember knowledge have I lead to next from previous learned this lesson? lessons? lesson?  Applying knowledge Starter task Write down some of the words that come to your mind when you think about your future career choices. Examples: Scared Confused Excited Explain why you feel like this? Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices. Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Applying knowledge Career choice Choosing a career can be daunting because of many reasons. Some examples include: Activity 1 - Select two of these that is Too much choice likely to affect your career pathway Qualifications that you need decisions in the future. Pressure from friends In full sentences, explain why… Pressure from family Society expectations Teachers Your future goals Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices. Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge Parental guidance Life goals and opinions Our passions FInancial capabilities Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge The most common question to a child is “what are you going to become when you grow up”, that is accompanied by a very simple assumption that the child will follow in their parent’s footsteps. It comes as a shock to some people even today when the child of a respected doctor chooses a field outside the STEM domain. The child of a famous actor is assumed to work in the film industry. A businessman’s child is supposed to take over the family business. Many children unknowingly succumb to the societal pressure of becoming “like” their parents from a very early age and end up in careers that aren’t meant for them. Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Applying knowledge How could a family's religion influencing a child’s career choice? Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building How can family or society affect your career choice (RE link) knowledge Islam Muslims believe that their skills and talents are given to them by Allah and that to not use them effectively would not be acceptable. Therefore Muslims may wish to look for careers that use the abilities as much as possible, they may also wish to choose careers that benefit the wider community. Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge How can family or society affect your career choice (RE link) Buddhism Buddhists follow the precept of ‘Right Livelihood’. The Buddha encouraged his disciples to engage in compassionate activities and to make their living in a way that does not cause harm and that is ethically positive. Examples could be social workers, teachers which are aligned with their values. Jobs deemed unsuitable for Buddhists would likely involve taking life, promoting violence, or intoxication, such as Butcher, firearms manufacturer, and Bartender. Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge How can family or society affect your career choice (RE link) Hinduism Hindus believe that what you do and the material success you may achieve is not as important as how you develop your spirit. Hindus might choose employment that they enjoy or that benefits others rather than a career that generates material wealth Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge SO Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge How can you make choosing a career more simple? There’s More Than One Path To All Your Dream Career Choices. There’s no one set path to a career destination, whatever careers you choose. There are multiple career paths. You can go to university. You can start at the bottom of a career and work your way up and you can get apprenticeships for almost any career. Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Activity 2 - How can you make choosing a Applying knowledge career more simple? Assess Yourself – Who Are You Right Now? Think about who you are, what you’re good at and what you enjoy. This will help you choose career ideas that match your skills and interests. Here are some useful questions to explore: If you had to pick a favourite out of words, What subjects have you enjoyed studying numbers, visuals and physical at school and during your time? Why? activities, which would it be? What things give you “a warm fuzzy” When are you at your happiest? feeling? What sort of challenge do you actually What sort of situation ‘stresses you out’? enjoy? Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building How do you know if you are making a bad knowledge choice? Lack of Research First, you may not have researched career paths you’re interested in enough. For example, you may not have studied job locations, necessary training, and outlook for careers in which you want to work. Talk about different careers with family and friends. Talk about careers with people who are already working in those fields. Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building How do you know if you are making a bad knowledge choice? Limited work experience is another reason why Lack of Experience you might find it tough to choose your career path. There are instances when talking with people who work in a career you’re interested in pursuing isn’t enough. You can overcome this hurdle by potentially participating in additional training. Ask to shadow someone who does the job that you like the idea of. See if they will let you do work experience during your holidays. Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building How do you know if you are making a bad knowledge choice? The third reason as to why it may be difficult to choose a career Picking An Area path may surprise you. You could be struggling to choose your of Study Too career, because you chose your area of study too soon. It’s important that you have the info you need when you choose your Soon area of focus. Choosing an area to study too soon may mean that you change your mind later and take longer to complete your training and get into your field. While you are in school and college if you are unsure what you want to do pick a range of subjects that you enjoy. Having a range of qualifications will give you a greater choice of careers that you might choose to specialise in. Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Building knowledge Video - what career personality are you? Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  Applying knowledge Plenary task 1) Fill out the Holland’s model with how you perceive your personality by placing an X inside each section. The closer to the outside of the model, the stronger you feel you are that type of personality. 2) Ask your partner to fill out the second model with their perceptions of your personality. 3) Explain why you have marked your model as you did? 4) Was there any difference between what you ranked yourself and what your partner ranked you? Why do you think that it was so different? Miss Selby’s example Learning Objective - Be able to identify ways to manage feelings towards the various career pathways and your future career choices.  The big picture - connecting knowledge Dreams and Goals Career choices and Transferable skills Autumn 2 topics pathways and interests What knowledge What new Where will this do I remember knowledge have I lead to next from previous learned this lesson? lessons? lesson?