chapter 1. intro to career education-040213_095535

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION TO CAREER

EDUCATION

ESB4213 CAREER GUIDANCE

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TOPIC LEARNING OUTCOMES

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1. Identify the componentsof career education.

2. Career Education Field

3. Identify components ofcareer education

program.

4. Identify the stages ofcareer development.


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CONTENT

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Definition of terms:career education,career guidance and,

career development.Components of career

education program

Stages of careerdevelopment


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INTRODUCTION

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This topic is to explain the terms of careerguidance, career development and career

counselling.

The topic also will explain about theimportant of career guidance, the stages in

career development which will help us to

understand the basis of career guidance.


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Definition of Terms

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What is Career Education?

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Career Education helps a person develop theknowledge and skills they need to determine a career

path. Career Education programs focus on learning

skills and on-the-job training versus academic subjects,

which helps a person needing Career Education toadvance quickly into the workforce.

Career Education helps a student make informed

decision in developing a career. Instead of focusing on

academic subjects, a student studies the tools of anoccupation and learns through hands-on training.

Source: http://degreedirectory.org/articles/What_is_Career_Education.html


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What is Career Guidance?

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Careers Guidance enables young people to use theknowledge and skills they develop to make the decisions

about learning and work that are right for them.

Career guidance refers to services and activities intended

to assist individuals of any age and at any pointthroughout their lives, to make educational, training and

occupational choices and to manage their careers.

Career Guidance services may be found in schools,

universities and colleges, in training institutions, inpublic employment services, in the workplace, in the

voluntary or community sector and in the private sector.


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What is Career Development?

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Career development is the lifelong process of managingprogression in learning and work. The quality of this

process significantly determines the nature and quality

of individuals lives: the kind of people they become,

the sense of purpose they have, the income at theirdisposal. It also determines the social and economic

contribution they make to the communities and

societies of which they a part.


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Career development is lifelong process of skillacquisition and building through a continuum of

learning, development and mastery. This process enables

people to be in charge of their own career, with enough

focus and direction for stability and enough flexibilityand adaptability for change along the way

(Philip S. Jarvis, 2003, p.7)


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The Purpose of Career Education

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To help individuals learn new skills or enhance currentskills that can help them achieve success in a particularcareer field

To prepare for a new career or advance in your currentcareer.

Train for a new career

Learn more about a particular career field

Gain important new skills

Update existing skills

Earn a promotion

Improve their earning potential Stay current in their career field

Adapt to a new position


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The importance of Career Education in School

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1. To help people to find the right career which suits to theirskills and interests. Having a career which complements apersons personality is very beneficial because it willensure that the person will love his/her job.

2. Career education do not just discuss the theories; they

also provide hands-on learning which is very beneficialfor students because they get to experience what reallyhappens in the real world.

3. To assist students understand their strengths andweaknesses, their interests, their analytical skills and

other factors which can play important roles in theircareers. When a person is made aware of his or herlimitations and potentials, it will be easier for him/her tomake the right decision.


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Career Education Field

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CAREER EDUCATION FIELD

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1. Academic Career Education

Academic career research has been parceled largely into academic andadministrative tracks, with subdivisions of academic tracks into respective academicdisciplines, which are monitored through, benchmark professional associations andaccrediting agencies.

2. Vocational Education

vocational education is an industrial or technical education.

3. Industrial Career Education

also been called industrial arts and includes the classic shop classes ofwoodworking, automobile repair, equipment repair, and masonry, but now caninclude training in safety maintenance, security protection, and diverse computerapplication certifications. In addition, it can also include professional training for

plumbing and electrical careers and may include career training in electronics,application certifications, software coding, and project management (Duenk, 1990;ITT Technical Institute Learning Corporation, 2005; Job Training Systems, Inc., 2005;National Academics Products and Instruments, 2005).


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CAREER EDUCATION FILED

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4. Technical Education

types of course offerings as industrial career education, butin addition to electronics, computer hardware and softwareeducation, technical education can also include certaintypes of engineering and medical applications,

environmental design, aviation training applications, andother work training classifications, such as culinary arts,theater set design, and emerging technologies.

5. Advanced Careers

New career fields are created from the demands of society,there is a need for training for advanced careers in thesefields. The creation of advanced training programs byeducational institutions other than those customarilyresponsible for those offerings.


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Components of CareerGuidance Programs

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C f C G


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Components of Career Guidance

Program

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McCowan, C. & McKenzie, M. (1997)1. Self awareness

2. Opportunity

3. Decision learning4. Transition learning


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Components of Career Guidance Program

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1. Self awareness

Self awareness 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.

2. Opportunity

Opportunity 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 ofoccupations and educational and training opportunities and analysing historical and

projected changes in the world of work.


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3. Decision learning

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.

4. Transition learning

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 developing the skills

to effectively manage a range of planned and unplanned transitions e.g.

problem solving, identifying and using support networks.

Components of Career Guidance Program


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Stages of CareerDevelopment

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THE PROCESS OF PROGRESSION IN

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

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Career development is a process just like learning towalk and talk. The stages of career development

overlap and are ongoing throughout ones lifetime.

The appropriate time for initiating each of the stages of

career development for students with disabilities willdepend more upon the developmental level vs. the

students grade level.

There are certain stages that should be addressed at

Elementary, at Middle School, and High School andbeyond.


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The diagram shows the progression of career

development.

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PRE-SCHOOL (3-4 year old)

Life of work fantasy

GRADES K-3 (5-6 year old)

Awareness of occupations

GRADES 4-6 (9-12 year old)

Awareness of self (abilities and aptitudes)


Occupational Orientation (backgroundorientation and preparation for training)


Occupational Orientation (background

orientation and preparation for training)


Occupational Training programs designed to train

students for entry level employment and /or

additional training

POST SECONDARY (1822

(Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and

Senior years)

Training or retraining of persons for

gainful employment

ADULTHOOD

Developing occupational potential to

result in a satisfying career life

Source: Colorado Department of Education, Special Education Services Unit.


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STAGES OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT

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Post Secondary

10-12

7-9

K-6

Stage/Tim

eFrame

CareAwa

reness/Orientation

CareerEx

ploration

CareerPreparation

CareerPlacement,Follow-up


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1. Career awareness/orientation

Career awareness is the first stage of the process andshould begin in the early elementary years.

This stage really never ends. This stage to begin early inchildren's lives so they can develop self-awareness and

feelings of self-worth/confidence. This will assist them in:(1) developing a work personality that helps them perceivethemselves as workers; (2) becoming more aware ofdifferent jobs; (3) developing work values, attitudes andother attributes appropriate to their unique abilities and

needs. If students with disabilities cannot acquire the skills during

this stage, then adolescent and adult programs will need togive much more attention to them.


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2. Career exploration Career exploration is the second stage of career

development. This stage should be emphasized particularly during the

junior high years; although it, too, never really ends. During this stage teams should be given a chance to

examine firsthand the number of occupational groupingssuch as agricultural work, office work, home economics,public service jobs, business and industrial positions.

They should be allowed to obtain various hands-onexperiences, and be given the opportunity to examine theirown particular set of abilities and needs, as related to theworld of work, a vocational interests, leisure andrecreational pursuits, and other roles related to theiroverall career development.


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3. Career Preparation

Career preparation represents a third stage of careerdevelopment.

This stage occurs usually during the senior high schoolyears and finds the student beginning to develop and clarifypersonal, social and occupational knowledge and skills.

Specific interests, aptitudes and competencies of thestudent should be more clearly delineated in this stagerelative to the lifestyle the student desires.

Courses should be selected on this basis so a variety ofexperiences in and out of the classroom can be provided.

A substantial experiential component should characterizethis stage of development since many students withdisabilities need an extended period of time to learnspecific vocational skills.


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4.Career Placement

Career placement, follow-up and continuing education isthe final stage of the career education process.

This stage of development may require the involvement ofseveral community agencies to assure the individual of

obtaining satisfactory vocational, leisure and independentliving roles.

Supported guidance and counseling services will berequired.

All people change at least somewhat in their interests andgoals as they become older. Thus, career education is animportant need of adults with disabilities as they redefinetheir priorities and needs.


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Summary

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Career education focus on learning skills and on-the-job training versus academic subjects, which helps a

person needing career education to advance quickly

into the workforce. In career development programs,

there are four stages in career development that help

counsellor to guide student to choose their own career:

career awareness, career exploration, career

preparation and career placement.


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End of Chapter 1

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Class Activity

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Write 100 words your visionand career plan in 5 years time

and how you are going toachieve it?


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Discussion Questions

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1. Define:

a. Career education

b. Career guidance

c. Career development

2. Name and explain four (4) components of careerguidance program?

3. Why career education is important for school?

4. What are the purpose of career education?

5. Why is career development becoming moreimportant?

6. Discuss how to create career education in school?

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