Career Development Activities : classroom and beyond

Thomas K.M. LeungChing Chung Hau Po Woon Secondary School

Goal?

你希望學生透過事業輔導活動學到什麼 ?

What’s important?

Knowledge

The Person

Transferable Skills (incl. Communication & decision making)

Changes of organization structure

Changes of Labor Market Flexible, generalists rather than

specialists Emphasis communication, customer

service, tailor-made service Team work, cooperation Flat structure, self-motivated Accountability, appraisal (self+ peer)

Context Examination oriented Outcome:

Factual recall Lack of choices and planning Quantitative rather than qualitative Little emphasis on student interactions

HK Whole school approach

-limitations… Classteachers’ support?

Developmental vs remedial - rapport between career guidance and guida

nce team

Without a clear, systematic framework Evaluation?

Career Development Activities

Benefit to students: Benefit to teachers: Benefit to school:

1. Introduce framework & objectives

Gysbers’ Model Holland’s Model

2. Activities & resources

Gysber’s Comprehensive Guidance Curriculum Guidance curriculum

(classroom presentations and groups) Individual Planning

Individual guidance, advise, planning Responsive (Remedial) service

Individual counselling , Small group counselling Referrals

System support Community outreach, Public relationship Managing and consultation

3 Core Areas of Gysber’s Model 1. Knowledge of self and others

2. Career planning and exploration

3. Educational and vocational development

Development throughout K3, 4-6, 6-9, 9-12 (4 stages)

1. Self-knowledge

knowledge of the importance of self-concept skills to interact with others awareness of importance of growth and

change Own personality, interest and values

2. Educational and occupational exploration

aware the benefit of educational achievement aware the relationship between work and

learning skills to understand and use of career

information aware importance of personal responsibility

and good work habits aware how work relates to needs and function

of society

3. Career planning

understand how to make decisions aware interrelationship of life roles aware career planning process

(N Gysber, 2000)

Why are they so important? As a theoretical framework As a checklist For continuous development For evaluation

Other framework3 Aspects of Learning Cognitive :(Holland’s 6 Personalities”Realistic, Artistic, Enterprise, Social,Investigative, Conventional) http://career.missouri.edu/holland/ Affective / Attitude Skills (Transferable skills)

What are being emphasized in school?

Career Development Activity in Area 1: Self

Board Displays: Interest Tree/ Hope

Tree Value card sort Leisure activities card sort

姓名 :我的性格 / 喜好：

我最喜歡的科目 :

我感興趣的職業 :

姓名 :我的新年願望：

半年後 , 我希望可以 :

一年後 , 我希望可以 :

職業名稱

工作範圍 工作時間和環境 這工作會帶來什麼滿足感 怎樣性格的人會喜歡這工作 應具備的資格 / 準備 受訪者喜歡這工作嗎？原因： 你對這工作有興趣嗎？原因：

Career Card Sort

Evaluate career guidance program

http://www.gcic.edu/rd/brochure/Manual-all%5CSECTIONE.pdf

Career Development Activity in Area 2:explore

Visits / interviews : Airport, DisneyLand, social service agencies…

http://www.careers.labour.gov.hk/2000/cas/web_gui/cht/interactive_zone/movie.htm

Classified Post cutting

Web browsing http://www.bls.gov/search/ooh.asp?ct=OOH

Career Development Activity in Area 3: Planning

Allow choice making Problem solving activities Monthly planner

Problem solving Activities

Weekly Journal (descriptive, or problem-based, issue)

剪報 : 以事業為主題 Practical / Project Competitions

Monthly Planner

一 二 三 四 五 六 / 日

WEEK1

WEEK 2

WEEK 3

Foundation Skills: basic skills

thinking skills people skills personal qualities

http://www.careerkey.org/english/

“Career development involves one’s whole life, not just occupation. As such, it concerns the whole person, needs and wants, capacities and potentials, excitements and anxieties, insights and blind spots, warts and all… in the ever changing context of his/her life.” (Wolf & Kolb, 1980)