Reviewing Career Guidance and Career Education in Hong

Reviewing Career Guidance and Career Education in Hong Kong Association of Careers Masters and Guidance Masters

About the Partnership Project Connecting Career Guidance to Curriculum in Schools

Objective of our project ü Review career education/guidance in local context ü Formulate a framework of career-related experience (CRE) ü Produce deliverables ü Offer professional development training programs for teachers

Guide students to make INFORMED CHOICE on further studies, occupations and career

Super’s developmental perspective on career • Stage 1 -- Growth (1 -14) – understanding of the meaning of work • Stage 2 -- Exploration (14 -24) – Implementing a vocational preference – developing a realistic self-concept – learning more about opportunities by exploration • Stage 3 -- Establishment (24 -44) • Stage 4 -- Maintenance (44 -64) • Stage 5 -- Decline (> 64)

L. Gottfredson’s circumscription of career aspirations • Occupation choices as a process of eliminating unacceptable alternatives and narrowing career options in search of a “good enough” choice • • Stage 1 (3 -5) orientation to size and power Stage 2 (6 -8) orientation to sex roles Stage 3 (9 -13) orientation to social valuation Stage 4 (>14) orientation to an internal, unique self

New Roles of Career Guidance Career and Life Planning 1. MCE 2. Community Services 3. Career-related Experiences 4. Aesthetic Dev. 5. Physical Dev. 事 業 及 生 涯 規 劃

Components of Career and Life Planning Career Education as totality of career-related experiences Career Guidance as systematic programs Career Counselling as collaborative relationship

Framework of enhancing CRE for Secondary School Students (6) Guidance and Counselling for individuals (5) Enabling Individual Student Planning Press honeycomb buttons for details (1) Formulating a Career Guidance Curriculum Framework for Enhancing CRE for SS Students (4) Facilitating Learning Experiences about Work (2) Linking Study Opportunities and Career Choices (3) Organizing School-wide Career Guidance Activities Skip

Formulating a Career Guidance Curriculum Integrated Life Education Career and Life Skills Curriculum Assessment of students’ needs with group assessment instruments • Educational planning • Goal setting • Understanding self • Career Projects • Understanding the world of work BACK

Linking Study opportunities and career choices Connection of subjects and occupational choices Education and Career opportunities of individual subjects BACK

Organizing school-wide career guidance activities Guidance programs on further studies, training opportunities, and subject choices Guidance programs on revision of NSS study plan Guidance programs on university admission and course selection Mock job searching activities and interview workshops for job search and university admission Visiting local universities University taster programs or camps BACK

Facilitating Learning Experiences about Work Applied learning taster programs Career visits Jointly organized mentorship programs Professional or business partnership program Job shadowing and work experience scheme Applied learning courses BACK

Enabling Individual Student Planning Revision of NSS study plan Initial NSS study plan Academic aptitude assessments Education and career interests research Career tests: Personality, career interests, and transferable skills Reflective construction of student learning profile Reflective construction of Student Learning Profile Completion of Individual Student Planning BACK

Guidance and counselling for individuals Guidance and Counselling for individuals BACK

Effective career-related experience Fostering students’ development in ü Self-awareness ü Opportunity awareness ü Career decision making ü Career goals ü Improve academic performance

JUST THINK, You’re here not by chance, but by God’s choosing. His hand formed you and made you the person you are. He compares you to no one else – you are one of a kind. You lack nothing that His grace can’t give you. He has allowed you to be here at this time in history to fulfill His special purpose for this generation. – Roy Lessin--