Careers Education to Demystify Employability: A Guide for Professionals in Schools and Colleges Paperback / softback
by Kate Daubney
Paperback / softback
Description
This book is an innovative alternative to traditional Careers guides, written for anyone creating or delivering a Careers programme to pre-18 learners.
It creates a bridge between the concepts of Employability and Careers to highlight how learners can be supported to better understand those first few decisions about study and work .
Informed by research and shaped by practice from Careers professionals and educators in pre-18 and higher education, these tried and tested frameworks use two new scaffolding concepts to draw all your activities together, where each idea and activity is underpinned by the principle of ‘Think like the learner’.
The book will help you build on your existing work to enhance and get more impact from your Careers programme. This book:•Identifies five key challenges for learners on their Careers and Employability journeys•Maps the environmental issues around learning and work that affect learners•Redefines the personal Careers journey of each learner as a three-stage journey to engagingly encompass all your programme activities•Explores the interconnection between curriculum and Careers to demystify Employability•Bridges the gap between education and work to support learners in making an effective transitionOffering clear ideas and principles, a range of easy-to-implement activities, and well-structured messaging for your learners, this book is essential for all Careers Leaders and Career professionals.
Whether you use one idea or all of them, your learners will get more benefit from all that you are already doing to support and enable them to make effective Careers decisions and achieve their choice of future. “An essential read for all Careers Leaders, Careers professionals and teachers involved in the delivery of careers work in schools and colleges.”Jodie Boyd, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the MA Career Development and Employability and PGCert Career Leadership, University of Huddersfield, UK"I warmly welcome Kate’s important contribution to cross-sector knowledge exchange.
It provides access to valuable learning from research and practice in the HE sector in ways which are practically applicable for colleagues in Schools and FE."Dr. Bob Gilworth, Senior Lecturer in Careers Guidance, School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield, UKKate Daubney is Director of The Careers Group, the federation of careers services of the University of London.
She has worked in both pre-18 and higher education and advises on careers education and employability strategies around the world.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Open University Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2021
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- ISBN:9780335250943
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Open University Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780335250943
