Options for future schoolbased careers work

Tristram Hooley

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What Im going to do
A summary of the evidence around school based careers work largely from Fostering College and Career Readiness. Some ideas about what constitutes good/effective practice largely from Careers 2020. A modest proposal.

Im not going to talk about the current policy bunfight phew!

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Fostering College and Career Readiness

Funded by Career Cruising Written by Tristram Hooley, John Marriott & Jim Sampson Published in 2011 Detailed literature review to explore what evidence there is that school based careers work has any impact.

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The evidence
The evidence for career development is stronger in schools than anywhere else.
More studies More quantitative studies

The evidence base is dominated by US studies. The best evidence is around the comprehensive guidance programme whole school model. We could do with better evidence (quantitative, longitudinal, randomised control trials etc.) Also more on the impact of technology in career development.

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What does it say?

There is evidence that school based career development programmes: 1. Retains young people in the education system. 2. Has a positive impact on their academic achievement 3. Supports their transitions to further learning and the labour market 4. Contributes to their career and life success.

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Careers 2020
Funded by Pearson Written by Tristram Hooley, John Marriott, Tony Watts & Louis Coffait Published in 2012 Literature review and conceptual development.

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What happens

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Different models
Activity-based
Service-based
The evidence points to this approach.

Curriculum-led
The quality awards drive schools towards this

Of course this requires major thinking of the curriculum approach in schools if its impact is to be maximised
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A modest proposal

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The foundation
We are homo sapiens. Learning does not require a particular structure or institution it is the essence of being human. The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself. Galileo Galilei All of the techniques that we have (classroom talks, experiential learning, person-centred counselling) are just ways of helping this learning to happen.

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The purpose
The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive and discoverers, who can be critical and verify, and not accept, everything they are offered. Jean Piaget Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. John Dewey Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world. Paulo Freire

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So why career?
Career is about you and your current and future place in the world.
Career is a carrier of curriculum and aspiration. Career is about the actualisation of the self. Career is about committing to lifelong learning. Career is about living within the world, understanding it and even about transforming it.

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So what about that proposal

Career should be at the core of the education system.

But, I can see no reason to pre-judge how career should be best learnt. So why the focus on guidance (AKA one-to-one careers advice)?

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Tristram Hooley
Reader in Career Development International Centre for Guidance Studies University of Derby http://www.derby.ac.uk/icegs t.hooley@derby.ac.uk @pigironjoe Blog at http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com

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