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Note: It is recommended that students complete the Draft of a Personal Profile before working on this ACGC.
In order to meet the objectives of this ACGC item students must:
Select occupational preferences that correspond to his/her personal profile
The Learning Strategy for this ACGC is SELECT. This means that the lesson must explicitly teach students how to select information.
SELECT:
Using different means and according to predetermined or spontaneous criteria, research and identify relevant or useful information. (BĂ©gin 2008) SELECT:
Examples:
Note down, underline, highlight, frame, write, say, tell, etc. Examples:
Students will:
Students will:
- Engage in the career planning process
- Expand their knowledge of the diversity of occupations that might interest them
- Understand the difference between occupational preferences and occupational interests
- Select some career clusters that might interest them based on their Personal Profile
- Examine how the interests, aptitudes, values and aspirations outlined in the Draft Personal Profile influence their occupational preferences
- Step 1: Identify the criteria to use to compare related occupational pathways
- Step 2: Select criteria from their personal profile that will be relevant in their choice of occupations
- Based on the criteria they have identified, the students will select several occupations that match their personal profile
Teaching Ideas:
Teaching Ideas:
Occupational Interests
Occupational Interests
Milan is very interested in the sciences, and it shows on his report card. He would like to work in a laboratory, whether in relation to human health or animal health, so long as there is an aspect of research involved.
Occupational Preferences
Occupational Preferences
Bruce is not particularly drawn to the field of languages. However, after consulting monographs, he says he prefers translation over journalism.
- Career Cluster Interest Survey
- This survey will help students target some career clusters that might interest them, based on how they answer the quiz
- Have students reflect on how they used the Interests, Aptitudes, Values and Aspirations outlined in the Personal Profile that they created earlier in order to answer the quiz questions.
Throughout this exercise, students should be encouraged to reflect on the process.
Some reflection questions can be found by downloading the resource below:
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