ED5853 - Work, Leisure and Life Skills

Credit points:	04
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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Available to Postgraduate Certificate, BEd (Professional Development) and Master of Education students.

This subject addresses the topic of "careers" in the broadest sense and includes studies of career education, career guidance, career counselling, work and non-work activities and transition from school to post-school life.

Learning Outcomes

• be conversant with a range of approaches to career education, career guidance and career counselling;
• become conversant with various transition programs for people with specific needs;
• develop skills needed to provide career guidance, to engage in career counselling and to design and implement career education programs;
• understand a range of theoretical perspectives on career development, occupation choice and career decision-making;
• understand contemporary aspects of the global, national and local workforce relevant to career guidance;
• understand the place of non-work activities in peoples lives.

Prerequisites:

Undergraduate degree

Availabilities
, , Study Period 8
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Face to face teaching 19-Sep-2005 to 23-Sep-2005
Coord/Lect:	jc144303.
Assessment:	(30%); (30%); (40%).
, , Study Period 41
Census Date 30-Nov-2005
Face to face teaching 07-Nov-2005 to 01-Jan-2006
Coord/Lect:	jc144303.
Assessment:	.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.