Overview

Within today’s globalized and uncertain labour markets, the connection between education and work has gone far beyond the notion of using a qualification/degree to obtain stable employment. Your post-study career success is determined by your capacities in both securing immediate employment and sustaining employment. This unit is, therefore, designed to … For more content click the Read More button below. In particular, it will look at aspects including: gaps between the worlds of education and work with a focus on examining how curricular and extra-curricular activities prepare you for requirements and expectations of industries, issues facing young people on education-to-work transitions and required resources for successful education-to-work transitions and employability sustainability. A particular theme in this unit will be how these aspects occur and are applied to students with specific needs that derive from their life situations; for example: migrants, international students and students with special needs. Obtaining insights about these aspects will enable you to critically evaluate the roles of schools and universities and other stakeholders in preparing and supporting you for post-study career development. You should also be able to identify plausible career pathways and effective strategies for successful employability negotiation.

Offerings

S1-01-CLAYTON-FLX-BLK

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Thanh Pham

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Thanh Pham

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

understand how global trends and local contexts affect young people's learning, work, identities and well-being in schools and post-schooling contexts

2.

obtain insights about contemporary career and employability theories and concepts

3.

understand the diverse needs and identities of young people in education-to-work transitions

4.

practise and advance skills in developing and utilising some key resources to enhance education-to-work transitions and employability sustainability

5.

obtain insights about how schools and universities prepare students for education-to-work transitions and how other stakeholders should be involved in this process

6.

be able to analyse personal resources like skills, knowledge and personal qualities as well as critically analyse career values and develop plausible career plans/pathways as well as identify necessary resources for employability sustainability.

Teaching approach

Active learning

Assessment

Portfolio and individual presentation (1600 words or equivalent)
Critical analysis (2400 words or equivalent)

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Lectures
Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

Learning resources

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