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Weblog | 122 entries | 08-July-2008 | 36 authors |
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Effective transitions for Year 8 sudents
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Blog Entry | 2 replies | 17-August-2007 | Hayley Reynolds |
To what extent is CEG provision in Years 7 and 8 equipping young people with the skills they need to make realistic choices and transitions? The Centre for Guidance Studies (CeGS) has recently published the findings of research undertaken on behalf of CXL (formerly Connexions Lancashire) that highlights a number of important issues to do with the way students are being supported to make decisions. Read on to learn more...
Based on fieldwork conducted in Lancashire between May and October 2006, the findings of this research indicate that gaps remain in provision for Year 7, 8 and 9 students. This has implications in light of the curriculum and qualification reforms introduced as part of the 14-19 Education and Skills White Paper (DfES, 2005), which will see young people choosing personalised pathways that suit them and form the basis for their progression. With increased choice and complexity, young people need good quality information, advice and guidance (IAG) to ensure they are effectively equipped with the skills they need; however, in the absence of a clear strategy and curriculum for careers education and guidance (CEG), they supplement their knowledge and understanding from unmediated sources including family and friends. The full Occasional Paper can be downloaded from the CeGS website at www.derby.ac.uk/cegs A date for your diaries! A Central Guidance Research Forum (CGRF) seminar at the University of Derby on Thursday 15th November 2007 will further explore parental influence on young people's transitions. The seminar, entitled 'Parents: A Positive Influence to Career Decisions?', will present a thematic review across a range of recent research projects undertaken by the Centre. This event is free to attend - please contact CeGS for further information. |
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Research into CEG in Kent and Medway | Discussion Topic | 0 replies | 31-January-2008 | Sally-Anne Barnes |
We have been doing some research on CEG in 15 secondary schools across Kent and Medway. You might be interest in some of examples of CEG activities we found. The summary of the two reports can be found at
Bimrose, J., Barnes, S-A. and Marris, L. (2008) Establishing World Class Careers Education and Guidance in Connexions Kent & Medway: Summary of scoping exercise and in-depth case studies. Coventry: Warwick Institute for Employment Research.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/people/jbimrose/cxs_km__summary_final_07.01.08.pdf
The full reports can be downloaded from the IER website -http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/
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Effective transitions for Year 8 sudents | Discussion Topic | 1 reply | 23-January-2008 | Anthony Fitzgerald |
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We have recently started year 8 group interviews around fast tomato with our connexions adviser (six boys in a group) - we get through the whole cohort by Christmas and then move onto year 9 in time for options. The year 8s enjoy the personal discussion linked to a personality questionnaire conducted first around personality fit to job. We introduce fast tomato which is customised with all the school exams from year 7. We are also about to do business dynamics activity days with years 8 and 9 linking these to the Realgame and Berealgame that we do with the respective year groups. We will continue to develop CEG in years 7 and 8 so that the boys increase their world of work awareness well before they need to take decisions
Anthony Fitzgerald
Tiffin School
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