Use research to inform effective practice
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Access research and recommendations for self-review’
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Support student decision making
Support student decision making
Support students to understand how different factors influence their decision making.
- Self-knowledge – understanding one’s own aspirations, strengths, weaknesses, and motivations.
- Self-knowledge – understanding one’s own aspirations, strengths, weaknesses, and motivations.
- Sense of self and being able to imagine themselves into their futures.
- Making choices.
- Aspirations for life style, which are strongly influenced by culture and context.
- Personal, social, psychological, and environmental factors.
- Influences from parents and community.
- Partial information.
Engagement with transition support
Engagement with transition support
41 percent of students said they had never talked to a teacher or career advisor about their future options, and 45 percent had not taken part in related activities such as visiting a tertiary institution or attending a career expo.
Cathy Wylie, Edith Hodgen, Rosemary Hipkins and Karen Vaughan
Develop a systematic process
Develop a systematic process
Students need support to:
- engage in identity work
- explore their own abilities as life-long learners
- assess the landscape ahead
- learn strategies for managing the continuing development of career pathways.
Useful resources
Useful resources
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On the edge of adulthood: Summary of key findings from the competent learners @ 16 project
Results of interviews with 447 students aged 16 about leaving school. This survey was part of a longitudinal study which began in 1993 and follows the progress of 500 New Zealanders from early childhood education through schooling and beyond.
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