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Prescribed Learning Outcomes
Suggested Instructional Strategies
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Recommended Learning Resources

It is expected that students will:

• identify and describe career opportunities in a changing society

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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Have students brainstorm things invented since they were born. Ask them to reflect on these inventions, then indicate how they have changed people's lives (e.g., leisure activities, family, schooling) and the jobs people do today. After a class discussion, have students create graphic representations (e.g., collages, comparison charts, then-and-now cartoons) of the changes to date and possible future changes, with emphasis on the world of work.
• Have students create a list of questions they can use to interview adults (e.g., senior citizens) about their job histories. For example:
  • How many jobs have you had?
  • What type of education was needed for these jobs?
  • Why did you change jobs?
  • Which jobs at your workplace did not exist five years ago?
  • What do you think are the most important changes that have occurred in the workplace in the last 20 years, and what has caused those changes?
  Students could conduct interviews independently and share their findings in written or oral presentations, comparing past and present employment situations. Alternatively, the class could compile a list of adults to form a panel to respond to the questions.
• Organize a field trip to a work site in an industry that has experienced major technological change in recent years. Ask students to prepare and bring questions about current trends and coming technological innovations in the industry.

• Ask students to identify and categorize jobs that have changed because of technological, social, or economic factors. Have them use this analysis to develop summaries of how and why job opportunities have changed over time. Look for evidence that students are able to:
  • support their categorizations with relevant examples
  • develop logical conclusions and generalizations based on evidence they presented
  • focus their summaries using specific viewpoints
• As students investigate how technological innovations have influenced people's lives and the world of work, assess the extent to which they:
  • understand the ways in which technological change has made human activities more or less effective
  • explain how technological change has affected the number or kinds of jobs in their particular fields of interest
  • speculate on how technology might evolve over the next five years and how such changes might influence jobs in the future
• After students have investigated changes over time in several occupations, assess their awareness of career opportunities in a changing society by posing questions such as the following:
  • Which career interested you the most? What captured your interest?
  • What change in society prompted this career opportunity? What are the predicted employment possibilities in this field?
  • How could you use this information to make decisions about future career opportunities? If this career no longer existed, which skills would be transferable?
  • What barriers, if any, can you anticipate? How might they be overcome?
  • What education or training is required for this career?

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