Careers education in secondary schools / Department of Education and Science.

  • Department of Education and Science
Date:
1973
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Careers education in secondary schools / Department of Education and Science. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    what is required in the job.’ Another boy who hopes to become a police cadet did clerical work in the education officer's office, and he afterwards wrote— This job, funnily enough, is not at all what | expected ; in fact it never bored me at all. | enjoyed working every minute—a fantastic boost to my working experience.’ 86. The co-operation of employees and the care and thought that, in conjunction with careers teachers and careers officers, they have put into the development of work experience, is impressive. 87. If there is value in giving pupils an opportunity to go out of ~school and see the world of work in progress, it is of equal if not greater importance for members of the careers staff themselves to establish contacts in industry, commerce and the professions. In schools as a whole, 12% record one teacher released for a short period to industry, and a further 6% record two or more teachers so released. * It must be remembered that a number of teachers enter the profession after experience, sometimes considerable, in other occupations. Many schools have yet to realise the potential value of releasing teachers, who have not had such experience, to industry for a short period. 88. Meanwhile, co-operation between schools and industry can be achieved in a number of ways. In one instance, a schools/industry liaison committee has been set up and, as a result of its activities, a day seminar has been held in which groups of managers and, later, groups of supervisory personnel have spent a day observing the life of the school and talking to members of staff and to pupils. At another school, a conference was held in the Autumn of 1972 at which local employers were invited to discuss the implications of the raising of the school leaving age. In a third case, the careers master is planning to spend a fortnight with a local firm as part of a programme designed to foster co-operation between school and industry. A number of schools visited have taken part in the C.B.I. scheme for introducing teachers to industry. 89. Careers conventions have for some years provided a means for informing young people and their parents about a variety of careers and occupations. For both schools and careers officers * These percentages refer to all teachers and not specifically to careers teachers.
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