The yr 8 options evening was again helpful to understand which direction I should take my project. I had a look around the stools collecting various handouts which I've got examples of below. The 2 main things I noticed in the handouts were what is involved in the subject and lists of careers that are possible. I presume these are the typical questions which are asked by parents and students deciding what subject would be best for them.
I listened in on conversations people were having. Most of these revolved around whether the student enjoyed the subject. The teachers would describe the aspects involved and they would say whether that appealed to them.
I was given a booklet that contained a list of the subjects and explained which were compulsory and how many of the optional ones students could take. The booklet didn't contain much information, mainly the logistics of the subject.
After visiting the different stools I went to see Ajay to discuss my ideas. He thought it was great that I would be targeting all years so they were well prepared. I also had the opportunity to talk with a lady from connections who was available at the event. I spoke to her about my own experience and wondered how she went about giving advice. She was clearly more professional than the PA I had and explained that there are 3 stages to helping students: Teaching, advising and guiding. Teaching is giving them the facts and framework, advising is what career path they think would be most suitable and guiding is suggesting routes for this. She explains they focus on the stage between 'not knowing what to do and decision making'. My project needs to also focus on this stage and assist her and other PA's.
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