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International Women’s Day

NEW HORIZONS: THINKING DIFFERENTLY

THE DEBATE

"The Success of Obama’s Call for Change will depend on Women taking up the Challenge?"

Debating Team members include:  Inala Cooper, daughter of Australian of the Year Mick Dodson, Jennifer Samms, Ministerial Taskforce on Aboriginal Affairs,

Hyesang Shin and Bridie Kennedy,

Yr. 11 Notre Dame students, John Lewis and Graeme Pollard.

STIMULATING … THOUGHT PROVOKING …DON’T MISS THIS EVENT

When: 12- 2pm, Thursday, March 12th 2009

Venue:  Senior Citizens Lounge, Welsford St Shepparton            

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or phone Community Development Department at the Greater Shepparton City Council on 58329498. Light lunch provided. Organisers would appreciate a gold coin donation to cover costs.

Enquiries:  

  • Fran Smullen  0409 012 228
  • Barb Brown    0409 178 091

School career advice well received by students

A new study of young Australians’ perceptions of the career advice received in secondary school has found that almost all students access career advice between Years 10 and 12 and believe the information provided met their individual needs.

The study, released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) concluded that a school’s career advice program needs to encompass as many career advice activities as possible.

According to ACER’s chief executive, Professor Geoff Masters, students have different needs from career advice and these needs can change over time, which indicates that breadth in programs is important.

“Young people appear to appreciate a wider variety of activities in their career advice program as it may provide them with more opportunities to find a career they wish to pursue,” Professor Masters said.
 
The study was based on information collected from a group of more than 8000 young Australians who had been 15-years-old in 2003. Most were in Year 10 at that time. Information on how much career advice they accessed and their perceptions of the usefulness of that advice was collected through annual phone interviews from 2003-2005.

The most common type of career advice activity was the distribution of written material and handouts. This was followed by a talk from the school’s career advisor.

Some types of career advice were seen as more useful than others by students. In years 10, 11 and 12, an individual conversation with the career advisor was perceived as the most useful. Group discussion was seen as the least useful by students at all three year levels.

“A pleasing finding from this study is that career advice appears to be delivered equitably to students across all schools and within schools,” Professor Masters said. “Regardless of their background, students see career advice as useful and believe the advice they receive at school meets their particular needs.”

You can download a copy of the report from the ACER website:
http://www.acer.edu.au/lsay/index.html
All previous LSAY Research Reports are still available at the ACER website.