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Career management skills in pre-school and primary education, Lachezar Afrikanov

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The presentation touches on the importance of considering the idea of career management skills being integrated from an ealy age in the education system. It combines ideas and outcomes from the work of two EU-supported networks, supporting development of lifelong guidance systems - EUROGUIDANCE and ELGPN. Date of delivery: 26.04.2013

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Career guidance in kindergarten and primary school

DEVELOPING CAREER MANAGEMENT

SKILLS FROM AN EARLY AGE

Sofia, 26.04.2013

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Everything depends on your ability to trust, listen to each other, team work and invest your soul and heart in what you do.

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What is our world?

Digital?Material?Spiritual?Multicultural?Dynamic?Hectic?Stressed?Innovative?Funny?

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How do we chose and manage our career?

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Career development is influenced by 2 groups of factors:

- External – everything related to our constantly changing environment.

- Internal – all elements of one’s being such as knowledge, skills, emotions, values, attitudes.

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What is the EU position?

We need career management skills.

Teachers play key role in supporting young people from an early age to take free and informed decision for their education and professional development.

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What are career management skills made of?

1. Self-knowledge and self-evaluation (interests and capabilities, strengths and weaknesses, needs and desires)

2. Effective self-presentation for access to education and/or work

3. Access to and utilization (use) of career information

4. Career decisions planning and taking

5. Initiative and entrepreneurship

6. Intercultural communication

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Vital players in the process?

• School principals• Teachers• Career counselors• Parents• Local community • Non-governmental sector

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What is your role as teachers in preschool and primary education?

Pupil (student)

Tell your personal story

Self-knowledge

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Self-knowledge and self-evaluation

Who am I?

What are my driving forces?

Strengths and Weaknesses

How to find out?

Points of development

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Self-knowledge and self-evaluation

Self-observation

Self-encouragement

Entertainment

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Effective presentation

Let’s teach children story telling!

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Inspiration

1. eTwinning – exchange ideas and create innovative approaches to supporting the process of developing career management skills.

2. Playing with magical cards.

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Thank you for your attention!

Lachezar Afrikanov

[email protected]