Components

STUDENT TEXT

ISBN: 017-30223-9

The 276-page, full-colour student text models, instructs and engages students in the career development process. Six thematic units focus on questions essential to that process:

Unit 1: Why Am I Doing This?
Unit 2: Who Am I?
Unit 3: What Is Out There For Me?
Unit 4: How Do I Get Where I Want to Go?
Unit 5: How Far Have I Come?
Unit 6: What Can I Expect From Here?

The text includes a variety of activities, including fictional stories, profiles, case studies, role-plays, interviews, research and collaborative projects. Links to useful external resources are frequently made and related activities are available on the Careers For Life website. Each unit ends with summary questions to affirm students' knowledge.

TEACHER'S RESOURCE

ISBN: 017-630224-7

The 332-page Teacher's Resource and accompanying CD-ROM are designed to provide maximum support for the implementation of a new course and a new curriculum.

Teaching Notes and Suggestions include:

• planning charts that identify outcomes covered, target skills and knowledge, and assessment opportunities and tools
• estimated time required
• specific instructional strategies related to each lesson
• specific assessment strategies
• expected responses to activity questions

CD-ROM includes:

• instructional strategies, including co-operative group learning, conducting and presenting research
• accommodation strategies to to meet the needs of the range of students taking this course
• assessment tools, blackline masters, and reproducible overheads