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LEARNING ABOUT WORK

Learn about the reasons why people work and the benefits of work experience education. Understand the relationships among work, occupation, and job. Explore various work experience programs such as cooperative career and technical education, work-study, and exploratory work experience education.

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LEARNING ABOUT WORK

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  1. Chapter 1 LEARNING ABOUT WORK 1.1 Why People Work 1.2 Work Experience Education CHAPTER 1

  2. Lesson 1.1 WHY PEOPLE WORK Objectives Discuss reasons why people work Define the terms work, occupation, and job CHAPTER 1

  3. Lesson 1.1 REASONS TO WORK • Earn money • Social satisfaction • Positive feelings • Prestige • Personal development • Contributions to health • Self-expression CHAPTER 1

  4. Lesson 1.1 WORK, OCCUPATION, AND JOB • Work can be defined as activity directed toward a purpose or goal that produces something of value to oneself and/or to society. • An occupation is the name given to a group of similar tasks that a person performs for pay. • A job is a paid position at a specific place or setting. CHAPTER 1

  5. RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WORK, OCCUPATION, AND JOB Lesson 1.1 WorkActivity directed towards a goal that produces something of value. Unpaid Work Paid Work JobA paid position for work done at a specific place or setting. OccupationA group of similar tasks that a person performs for pay. CHAPTER 1

  6. Lesson 1.2 WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION Objectives Name three types of work experience education Identify the benefits of work experience education CHAPTER 1

  7. Lesson 1.2 WORK EXPERIENCEPROGRAMS • Work experience programs are education programs to help young people learn about and prepare for work. • Examples of work experience programs • Cooperative (co-op) career and technical education • Work-study • Exploratory work experience education CHAPTER 1

  8. Lesson 1.2 COOPERATIVE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION • Occupational skills are skills needed to perform tasks or duties of a specific occupation. • The coordinator also approves each student’s place of employment, called the training station. • Early on, all three parties sign a training agreement outlining the relationships and responsibilities of the parties. • A training plan describes the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to be developed by the student. CHAPTER 1

  9. Sample Training Agreement Lesson 1.2 CHAPTER 1

  10. Lesson 1.2 WORK-STUDY • Not a program of on-the-job training for a specific occupation • Focuses on the development of employability skills, the general work habits and attitudes required in all jobs. CHAPTER 1

  11. Lesson 1.2 EXPLORATORY WORKEXPERIENCE EDUCATION • Provides students with opportunities to observe work and to try out various work tasks • Concerned with career guidance rather than development of occupational or employability skills • Career guidance is assisting students in career planning and decision making. CHAPTER 1

  12. Lesson 1.2 BENEFITS OF WORK EXPERIENCE • You can learn occupational skills. • You can develop employability skills. • You can establish a work record. • You can earn while you learn. • You can discover career interests and goals. • You can recognize the relationship between education and work. • You can remain employed after graduation. CHAPTER 1

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