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Education, transitions from secondary to tertiary education systems/courses/pathways

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• A reply on Conversation: Students do not entirely understand WHY they are making choices for their futures. A method to overcome that awaits us..

  Aug 9 2012: so providing individuals with the best knowledge on what career endeavors they are interested in wouldnt be beneficial to them and they should take up the enthusiasms that take their fancy at that time?
  
  again maybe the reason people call it growing up and subsequently have changes in career, as youve so diligently mentioned is because there isn't a program like the aforementioned one in place in the past or present?
  
  society may cloak the changes that individuals take through out life as a journey or growth or another holistic fairy approach though if this change was put into place within schools on a large scale i believe from my findings and pilot programs that i have instigated within schools that that change that effects peoples lives in varying ways would not be of such worry. people accept that individuals have these changes in career and therefore have become accustomed to it. it isn't to say though that this is the best option for our youth, future communities and global community as a whole.
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  A reply on Conversation: We want to build a unique, a non-profit school in Tajikistan for children from middle and poor class families.

  Aug 8 2012: david is this so the school is unique?

• A reply on Conversation: Students do not entirely understand WHY they are making choices for their futures. A method to overcome that awaits us..

  Aug 8 2012: I respect that you had a lot going on.
  
  Do you think those issues may have been helped as you began to have more guidance for future endeavors? identity and faith may have been built by having greater knowledge into what it was that you were working towards. emotion can develop as you begin to find things that you feel more passionate about and therefor something your working towards could develop your emotional centre?
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  A comment on Conversation: We want to build a unique, a non-profit school in Tajikistan for children from middle and poor class families.

  Aug 8 2012: Hello Nekruz,
  
  I've recently been looking at a lot of different school based settings in which teaching takes place and considering the different contributing factors which are those that make up a classroom and essentially a school.
  
  With the amount of money that you are talking about you would be able to provide a school for both students and staff that has many resources to aid various educational approaches and programs.
  
  I personally believe that in a time where society is ever changing so fast sustainability needs to be a big concern when building a structure that will house many years of teaching and learning so in stating this i plead with you to have a look at sustainable options such as passive solar heating.
  
  http://www.dwls.org/sustainability.html - this is a school in Ladakh which was effected by some landslides in 2011. Upon rebuilding the school they seeked help from some UK and US universities to design the school to be as beneficial for learning as it was the environment. May this be a possibility with your school and classrooms?
  
  As for the development of education it would be imperative to look at the community in which the school is placed and the industries surrounding the schools general vicinity. This would allow for a basic idea of a curriculum focus and possible approaches to learning that may need to occur.
  
  Also it may be an idea to ask the community which the students are a part of and coming from what they would hope the school will achieve with its students.
  
  Lastly please consider the individual learners within your curriculum approaches. So many times I have audited schools and consulted with teachers and though the ideas the teachers pose are fantastic, individual learners are often left wondering and not being catered for. By engaging education with all learners you will reach a higher level of learning and understanding with your pupils.
  
  AND where ever possible incorporate Outdoor Education and Environmental Studies. The future

• A reply on Conversation: Students do not entirely understand WHY they are making choices for their futures. A method to overcome that awaits us..

  Aug 8 2012: So in reflecting upon a consultation program that aided your decisions for future endeavours your able to say that it was effective and helped?
  
  In what ways did the program not cater towards those factors that contributed to you being a mixed up kid?

• A reply on Conversation: Students do not entirely understand WHY they are making choices for their futures. A method to overcome that awaits us..

  Aug 8 2012: year 10 is 15 years old leaving 3 years before secondary education is completed and tertiary studies are able to begin.
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  A comment on Conversation: Students do not entirely understand WHY they are making choices for their futures. A method to overcome that awaits us..

  Aug 8 2012: a consultation program such as the one mentioned ever so briefly above has more benefits then those ones mentioned -
  
  > by engaging a student with subject matter that is of their choice because they have become informed about the paths needed to reach their goals they become more intrinsically engaged. this alone would produce better grades and a healthier environment within a classroom for both facilitators of knowledge and students in respective classrooms.
  
  > because better grades are occuring schools and universities will therefor be more productive places filled with critically engaged citizens that will begin to make up that which builds our future communities.
  
  > students are becoming more engaged with their lives giving purpose to their actions and understanding what it is they are working towards.
  
  One of the biggest reasons I am putting forward this idea of career's consultations with students is because of the alarming amount of individuals i have come across who are 22-24 and have completed respective higher education courses or trades or diplomas to only be left wondering "what am i going to do now".
  
  This void that many young adults face seems to have been cloaked by a lot of societies as 'growing up' and I do agree that from the point at which you begin to make decisions relating to your profession or future to when you have gained knowledge from tertiary studies or other respective courses you are growing up but everybody is and that comment doesn't nearly address the issue as to why individuals are left wondering.
  
  The issue comes from individuals not being able to identify what it is they hope to achieve in life.
  
  The consultation program would not only focus on individuals desires for an intended profession but also health and general well being and how to be able to manage all these things tying in mental health support.
  
  The biggest problem that I am continually coming across is funding. When will the individual become important?