NSM 21:
Assignments for Week of November 23
Please remember to cite sources of information within
your answers (you do not need to do the full citation of your text), using the
APA style. Use your own words and do not
plagiarize.
Remember: Part
2 of your Career
Exploration is due on Monday, November 30.
For Monday, November 23,
due at the start of class
Writing Assignment 1
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Read "The
College Dropout Boom," pp. 255-264;
and then answer the following questions:
Exercises Questions 3, 5, 8, and
10. Don't forget to cite, and be
prepared to discuss the article.
Writing Assignment 2
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Read "Rigor
Redefined," pp. 266-271,, and then answer the following questions: Questions 1 and 2. Don't forget to cite, and be prepared to
discuss the article.
Please turn in your journal entry on Monday.
For Wednesday, November 25
Furlough Day. Have a great Thanksgiving holiday.
Looking ahead to your Career Panel Discussion
Your last panel discussion
will be presented on Monday, December 7.
In groups of 3-4 you will be presenting information you found on (1) how
to explore less well-known professions, (2) the characteristics of one
well-known and popular profession, and (3) the characteristics of at least 2
professions related to but different from those popular professions. On Monday, November 30 you will be allowed to
name two related and less familiar careers to go along with your well-known
profession. Each career will be presented
by only one group, so you should come in prepared to name related careers to
explore. The groups prepared to specify
their related careers will have the first chance to do so.
Your Assignment
·
Acquire
information about the one familiar career your group selected plus two less
familiar, but related careers that your group selects. The information should include
1.
Duties and
Responsibilities and Chances of Advancement
2.
Skills and
Abilities needed to be successful in the profession
3.
Education and Training
required (including degrees and certification) and average time it takes to
complete all of this career preparation
4.
Work Setting
(e.g. office, laboratory, store) and Work Places (e.g. school, hospital)
5.
Average Salary
(in California, if available) and Job Outlook (projected availability of jobs)
·
Record the
information in a PowerPoint table
template provided.
·
Highlight the
similarities and differences between each less familiar job and the more familiar
job, by using a light blue background color for a similarity and yellow
background color for a difference.
·
Provide any other
information you think will be useful to your colleagues.
·
Cite your source
of information in the table. Here are
some sources to begin exploration:
http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/?PAGEID=139
http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.html
Your
group will give a 5-10 minute presentation on your findings on Monday, December
7, using the PowerPoint slides you made.
All group members must speak and be able to answer questions.
Please
keep aware that while you are finding out about some professions, we have not
had time to really find out about each of you:
your developing interests, abilities, values. Keeping in touch with yourself and the Career
Center advisors should help you do that and to find which professions match
your profile.
Journal Prompt:
In your
journal entry, address the following questions:
If
you could take any courses at the university that you wanted and you did not
have to think about having a job, what are 3 courses (use the course number and
title from the catalog) you would take?
For each of the courses you named, explain why you would want to take
the course.