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"Life orientation teachers are asked to fulfil many roles for their learners: counsellors, sports coaches and careers guidance experts. The Oxford Practical Teaching series recognises this challenge and offers support to both trained and untrained teachers. Oxford Practical Teaching: Career Guidance is a comprehensive resource book focusing on the World of Work, and Careers and Career Choices sections of the high school CAPS curriculum. It includes: comprehensive lesson plans; strategies for teaching; ample activities to use in the classroom; the PACE Career Centre CD, that includes: extensive information on a variety of careers, additional resources, such as questionnaires and surveys, up-to-date information on tertiary institutions and financial aid."--Back cover.

This work discusses the interrelated dynamics of schooling, society and inclusive education, focusing on the knowledge and skills Teacher Education students need to make sense of their professional and social environment and to engage with the realities of schooling in South Africa and Africa.

"The book covers the nature and scope of the school subject Economic and Management Sciences (EMS), EMS pedagogical content knowledge, including lesson planning for effective classroom practices, and assessment of EMS learners. Features: Opening thought-starters which bring the topics to life for students and speak specifically to problem areas ; 'Stop and reflect' boxes to stimulate reflection and critical thinking and encourage the immediate application of content ; Activity boxes which help students to build their understanding of the topics ; Ethics boxes to encourage students to grapple with important issues to consider when in the classroom."--Publisher description.

What are the different roles of a Life Orientation teacher? How can new techniques and mindsets help you to fulfil these roles in an effective and balanced way? What is metacognition? How can you teach learners to benefit from metacognition in their lives, learning and work? Teaching LifeOrientation aims to assist student teachers to develop and build skills which will enable them to provide confident classroom instruction across the broad scope of the Life Orientation curriculum. A self-aware approach to teaching and learning is modelled through the three characters of the BrainBuddy: Mentor, Companion and Coach. Teaching Life Orientation is interactive and focusses on the practical application of the CAPS curriculum for the Senior and FET Phases. This book is suitable for in-service teachers studying for an Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) or an Advanced Diploma in Education (ADE) as well as a B.Edqualification.