Introduction

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This unit was very interesting and I enjoyed completing the questions in my journal. I made links between my journey in education with the models presented. I could see how and why I made the choices

It's so fascinating that mindset can impact the direction of our lives. Growth mindset can have a positive effect on aspirations as it incorporates resilience, lifelong learning and higher expectatio

In terms of young people committing to a future pathway, is circumscription overvalued and compromise undervalued? Isn't it, or shouldn't it, be more of dynamic process of trial and error?

Unit 2 was very dense. A lot to get through and very research heavy. It would be good to have some videos included in the unit to lighten the reading load. As a career practitioner the 'lessons' made

It is interesting the power of growth mindset and yet I feel we lack to embrace it. Allowing students opportunities to overcome failures rather than letting them win all the time seems to be a past t

I found these concepts very interesting in light of the fact that most Australians will have a number of career changes in our lifetimes. I think it is worthwhile making it clear to students that they

I especially enjoyed viewing the chart which linked prestige and masculine/feminine occupations. It made me stop and think about how my own aspirational development and it was good for reflection.

Interesting to see how this idea of mindset has changed over my lifetime. At school you pathway was almost predetermined. If you left in year 9 or 10 you were going to become a tradie if you continued

It was interesting to read about how mindset can change students hopes and aspirations. When i was young i was always told i could do anything i put my mind to and i seriously believed it. Praise and

Teaching children to have a growth mindset and to inculcate resilience in them have become ever so important in this contemporary milieu where they are besiege with constant challenges and changes, i

This was an interesting unit. I found the idea of capacity to aspire a very useful concept. Other aspects of the unit such as the ideas of capital, field, habitus and different types of knowledge in t

Certainly a valuable experience to be able to share the moments as students work their way through the processes of circumscription and finally compromise. So good to actually give them a label that e

I really enjoyed the unit learning about mindset and how it can affect student aspirations. I and now trying to change my language with my students to have a growth mindset focus.

It was interesting to think about my own choices and opportunities in my journey to becoming a teacher and thinking about the future. I feel this a powerful tool to use with students both explicitly a

I can definitely see self concept and gender roles at play when my kindy kids engage in occupational role play, and identify with the cognitive map of aspirations for my own career choice. I absolutel