Aspirations matter

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As an immigrant student and now a teacher, i found this unit really relevant and interesting. I was the first one to go to university. It was really hard as my parents could not help me make a choice

This unit had a lot of material. It was a pleasant surprise to see that interest and altruism were two of the main drivers of career choice at school.

I found this information in this section interesting. More avenues need to be explored to show students the options. Having former students give talks and explain their path could also be useful. I

I think stereotypes have a big impact when it comes to students choosing career paths. I also think that we as teachers need to make the path to VET studies more attractive for students as not all stu

The unit has made me wonder if our students really know what is the difference between a VET Course, TAFE course, University Course and understand the different pathways to fulfil their aspirations. I

As an RTO college with only Year 11 and Year 12 students, it is a little different for us as teachers. Our students can complete VET training courses, as well as VCAL and VCE. In our Year 10 feeder sc

This unit was interesting when consideing my students who are about 60 % from migrant families and the first to attend higher education in Australia. They are very ambitious for university alone and m

I enjoyed looking at each of the career areas e.g. Teaching, STEM and examining the factors that influenced student choices. It was interesting to note that there still seems to be more males entering

I found the drag and drop activity at the beginning fascinating. I certainly have witnessed a shift in interest from medicine/law/teaching careers toward things like YouTube star and games developer w

I found the breakdown of descriptors to be really interesting. It definitely made me think about stereotyping and its impact.

I am a Hospitality Teacher, interesting reading what students perceptions about VET and University. When I was in High School over 30 years ago. It was Tafe or University if you wanted to go on with

I was particularly interested in Q.3.9, which asked about the reasons behind misalignment in university and VET aspirations. It struck me that each individual thinks about things differently. For inst

We, as teachers, should explain the attributes of the various pathways open to students be it a year off, a job , TAFE or university study. All have advantages for the people in our care. The reason y

I agree with Bethany that we should be pushing VET more. As I work between both systems I can see how beneficial VET training can be as an option for students straight out of school as well as mature

I was most interested in the responses about TAFE - clearly times have changed and students are not aware of the value of the TAFE system. The training and education at TAFE can set students up for a