Career Related Learning in Primary Schools

Background
Our impressions of the world including our attitudes to work are formed early in childhood. Children develop ideas and beliefs about the working world from family, peers and the media, which they act out and practice through play. At present in the UK there is a growing realisation of the need to include career-related learning in the primary curriculum. It is anticipated that such learning will aid children in managing their learning and work, understand and develop themselves, and prepare them for adult working life. Such learning it is believed will build on children's natural curiosity and their perceptions of work roles.