What is Career-Related Learning?

Career-related learning helps children to understand the world of work. It equips them with the skills and ability to plan, and to make and implement choices and decisions. It also allows them to take responsibility for managing their work as pupils and prepares them for the working world by getting them to think about their present and future roles as students, workers and citizens. Career-related learning is not about bringing a traditional careers education into the primary classroom on a formal basis but rather about building on children's natural curiosity and their existing perceptions of work roles on an informal basis. It is complementary to the curriculum in that children learn about the working world through subjects such as history, geography and science. It is also a way of helping children link learning to life and achieve development in three main areas - self development, career exploration, and careers management.