Formal and Informal EducationFormal and Informal Education

Formal EducationFormal Education: face to face; online; : face to face; online; distance education; cooperativedistance education; cooperative

Informal EducationInformal Education: extracurricular : extracurricular activities; community contribution; social activities; community contribution; social activities etc.activities etc.

Lifelong LearningLifelong Learning

It is all the learning you do throughout your It is all the learning you do throughout your life.life.It can be formal – e.g. schoolIt can be formal – e.g. schoolIt can be informal – e.g. teaching yourself It can be informal – e.g. teaching yourself to play the guitarto play the guitar

Question: what learning opportunities Question: what learning opportunities present themselves to you daily?present themselves to you daily?

What is a career?What is a career?

Job – regular work at one place for which Job – regular work at one place for which you receive payment. you receive payment.

Occupation – refers to a group of similar Occupation – refers to a group of similar jobs found in different industries or jobs found in different industries or organizations (e.g. education, health care, organizations (e.g. education, health care, engineering etc)engineering etc)Career – the course of one’s life in which Career – the course of one’s life in which work and other activities are integrated to work and other activities are integrated to achieve personal goals.achieve personal goals.

Language/Terms You Should KnowLanguage/Terms You Should Know

Secondary/post-secondarySecondary/post-secondary – refers to – refers to high school and after high schoolhigh school and after high schoolDegreeDegree – an award from a university or – an award from a university or college indicating that a person has college indicating that a person has completed a course of study.completed a course of study.DiplomaDiploma - a document verifying the - a document verifying the completion of a course of study. completion of a course of study.

Language/TermsLanguage/Terms

ApprenticeshipApprenticeship – A form of education – A form of education that involves both classroom and on-the-that involves both classroom and on-the-job training and that leads to certification in job training and that leads to certification in a specific trade.a specific trade.Self-Directed LearningSelf-Directed Learning – learning – learning determined by the individualdetermined by the individualDistance EducationDistance Education – continuing – continuing education programs that are conducted by education programs that are conducted by correspondence or over the internet.correspondence or over the internet.

Beyond High SchoolBeyond High SchoolFollow-up Study of June 2001 Follow-up Study of June 2001

High School GraduatesHigh School Graduates

Post Secondary Participation:Post Secondary Participation:71% of June 2001 high 71% of June 2001 high school graduates engaged school graduates engaged in post-secondary studiesin post-secondary studies93% of graduates who 93% of graduates who were not attending post were not attending post secondary at the time secondary at the time expressed a desire to expressed a desire to attend sometime in the attend sometime in the future.future.56% attending MUN 56% attending MUN 25% attending the College 25% attending the College of the North Atlanticof the North Atlantic

Those Not Attending Post-Those Not Attending Post-SecondarySecondary

The majority of those not pursuing The majority of those not pursuing post- secondary were employed in post- secondary were employed in full-time or part-time low skill full-time or part-time low skill positions in retail sales and fast positions in retail sales and fast food establishments.food establishments.Their wages reflected the absence Their wages reflected the absence of any formal post-secondary of any formal post-secondary education.education.The harsh reality is that these The harsh reality is that these students will remain in low-skill, low students will remain in low-skill, low income jobs unless they increase income jobs unless they increase their educational attainment. their educational attainment.