Education for Transformation and Career Guidance
by
Professor Norman Maphosa
OBJECTIVES By the end of this presentation you should be able to able to discuss: • Definition of education • The purpose of education • The difference between learning, education and training • The idea/concept of transformation • Career guidance
“I am not going to get married until I finish my education�
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• What did he/she mean?
DEFINITION OF EDUCATION
Grade 7? O Level? A Level? Bachelor's? Master's? PhD?
DEFINITION OF EDUCATION • Our ideas of education take too narrow and too low a range. There is need of a broader scope, a higher aim. True education means more than the perusal of a certain course of study. It means more than a preparation for the life that now is. It has to do with the whole being, and with the whole period of existence possible to man. It is the harmonious development of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual powers. It prepares the student for the joy of service in this world and for the higher joy of wider service in the world to come. – {Ed 13.1}
Goal of Education
• The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.�
• “The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people.
Purpose of education The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality
What is education • Education is freedom – Paulo Freire, 19211997, Brazilian educator, philosopher • Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -- William Butler Yeats, 1865-1939, Irish poet
TRANSFORMATION
nd do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the newing of your mind. (Romans 12:2 NKJV)
What then Transformation means: A marked permanent inside/ out change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better.
HUMAN BEINGS/HUMAN DOINGS
•God created HUMAN BEINGS not HUMAN DOINGS –- Spiritual –- Mental –- Physical –- Social
•JESUS grew in wisdom [mental] and stature[physical] and in favour with God [spiritual] and men[social] Luke2:52
LIFELONG LEARNING • - From the womb to eternity • - Home • - School • -Church • - Community • - Mother child's first teacher (least prepared for this responsibility • - Both Mother and Father responsible for the child’s education and should receive training for the sacred responsibility
LIFELONG LEARNING • Such an education provides more than mental discipline; it provides more than physical training. It strengthens the character, so that truth and uprightness are not sacrificed to selfish desire or worldly ambition. It fortifies the mind against evil. Instead of some master passion becoming a power to destroy, every motive and desire are brought into conformity to the great principles of right. As the perfection of His character is dwelt upon, the mind is renewed, and the soul is re-created in the image of God. – {Ed 18.1}
TRUE AND HONEST MAN •
The greatest want of the world is the want of men– men who will not be bought or sold, – men who in their inmost souls are true and honest – men who do not fear to call sin by its right name – men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole – men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall. – {Ed 57.3}
But such a character is not the result of accident; it is not due to special favors or endowments of Providence. A noble character is the result of self-discipline, of the subjection of the lower to the higher nature—the surrender of self for the service of love to God and man. – {Ed 57.4}
HUMILITY - Moses Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth. (Numbers 12:3)  Teach ability
Think about such things • Finally, brothers, whatsoever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things • Philippians 4:8
The Christian Perspective on
CAREER GUIDANCE
Teacher Architect
Ecologist Dietician
Radiographer
Biologists
Systems Analyst Librarian Pilot
Self Employed Doctor
Electrician
Optician Lawyer
CAREER GUIDANCE Business Person Surveyor
Marketing Manager
Dentist Pharmacist Psychologist Accountant
Geologist
Artist Editor
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy (Exodus 20:8-11) • God is creator • Work is divinely institute • Careers begin with loyalty to God • One who does not work should not eat (2Thes 3:10) • Gardening the first job • Holistic look at work (mental, physical, social, and spiritual • Lifelong learning in response to CHANGE • Emotional and psychological preparation for work
The Importance of Work • Stewardship • Life • Tithe • Food and Shelter • Money not the purpose of work
Seek First the Kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33) • Make God your career partner • Sets you apart from peers and gives you awesome advantage over your peers • Have GOALS beginning with the end in mind and results based
Holistic Education • Mental, Social, Physical and Spiritual • Human beings before Human doings • Values emphasis • Broad based Education to deal with CHANGE • Innovation or Resourcefulness
Remember your creator in the days of your youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1)
The greatest should be the servant of all (Matthew 20:25) • Career of service • Jesus came to serve not to be served.
New heaven and new earth will need builders and farmers ( Isaiah 65:17-25)
• Prepare skills now to use in the new world • Build houses and inhabit them • Plant vineyards and eat of them
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might(Ecc. 9:10 ; 2 Tim 2:15 )
• Excellence and no mediocrity • Not “just getting by” mentality • A workman that needs not to be ashamed
Look at the example of the ANTS ( Proverbs 6:6-11)
• Diligence and self starter • Commitment and organisation
We are all accountable to God ( Rom. 14:12)
• Work as to the Lord (Ephe 6:5-9, Col 3:22-24) • Discover hidden talents
Workman that needs not to be ashamed/ Models (2 Tim 2:15)
• Incorruptible, • Ethical • Stand for the right though the heaven fall • Joseph, Daniel,
Teacher Architect
Ecologist Dietician
Radiographer
Biologists
Systems Analyst Librarian Pilot
Self Employed Doctor
Electrician
Optician Lawyer
CAREER GUIDANCE Business Person Surveyor
Marketing Manager
Dentist Pharmacist Psychologist Accountant
Geologist
Artist Editor
Career Guidance Jobs Occupations Vocations • Careers
DEFINITION
“services and activities intended to assist individuals, of any age and at any point throughout their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers.�
CHOOSING A CAREER
Professor Norman Maphosa
CONTEXT ZIMSEC Results Economy ……..20% employment? Retrenchment Self –employment Change and Technology Diaspora Global Village Worker mobility Gender equality ZIM ASSET
Spiritual implications Parental influence The home The environment Schools Peer groups Job opportunities Ethnicity Happenstance
Methods of Job Procurement • Press advertisement • Personal contact • Employment agencies • Your own job hunt • Door to method • Advertising for a job • Offering group service • Self employment
JOB CRAFTING ‘What brings meaning to a job is not the job itself but what you bring to it
New approach to your current job
‘Caring’ for colleagues
‘Dirty’ jobs like maintenance and cleaning up
Designing your job to align with your values strength and purposes
You don't have the quit your ‘dead –end ‘ job. Craft it
JOB CRAFTING-cont. 1 . Task crafting e.g adding writing while commuting 2.Relational crafting e. g. Relations with colleagues and clients Replace phones with 1 to 1 discussion 3.Cognitive crafting Connect each task with its purpose Why we are cleaning the room? ● Why conducting an audit? ● Why monitor a project? ●
MANAGING CAREER CHANGE
Change the only constant in life. PERMANENT Change is unavoidable Careers change with the environment Be adaptable within principles and values Anticipate change Be change friendly!
Hedgehog Concept Simplicity within the three circles
What you are deeply passionate about
What you can be the best in the world at
What drives your economic engine
Stimulus
Self-awareness
FREEDOM OF CHOICE
conscience
Independent will
Response
imagination
HEDGEHOG CONCEPT Understanding what you can (and
cannot) be the best at
Skill
HEDGEHOG CONCEPT ďƒ˜ Insights into your economic engine- what is your economic denominator?
Passion • What ignites your passion • Genetic or God given • What you love doing • Enjoy the process
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Develop your Hedgehog Concept! • What can you be the best in the world at (and, equally important, what you cannot be the best in the world at) – What you can be the best at might not even be something in which you are currently engaged. • What drives your economic engine? – Must discover the single denominator (profit per X ) that has the greatest impact on your economics/budgeting. • What are you deeply passionate about? – What do you have a genetic or God-given talent to do? – What are you well-paid to do? – What do you enjoy doing that you absolutely love to do, enjoying the actual process for its own sake? A Hedgehog Concept is not a goal to be the best, a strategy to be the best, an intention to be the best, a plan to be the best. It is an understanding of what you can be the best at.
PRESERVING CORE VALUES MANAGING CHANGE PRESERVE
Core Values Core Purposes
CHANGE Cultural and Operating Practices Specific Goals and Strategies
BHAGS What you are deeply passionate about
BHAGS What you can be the best in the world at
What drives your economic engine
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