GMRC Module for Grade 10 Module 2

2. I am convinced that every effort
must be made in childhood to teach
the young to use their own minds.
For one thing is sure: If they don’t
make up their minds, someone will
do it for them.
- Eleanor Roosevelt-

3. 1. Enumerate the different professions and life
choices;
2. Explain the different factors affecting the
choices in life and professions; and
3. Appreciate the factors in choosing a
profession.

4. What or who influenced your
choice? Was it your personal
decisions? Your parent’s decision?
Because of pressure from friends?

5. Life is a choice. Our choices are
influenced by different factors –
personal, family, or social. These
influences are unique in every
individual and dependent upon the
situation the individual is in the time
the choice was made.

6.  Skills and Abilities: Are you aware of your skills
and abilities? Do you know what you are capable of
doing? When individuals are in jobs best suited to their
abilities, they perform best and their productivity is
highest. Parson’s Trait and Factor Theory of
Occupational Choice emphasized the importance of
analyzing one’s skills, values, interests, and personality
and then match these up to jobs which use these.

7.  Interest and personality Types: Do you
know your interests and personality type? Holland’s Career
Typology established a classification system that matches
personality characteristics and persona preferences to job
characteristics. According to John Holland’s theory, most
people are one of six personality types: realistic, investigative,
artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. Knowing your
personality will help you understand yourself. It matters that
your personality fits your career choice.

8.  Life Roles: What do you think is your role in
life – a leader? An organizer? A mediator? A
designer? According to Super’s Lifespan Theory,
how we think about ourselves in these roles, their
requirements of them, and the external forces that
affect them, may influence how we look at careers
in general and how make choices for ourselves.

9.  Previous Experiences: Did you think of
pursuing a task which you have been successful in
the past? One aspect of the Social Cognitive
Theory addresses the fact that we are likely to
consider continuing a particular task if we have
had a positive experience doing it. In this way, we
focus on areas in which we have had success and
achieved positive self – esteem.

10.  Childhood Fantasies: What do you want
to be when you grow – up? Perhaps this
frequently asked question during our
childhood years may have helped shape
what we thought we would be then, as
well as later in life.

11. CAREER AND LIFE CHOICES
PERSONAL
Skills and
abilities Interest
and personality
types Life roles
Previous
Experiences
FAMILY
Parental
influenced
Beliefs and
Traditions
Financial
resources
SOCIAL
Influence of friends
and peers
Influence of media/
technology
Industry demands
and expectations