1. Choosing can be, sometimes, a thorn in the side.
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2. How to choose a Job
Looks easy
Area Course Job
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3. Easy to choose
Area
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Law, Social Sciences and Services Area
Science Area
Agriculture and Natural Resources Area
Technology Area
Health Area
Economics, Management and Accounting Area
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Educational Sciences and Teacher Education Area8
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Architecture, Art and Design Area✓
Humanities, Translation and Secretariat Area
Physical Education, Sport and Performing Arts Area✓
4. Pros and cons
Done: My Areas
Pros:
- I like Physics;
- Very explored, nowadays;
- Guarantees employment;
- …
Cons:
- Waste a lot of time;
- I love entertain people;
- The courses are very directed;
- …
Ex:
- Physics
- Applied Mathematics
Science AreaTechnology Area
Pros:
- I llike arts;
- …
Cons:
- I have no bases;
- I do not like all the arts;
- Not guarantees employment;
- …
Ex:
- Digital Animation
- Architecture
Architecture, art and Design
Area
Pros:
- I love computers;
- Very explored, nowadays;
- Guarantees employment;
- Possible links with other
areas;
-…
Cons:
- The courses are very directed;
- …
Ex:.
- Video Games and Multimedia
Applications
-Aeronautical Engineering
321 tPros:
- I love music
- I love entertain people;
- …
Cons:
- Not very explored;
- Not guarantees employment;
- …
Ex:
- Music ,Composition variant
- Sound and Image
Physical Education, Sport
and Performing Arts Area
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5. There are courses that are almost the same courses.
Students are afraid of not getting a job.
Students are not properly informed.
Students have no time to experiment diferent areas.
Students have no time to think about it because we have so much work at school.
There are so many different courses.
Some students suffer pressure from other people.
Courses
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Why it is so difficult to choose?
6. Not easy, but done.
Done: My Courses
Digital Animation
Audiovisual and Multimedia
Sound design
Science and Technology of Sound
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Video Games and Multimedia Applications
Music, Composition variant✓ 6
Cinema✓ 7
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7. Choose a Job - Level: Impossible
Not Done: My Job
It is impossible to choose a job now because
we don’t choose a job, the future choose our
job. So it is impossible to say what we will do
for the rest of our life.
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8. 1. Money: house, car, food, and all
that depends on money;
2. Life: family, friends, kids, hobbies
and everything that does not
depend on money;
3. Enjoyment: have fun and joy at
work;
Our work in the future
Venn diagram
Money
LifeEnjoyment
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9. •Access to Higher Education - Index of courses
-http://www.acessoensinosuperior.pt/indmain.asp
•Access to Higher Education - Information
-http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt
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