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Book SynopsisThis book is about
SOARing to Success: a pedagogy that engages individuals in a structured and supported process of personalised learning, leading to the development of transferable career management and employability skills.
The SOAR model (as it has come to be known and used) provides tried and tested ways for educators to implement Personal Development Planning (PDP), Career Development Learning (CDL) and employability agendas. The theoretical concepts and practical activities that are interpreted and integrated within SOAR require all learners to make meaningful dynamic connections within and between Self, Opportunity, Aspirations and Results, through inbuilt requirements for self-reflection, action and interaction, research, analysis and synthesis.
Especially relevant for regeneration in the post-pandemic world, this fully updated edition emphasises and addresses the needs to:
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Praise for the First Edition
"This book addresses a key and continuing need: how we support the transition from student to graduate, and lay the foundations for sustainable employability and a fulfilling life in an increasingly competitive world. Arti's book delivers both understanding and practical 'tools' for enabling the shift our students need to make."
-Rob Ward, Director, the Centre for Recording Achievement
"I found Arti Kumar's book stimulating and refreshing and believe the model would have enabled me to adapt my own teaching in ways that would have greatly enriched my students' learning. I recommend this book to all academics. The tool will certainly make you reflect on your teaching and foster a foundation for lifelong learning in your students."
-Michael Pittilo, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of The Robert Gordon University
Table of Contents
PART 1: A theoretical and practical approach: integrating and enabling personal, social, academic and career development 1. Introduction: key concepts and aims driving the evolution of SOAR 2. Realizing the potential of SOAR: essential principles of pedagogy 3. Module examples and assessment regimes PART 2: ‘Self’ in the SOAR process: building a MAP for the journey through life 4. Building a ‘Self-MAP’: Who am I? 5. Motivation in the Self-MAP: What are my values, interests and priorities? 6. Ability in the Self-MAP: Which am I capable of achieving? 7. Personality in the Self-MAP: How do I interact with others and with my environment? PART 3: ‘Opportunity’ in the SOAR process 8. Researching and engaging with ‘Opportunity’ 9. Understanding, adapting and creating the changing world PART 4: ‘Aspirations’ in the SOAR process 10. Aspirations: making decisions, solving problems, setting goals and making plans to implement aspirations PART 5 ‘Results’ in the SOAR process 11. Demonstrating results: enhancing competencies for transition beyond HE 12. Evaluating results: learning from feedback and assessing achievements
