Literature Review Week

The literature review process was a difficult one. There are so many articles out there and going through so many to find pieces that worked with the pieces was difficult. Also, since it was an online development, I found it difficult to communicate to work on the piece as a team. Since we split up the paper it was hard to blend our writing styles together. Overall, the paper really helped us setup the activities we are going to have during our week of the mock-career week.

Reading everyone’s literature reviews helped me see examples of great areas that I could improve parts of my own paper. I have not written many literature reviews in the past, however, this one was a great start. I am looking forward to going back through my paper to fix parts and adding more of the analysis piece.

Our paper made me think back to middle school and career development. While I was in middle school, we did one small survey that gave us three options to potential career. I always knew I wanted to be a teacher, however, the three options I received from the online survey was a farmer, a botanist, or an accountant. I thought these areas were completely ludicrous and did not think anything of them. I was fortunate enough to know from a young age what I wanted to be, however, for students who were unsure this survey either pointed them in the wrong direction, or made them more confused.

To look at the studies and information we have gained since then, it is great to see programs and interventions that will help students explore and understand career information in order for each student to individually start exploring careers that are specific to them.