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1.1 Pathway Choices
Social Studies · Grade 9 · 4 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Meaning of a career path and a Senior School pathway in CBC Kenya
- Three Senior School pathways: STEM, Social Sciences, Arts and Sports Science
- Factors in selecting a pathway: interests, abilities and marks, values — not ranking people
- Requirements for the Social Sciences pathway at Senior School
- Tracks within pathways, especially Languages and Literature, and Humanities and Business Studies
- Choosing and journaling a possible track for academic growth
What you will be able to do
- identify factors to consider in the selection of a pathway
- examine requirements for Social Sciences pathway at senior school
- choose a possible track within a pathway at senior school
- appreciate the need for choosing a pathway in senior school
Key questions
“Why is it important to learn about career paths?”
Lessons
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Three Senior School pathways
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizSTEM, Social Sciences, and Arts and Sports Science are different roads after Junior School, not a ranking of people.
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Factors in selecting a pathway
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizGrade 9 chooses using interests, marks and values. Classmates are not ranked as better or worse people.
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Requirements for the Social Sciences pathway
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizSocial Sciences at Senior School has two tracks. It needs people-and-society interest, reading stamina and related evidence — it is not a dump path.
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Choosing a possible track
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizJournal a possible pathway, track, subjects and career cluster. Appreciate why Grade 9 must choose without locking a person forever.