GB4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
Careers learning as part of our curriculum
All learning expeditions at XP Gateshead include fieldwork, working alongside experts, and the creation of authentic products. This connects directly to our design principle of ‘activism’ and provides students with an authentic and purposeful opportunity to engage with experts and in environments outside of school to further enhance their learning.
Fieldwork offers students the opportunity to work purposefully alongside professionals or in professional contexts which provides deep authenticity to the learning that takes place, as well as, providing integrity, accuracy and expertise to the work they engage with. In addition, through fieldwork experiences students understand and consolidate how the learning they do in school connects to and is enhanced by fieldwork.
Every learning expedition includes a public-facing final product which all students create. These products pull from learning across the expedition and are curated in our community. This provides real purpose and clarity to our students' learning.
All of the experts we engage with, all of the fieldwork opportunities and products that are part of our expeditions, are available to all.
Through this work, students develop passions which inform their thoughts about future education, training and careers.
