Life Orientation & Youth Development Grades 10-12

By Sheriff Zwelakhe Shange

Book’s Objective

Young people who read this book will improve their earning potential, increase their chances of breaking the cycle of poverty and create inner capacity to build healthier and more equitable societies. A young person that reads this book is more likely to voice more tolerant attitudes and promote more peaceful and inclusive societies. A young person that reads this book will not only increase his or her own earnings but contribute towards economic growth in their community.

This book will assist students with Life Orientation projects and with sections of the curriculum they may find difficult to grasp.

Book Benefits

Life Orientation guides and prepares learners for life, and for the responsibilities and possibilities of life. This subject also addresses knowledge, values, attitudes, and skills about the self, the environment, responsible citizenship, a healthy and productive life, social engagement, recreation and physical activity, and career choices. It equips learners to solve problems, make informed decisions and choices, and take appropriate action to enable them to live meaningfully and successfully in a rapidly changing society.

Life Orientation is an inter-disciplinary subject that draws on and integrates the knowledge, values, skills and processes embedded in the various disciplines of sociology, psychology, political science, human movement science, labour studies and industrial studies.

About Author

The author Sheriff Zwelakhe Shange works in the field of Social Development, Education and Youth Development: providing and broadening holistic youth development resources and publishing Life Orientation textbooks for Grades 10-12 and has done so for the past nine years. The author designed this book to add value for students preparing for their matric examinations. This book is a Life Orientation dictionary. With full solutions and LOTS of added benefits, students will be prepared come examination time!
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Sheriff Zwelakhe Shange
• Release date: Mar 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463937051

Book preview

Life Orientation & Youth Development

Grades 10-12

A Life Orientation and Youth Development Dictionary

Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS)

Further Education and Training Colleges

Sheriff Zwelakhe Shange

Copyright © 2020 Sheriff Zwelakhe Shange

Published by Zwelakhe Shange Publishing at Smashwords

First edition 2020

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system without permission from the copyright holder.

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Published by Zwelakhe Shange using Reach Publishers’ services,

Edited by Bronwen Bickerton for Reach Publishers

Cover designed by Reach Publishers

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Contents

Introduction

Contents

1. Development of the self in society:

2. Democracy and human rights:

3. Career and career choices

4. Recreation and Physical Well-being

References (Sources of information)

Personal well-being

Citizenship education

Recreation and physical well-being

Career and career choices

Introduction

Life Orientation

Definition

Life orientation is the study of the self in relation to others and society. It applies a holistic approach. It is concerned with the personal, social, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, motor and physical growth and with development of learners, and the way in which these dimensions are interrelated and expressed in life. The focus is on the development of self in society, and this encourages the development of balanced and confident learners who will contribute to a just and democratic society, a productive economy, and an improved quality of life for all.

Life orientation guides and prepares learners for life, and for the responsibilities and possibilities of life. This topic also addresses knowledge, values, attitudes, and skills about the self, the environment, responsible citizenship, a healthy and productive life, social engagement, recreation and physical activity and career choices. It equips learners to solve problems, make informed decisions and choices, and take appropriate action to enable them to live meaningfully and successfully in a rapidly changing society.

Life orientation is an inter-disciplinary subject that draws on and integrates the knowledge, values, skills and processes embedded in the various disciplines of sociology, psychology, political science, human movement science, labour studies and industrial studies.

Purpose

Life orientation equips learners to engage on personal, psychological, neuro-cognitive, motor, physical, moral, spiritual, cultural, socio-economic and constitutional levels, to respond positively to the demands of the world, to assume responsibilities, and to make the most of life’s opportunities. It enables learners to know how to exercise their constitutional rights and responsibilities, to respect the rights of others, and to value diversity, health and well-being. Life orientation promotes knowledge, values, attitudes and skills that prepare learners in responding effectively to the challenges that confront them as well as the challenges they will have to deal with as adults. It enables them to play a meaningful role in society and the economy.

Scope

Life orientation is a unique subject at the level of further education and training. It focuses on the diversity of learners as human beings in totality, and also:

a) Requires learners to identify and confront challenges using acquired knowledge, values, skills and strategies;

b) prepares learners to be successful by helping them to study effectively and make informed decisions about subject choices, careers and additional and higher education opportunities;

c) helps learners to exercise their rights, as well as their civic and social responsibilities, in order to contribute to society and to environmentally sustainable living, while respecting the rights of others;

d) fosters self-awareness, social competency, and the achievement of a balanced and healthy lifestyle;

e) addresses changes during puberty and adolescence, responsible sexual behaviour, risky adolescent behaviour and attitudes regarding a range of issues including substance abuse, road use, dietary behaviour and personal safety;

f) helps learners to make informed decisions about and nurture personal, community and environmental health;

g) exposes learners to and encourages them in participation in recreational and physical activities to enhance well-being.

Life orientation acknowledges the multi-faceted nature of the human being, as well as issues like human rights, gender, the environment, all forms of violence, abuse, sexuality and HIV and Aids. For organisational purposes and to avoid duplication, these issues are located in one of four focus areas but are integrated across the assessment standards. The four focus areas, discussed below, are:

a) Personal well-being;

b) Citizenship education;

c) Recreation and physical activity;

d) Careers and career choices

Life orientation acknowledges that there is a wide diversity of systems of knowledge through which people make meaning of the world in which they live. No knowledge system is static, but is growing and changing in contact with other knowledge systems. Indigenous knowledge systems in the South African context refer to a body of knowledge embedded in the philosophical thinking and social patterns of indigenous peoples that have evolved over thousands of years and continue to evolve. Life orientation recognises the richness of indigenous knowledge systems and their contribution as a source of change to help transform the values of learners.

Life orientation encourages a teaching and learning environment that recognises that people are diverse and have different strengths and weaknesses. The subject embraces inclusive education by providing opportunities, alternative methods of instruction, and flexible assessment for learners who experience barriers to learning and participation. Life orientation also encourages learners and teachers to develop knowledge and understanding of varying levels of learner ability, as well as particular support needs to address barriers to this ability.

School sport is recognised as an integral, extramural, co-curricular component of the education programme. In view of this position, life orientation addresses the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that enable learners to participate in extracurricular activities including school sport.

The South African Education Policy Act (Act No 27 of 1996) was taken as the point of departure in dealing with religion in the subject life orientation. The term ‘religion’ in life orientation is used to include belief systems and worldviews. Religious education in the National Curriculum Statement for Grades 10-12 rests on a division of responsibilities between the state on the one hand and religious bodies and parents on the other. Seen in this way, religious education has a civic rather than a religious function in this curriculum, and promotes civic rights and responsibilities. In the context of the South African Constitution, religion education contributes to the wider framework of education by developing in every learner the knowledge, values, attitudes and skills necessary for diverse religions to coexist in a multi religious society. By using this approach, individuals will come to realise that they are part of the broader community, and will learn to see their own identities in harmony with those of others.

Personal well-being

Personal well-being is central to fulfilling one’s potential; it also enables learners to engage