Lifecraft: life and career path planning 2300-AE-AD-L

1. Introducing oneself in personal and professional situations.
2. Happiness and success theory by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The concept of flow as a framework for achieving optimal experience and fulfillment. Lifeline and milestones.
3. Values as a compass on the path of life and career.
4. Ways of viewing one's life path perspective. Helicopter view. A strategic planning, outlining a long-term action plan, demonstrating ability to switch from operational to strategic perspective.
5. Career choice and development.
6. Career types, life types.
7. Pessimistic versus optimistic explanatory style and life and career path. Cognitive factors influencing life decision-making, explaining and planning life and career.
8. Relationships on the paths of life and career. Presence and mindfulness in relationships.
9. Relationship convoy. Companions on the life and career journey. Significant companions, mentors, and networks that support an individual throughout their journey.
10. Life and career roles. Integration of previous experiences, social roles, values and body into a coherent self-image.

Koordynatorzy przedmiotu

Małgorzata Przanowska

Założenia (opisowo)

The fundamental assumption of this course is that long-term personal and professional growth is achieved through a holistic, proactive, and value-driven approach to one's life trajectory. By the end of this course, participants will be able to: • Master professional self-presentation: effectively introduce themselves and present their profile in both personal and professional situations. • Apply positive psychology frameworks: understand and utilize Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s theory of happiness and success (flow) to optimize personal fulfillment and engagement. • Align choices with core values: identify personal values and apply them as a strategic compass to guide life and career decisions. • Develop strategic thinking. Adopt a high-level perspective to analyze life paths and evaluate circumstances from a broader, long-term point. • Navigate career planning: make informed decisions regarding career choice, development, and types in alignment with preferred life model. • Shift to an optimistic mindset: recognize the difference between pessimistic and optimistic explanatory styles and actively reshape cognitive approach to overcome obstacles. • Cultivate mindful relationships: enhance interpersonal connections by practicing presence and mindfulness in daily communication. • Leverage support networks: identify and utilize relationship convoy (mentors, peers, and companions) to support long-term personal and professional growth. • Balance diverse life roles: effectively manage and harmonize multiple life and career roles to achieve a sustainable work-life balance.

Efekty uczenia się

Knowledge: the graduate knows and understands in a deep degree
K_W07: the dynamics of adult life stages, crisis and developmental situations, as well as knowledge in the field of career and personal life planning strategies, stress management, change management, and lifelong learning.
Skills: the graduate is able to
K_U06: shape the processes of learning, support the development of adults, and impact society through self-educational and developmental activities
K_U07 take care of one's lifelong development, respond to critical moments in one's own career and personal life, and utilize knowledge in stress management, self-care, and resilience.
Social competences: the graduate is ready to
K_K05 deepen and update knowledge and skills in the field of pedagogy (educational studies), especially adult education, for the responsible improvement of one's own educational practice related to adult education. This includes consciously continuing and designing personal development.

Kryteria oceniania

Using tools learned in class in practice and a case study analysis

Literatura

Bolles R.N. (2012) What Color Is Your Parachute? Ten Speed Press
Csikszentmihalyi M. (2004) Good business. Leadership, flow and the making of meaning, Penguin Publishing Group
Csikszentmihalyi M. (2008) Flow. The psychology of optimal experience,Andrews McMeel Publishing
Manalel J.A., Antonucci T.C. (2022) Development of Social Convoys: Trajectories of Convoy Structure and Composition From Childhood Through Adulthood, Developmental Psychology 58(9):1806-1815, DOI: 10.1037/dev0001390
Seligman M.P. (2018) Learned Optimism, John Murray Press / Hodder & Stoughton
Sher B. (1995) I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was, Penguin Random House.
Tupper H. (2020) The Squiggly Career, Penguin Books.