By Charles Christiansen Ed.D. OTR, Elizabeth Townsend Ph.D.
The second one version of Introduction to profession: The paintings and technological know-how of Living, provides the most recent wisdom approximately profession in order that each one folks world wide may well know the way to grab and harvest our days for healthiness, healthiness, happiness and the advance of extra simply and peaceable societies. Introduction to Occupation will entice any pupil, practitioner, researcher or educator with an curiosity in daily life. sensible in addition to conceptual, this book demanding situations readers to appear beyond profession as simply “work” to incorporate all the ways that we occupy ourselves—showing how what we do varieties our way of life, and the way occupations are enfolded to create a balanced or unbalanced sort of lifestyles. large in standpoint, it explores either casual and formal methods for learning profession, presents a version and framework for learning occupational improvement around the lifespan, and considers concerns and insights surrounding numerous "occupational" themes.
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These preferences include not only what people 22 Chapter 1 An Introduction to Occupation choose to do, but also where and with whom we choose to spend time. Current theories of occupational choice emphasize psychological factors, such as personality and self-identity, as important influences on occupational time use and lifestyle patterns. Contextual Factors There is no doubt that situational factors, or context, influence what people do. Physical factors include natural conditions, such as the weather, landscape and built environment, and availability of objects such as tools, furniture, and equipment necessary to undertake certain activities.
The current system for organizing information about job categories in the United States is called O*NET. This online system, operated by the Department of Labor, relies on a combination of abilities, task requirements, and other factors to differentiate among jobs and provide easily accessible information to employers and workers (80). (see Box 1-4 and Figures 1-4 ■ and 1-5 ■). Play may be unknown in some cultures; rather, work and play may be intermingled into the rhythm of everyday life. Occupations are not often discrete actions because multiple occupations are often enfolded or nested, occurring simultaneously in the same time and space.
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