Drawing the Future: Exploring the career aspirations of New Zealand children

A major new report has been published which examines the career aspirations of 7-13 years olds in New Zealand. The research format and methodology is based on Drawing the Future which charity Education and Employers and its partners TES Global, the NAHT, OECD Education and Skills, and UCL Institute of Education published during the World Economic Forum in January 2018.

A major new report has been published which examines the career aspirations of 7-13 years olds in New Zealand. The research format and methodology is based on Drawing the Future which charity Education and Employers and its partners TES Global, the NAHT, OECD Education and Skills, and UCL Institute of Education published during the World Economic Forum in January 2018.

The Drawing the Future survey asked children aged 7-11 to draw a picture of the job they wanted to do when they grew up and indicate how they heard about it. Some 13,000 children took part in the UK and 7,000 from 19 other countries. New Zealand didn’t take part in the original survey and were keen not just to replicate it but to develop the scope.

Children aged 7 to 13 from every primary, intermediate and composite school across New Zealand were invited to take part and some 7,700 children did – an amazing response considering the relative populations of New Zealand and the UK. It was carried by the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission/Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua which is responsible for all careers provision in the country.

The report, Drawing the Future: Exploring the career aspirations of New Zealand children’, was formally launched at Parliament by the New Zealand’s Education Minister, Chris Hipkins.

Read more here.

Download Drawing The Future New Zealand here.