An Overview

This blog page will display my occupational experience over the past semester in learning a new occupation.  The occupation I chose was New Zealand sign language, which I categorised as an occupation of self development and growth or exploring other cultures.  There are numerous ways to classify occupations, especially since each occupation can hold different meaning for different people, and even different meanings for the same person in different contexts.  For example, they can be classified according to purpose, outcome, or as “obligatory necessary or chosen” (Christiansen & Townsend, 2010).

Christiansen, C.H. & Townsend, E.A. (2010) An introduction to occupation. In C.H. Christiansen & E.A. Townsend (Eds) Introduction to occupation: The art and science of living. (2nd ed). (pp1-34) New Jersey: Pearson Education.