Review 2
Given that putting together a resume is fairly straightforward and requires information to be written down, the Career Passport manual offers a systematic way to do that. It doesn't necessarily lend itself to participatory activities. The flow of the manuals makes sense and is essentially in the order one would find information in a resume. While the student manual is comprised mostly of worksheets, the teacher's guide does try to point out what types of things should be discussed in depth for each topic and suggests supplemental activities. The program is primarily geared towards youth in secondary school but it can be adapted to other settings. As long as the youth going through the program understand the need for a resume, they might be willing to go through the worksheets. It could be helpful, perhaps, to bring youth who have gone through the process or used a resume to find a job to come as guest speakers or as assistants/facilitators of the program.
In addition, although the Teacher's Guide lists student-learning objectives at the beginning of each of the main sections, there isn't a measurable way of seeing if the student has achieved these objectives beyond the student filling in the worksheets and completing a career passport (resume) as a final product. Given that the curriculum is comprised mainly of worksheets, I would not say that it fosters critical thinking and creativity. It helps the learners to validate their past experiences and understand that this information can be incorporated into a resume, be useful in job interviews, etc. Finally, while the materials are easy to understand they are not geared towards learners at low literacy levels.