The Perspectives DVD consists of two DVD’s containing 3 separate components. The first DVD, called Profiles, consists of interviews with 18 individuals most of whom were currently in school at the time of the interviews. The second DVD reorganizes the interview material by theme to create “mini-movies”, as well as providing interviewee responses to common myths and misperceptions about PSE.

Disk 1 - DVD Profiles

The interviews, which range in length from 10 to 16 minutes, are based on a structured set of questions asked of all interviewees.

Disk 2 - DVD Exploring Themes

This section uses existing interview comments reorganized into 8 themes. The themes correspond to the question categories so that each plays as a continuous mini-movie of responses concerning that theme.

Disk 2 - Shattering Myths

One of the key objectives of Perspectives is to address many of the common myths or stereotypic views surrounding PSE. All interviewees were asked to respond to share their perspective on at least one of 10 myths.

The 10 'myth' statements are as follows:

1. If I make all these decisions about my future now, I will be locked into something I’m not sure about.
2. There are so many career choices available, so I should just choose one that pays a lot of money.
3. Post-secondary education is just like high school. It’s going to be more of the same.
4. Post-secondary institutions only care about marks.
5. Post-secondary institutions are big, impersonal and scary places.
6. I can earn as much money starting work now as I would if I went to school and began working later... And I won’t have any debt!
7. University is better than college. College is better than the trades.
8. A Bachelor’s degree in the Liberal Arts won’t get me anywhere in life.
9. You have to be an A student to get any kind of scholarship or bursary.
10. My parents can’t afford to pay for my education, so I have no hope of coming up with the money.
11. Only certain types of people go to post-secondary education