Lesson plans and activities
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Talking Jobs Questions
Job List
- Stereotyping (KS 3)
- Learning Intentions
- To develop understanding of stereotyping
- To explore attitudes and values in relation to gender and work
- To work together with others
Learning Outcome (from CEG National Framework)
outcome 4: "recognise stereotyped and misrepresented images of people, careers and work and how their own views of these issues affect their decision making"
- Personal Qualities & Skills (KS 3)
- Learning Intentions
- Reinforce previous learning about personal qualities and skills
- To apply understanding about personal qualities and skills to real jobs
- To work together with others
Learning Outcome (from CEG National Framework)
outcome 1: "undertake a realistic self-assessment of their achievements, qualities, aptitudes and abilities and present this in an appropriate format"
- Job Qualities & Skills Lesson 1 of 2 (KS 3)
- Learning Intentions
- To develop career related vocabulary
- To identify job groupings
- To work together with others
Learning Outcome (from CEG National Framework)
outcome 9: "Use appropriate vocabulary and organise information about work into standard and personally devised groupings"
- Job Qualities & Skills Lesson 2 of 2 (KS 3)
- Learning Intentions
- To work together with others
- To organise jobs into categories
- To develop career related vocabulary
- To test previous understanding about job families
Learning Outcome (from CEG National Framework)
outcome 9: "Use appropriate vocabulary and organise information about work into standard and personally devised groupings"
- Job For Life (KS 3)
- Learning Intentions
- To think about what a career is
- To develop an understanding that careers pathways can change and that a job may not always be for life
- To work together with others
Learning Outcome (from CEG National Framework)
outcome 6: "recognise that work is more than paid employment and that there is considerable variation in the value individuals and society attach to different kinds of work’"
- Stereotyping: Have you got an attitude? (KS 4)
- Learning Intentions
- To explore how our attitudes and values can influence our careers
- To consider the impact family background and education can have on careers
- To work together with other people
Learning Outcome (from CEG National Framework)
outcome 4: "explain why it is important to develop personal values to combat stereotyping, tackle discrimination in learning and work and suggest ways of doing this’"
- CV Workshop (KS 4)
- Learning Intentions
- To understand the need for CVs and compare and evaluate different CVs
- To understand the difference between a speculative and a targeted CV
- To write a targeted CV
Learning Outcome (from CEG National Framework)
outcome 13: "Understand and follow application procedures recognising the need for and producing speculative and targeted CVs, personal statements and application letters for a range of different scenarios’ "
- Work Life Balance (KS 4)
- Learning Intentions
- Explore attitudes and values to work and money
- Develop an understanding of independent living
- To work together with others
Learning Outcome (from CEG National Framework)
outcome 14: "Take finance and other factors into account when making decisions about the future"
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