Aspire Generation - What is work?

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 9 Work Studies:

• Plan and implement strategies and processes to improve their learning and enhance the potential to realise their aspirations and personal wellbeing (ACWSCL005) 

Year 10 Work Studies:

• Focus their learning strategies on personal and work-related aspirations (ACWSCL024) 

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability

Relevant parts of Year 9 achievement standards: Students investigate the skills and personal qualities associated with a range of occupations and explain the importance of teamwork and collaboration.

Relevant parts of Year 10 achievement standards: Students explain the relationship between changing circumstances, learning and 21st century work opportunities and identify the skills needed to manage changes.

Unit of work: Aspire Generation – Work Studies

Time required: 60 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitate class discussion.

• Student Worksheets – one copy per student OR computers/tablets to access the online worksheet
• Device capable of an online image search (one per student or enough for one between two)
• Butcher’s paper, blu-tack, ‘Chalk Talk’ visible thinking routine prompts (print enough copies so that there are enough for one per group of 3-4 students)
• Device capable of presenting a video to the class.

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Communication
• Critical thinking
• Creativity
• Social Skills

This lesson supports La Trobe University’s Aspire Generation initiative, which empowers students to drive change through community engagement, volunteerism and leadership opportunities.