| Activity Title: WorkOut! - Business People in the Classroom |
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A guest speaker from the world of work visits
classroom to answer general and specific questions about
his/her experience in a given vocational area. Sessions
can be tailored for close reference to a given curriculum
area. |
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| Who is the activity for: |
Year 10-13 students of all abilities. |
| Number of hours/days: |
One hour. |
| Funded by: |
£45 per session per group up to 30. |
| Programme outline |
Guest is introduced by name only and students have 20
closed questions to identify his/her occupation. On hearing
more about the job, students compete to guess relevant
Key Skills and Personal Qualities in priority order. Students
then ask open questions. Guest then 'teaches' for 10-15
mins on a pre-set question relevant to the curriculum. |
| Strengths |
Opportunities to ask questions directly to 'witness'
from the world of work and get direct answers. |
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| Curriculum |
Work-Related Learning
1. Skills for Employability***
7. Learn from contact with business people*
Citizenship
Developing skills of enquiry and communication*
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| Criteria for assessing programme |
Learning activities recorded on Student Learning Record.
Student Self-evaluation and Guest Speaker evaluation completed
at end of the session, rating quality of ‘Learning’, ‘Enjoyment’ and ‘Preference
for guest’s job’. |
| Number and range of users to date |
Operating since 2000. Delivered sessions to hundreds
of students from various schools and alternative education
providers including: Denbigh, Kingsbrooke, Leon, Manor
Road Centre, Radcliffe, Sir Frank Markham, Walton, Young
People Out of School project. |
| More feedback |
Consistently high student and guest speaker satisfaction
ratings: 97% have agreed or strongly agreed they "enjoyed
the session", 94% agreed or strongly agreed they 'learned
from the session'. |
