Within S2 Health and Wellbeing we have programmed a 7 week Choices and Challenges block. This year we wanted to develop our pupils awareness of life and learning by introducing a couple of lessons encouraging personal career planning and preparation.
To build on, and make the pupils investigation more meaningful, Harris Academy invited over 40 professionals from different occupational backgrounds / education or training to one of their Social Education classes. The volunteers were interviewed by small groups of S2 pupils. These interviews were recorded using Talk-Trakers. The Talk-Trakers were ideal for gathering evidence and the recordings (podcasts) were an excellent assessment tool as they could be shared and compared.
The experience and outcome covered is
“I am investigating different careers/occupations, ways of working, and learning and training paths. I am gaining experience that helps me recognise the relevance of my learning, skills and interests to my future life”. HWB 3-20a
Pupils have also published their pictures and podcasts to their e-portfolios.
Learning Intentions
- To construct a set of questions to gather information about their visitor
- To identify other post-16 routes such as Modern Apprenticeships
- To identify the local college and university
- To identify the links between school subjects and occupations
- To anticipate future decisions in education, training or work
- To identify influences on career decision making
- To investigate the knowledge and skills people need at work
We found that pupils really found this experience worth while, they were completely engaged in their learning and enjoyed listening to recordings of the other groups.
