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TEACHER Jennifer Thomas and
Robyn Irvine.
YEAR
10 |
LEVEL
5 |
DURATION
4 weeks |
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Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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Resources and Economic Activities
The changing nature of work and the consequences of this for individuals and for society.
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Students will:
- Describe the changing nature of work in selected industries.
- Describe the consequences of these changes for a range of individuals.
- Outline some of the consequences of changes in the nature of work for society.
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Processes
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Learning Outcomes
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Inquiry
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Students will:
- Develop a framework for an Inquiry;
- Communicate relevant information using appropriate conventions;
- Draw valid conclusions based on information from the Inquiry;
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Requirements
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| Settings: | New Zealand, Global |
| Perspectives: | Current Issues, Future |
| Essential Learning About New Zealand Society (ELANZS): |
- the nature and organisation of paid and unpaid work;
- changing patterns of economic activity and trade.
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Assessment
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Design your own assessment using the template provided.
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TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Starter
- Graffiti Sheet
How many students in the class already hold down work of some sort? What do
they do? How does the work they do compare with the work their parents' and
grandparents' generations would have done?
Changing Nature of Work
- A Quick Survey
How different is the work that young people do today from the work that
young people did one or two generations back?
- In the olden days - at your place
What type of work has been carried out in your local area in the past
hundred years or so?
- Let's see now
Provide access to
Timeframes, (username:
timeframes, password: images).
In pairs, students search for photographs of one or more of the occupations
that they identified as having existed in their local area in the past
hundred years or so.
- Some Stats
How has employment changed in the last hundred years or so?
Check out Patterns of Work.
- A Case Study: The Food Service Industry
From slow food to fast food?
- Spot check
How has the nature of work changed?
- Looking further: The Changing Nature of Work
Individually or in pairs students conduct a
Mini Inquiry into the changing
nature of work in other sectors of the economy such as:
- Transport
- Communication
- Tourism
- IT industry
- Agriculture
- Banking
- Or any other sector of their choice
Consequences
- Consequences for Society
What are some of the consequences of changes in work and the workplace for
society? Work and society are so inextricably linked that it is hard to
distinguish what causes which - does change in society bring about changes
in work and in the workplace? Or do changes in the nature of work cause
changes in society? Or both?
- Consequences for individuals
What does the changing nature of work mean for individuals - for students in
secondary schools trying to plan for their future? To
choose a career?
- Wrap Up: What's out there in the way of work?
Students combine "local knowledge" with maps and aerial photographs of your
local area, and the yellow pages section of the phone book to list as many
of the industries, businesses, institutions and other economic activities
as they can. Send some trusty students out into your local area with a digital
camera and get them to collect images of these workplaces. Brainstorm
the types of work that will be found in these industries, businesses, institutions
and other economic activities.
- Follow Up
Organise (with Careers staff) for guest speakers, visits to workplaces, work
experience, short courses at local tertiary institutions and so on.
RESOURCES
Electronic
Print
- Taylor, L. (1999) The Changing Nature of Work. Takapuna; New House Publishing
(Electronic version)
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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