Which work experience placement?
Lesson
To enable students to identify possible work experience placements.
Context
Many students need help in deciding which work experience placement to take. Looking at, and sorting, pictures can be an easy way of making some initial decisions.
Learning outcomes
Students make an effective and appropriate choice of work experience placement.
Level
This activity can be used with students of all abilities but is particularly appropriate for students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
Resources
Pictures printed from JED of the types of jobs available in your work experience programme. Pictures should be printed in as high a quality as possible, preferably in colour, and could be laminated so that they can be used over and over again.
Contribution to National Framework
This activity contributes to the following learning outcome, KS4 learning outcome 2.
Starter
Make sure the students have a clear list of the types of placements available to them. Show them the pictures you have prepared.
Main
Sort the pictures of work experience jobs into three sets:-
Like - these are activities that you can see yourself doing.
Not sure - these are activities that may need a little more research.
Don't like - these are activities that you cannot see yourself doing.
Discuss the 'Not sure' selection to finalise your decision about each one,
and then talk through why you chose the cards you did for the 'Like' selection.
Record your ideas for future reference.
Plenary
Discussion about what they are looking forward to the most on work experience.
Extension Activity
After completing their placement, students can add pictures from JED to their work experience report to reflect the activities that they have done. In addition the Localising feature in JED can be used to allow students to add their own work experience pictures to the job records in JED, as well as some text describing their experiences.
Page date 14/02/08