How to use "The Conversation" in the Classroom
What learning or lesson strategies would you use?
Articles on Senior Subjects Series
Examples of On the Job use of "The Conversation":

• Category: Houses & Buildings

How to use "The Conversation" in the Classroom

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Teachers of English, Science & the Environment, the Humanities, Religion, Ethics & Philosophy, Technology, Business & Commence, the Arts & Culture, PE - Health, will find valuable and reliable information from this publication.

All you need do is use the "Search" function to put in your topic that you want your students to investigate. You can refine your search by putting the "newest" into the refining data analog. Then select the article(s) you wish your students to read.

What learning or lesson strategies would you use?

6 Thinking Hats	Brainstorming
Community of Inquiry	Compare & Contrast
Connect Three	Consider All Factors Analysis
Expert Jigsaw Strategy	Just a Minute
Plus, Minus & Interesting	Snakes n Ladders
Think Pair Share

Articles on Senior Subjects Series

These articles are part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years.

Examples of On the Job use of "The Conversation"

I have taken the first category "House & Buildings" to show how extensively On the Job has used "The Conversation" as stimulus material for a range of teaching strategies.

Category: Houses & Buildings	Activities & Target Level
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic	The Global Impact of Air Conditioning: big and getting bigger Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Compare & Contrast; Summarise
Architect	Responding to the Vernacular? Secondary Lesson Strategy: Compare & Contrast
Builder	Sustainable buildings: What does it all mean? Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Consider all Factors
Cabinet Maker	Copyright & Furniture Secondary Lesson Strategy: Research & Development of Infographic
Concreter	A Problem with Concrete? Secondary Lesson Strategy: Research
Construction Project Manager	Bendable concrete? Smart concrete? Ethics and Construction? What do you know! Secondary Lesson Strategy: Retrieval Chart; Question Quadrant
Construction Worker	1. What is the future of construction jobs? PMI Strategy Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Plus, Minus & Interesting 2. Safety & Construction: a Communication Strategy Secondary Lesson Strategy: Creation of a Cartoon
Electrician	1. Electricity Bills - Yuck! Research & Action Plan Primary Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Research & Action Plan - create a poster 2. Please explain and analyse! Secondary Lesson Strategy: Explain and Analyse
Glazier	Skyscrapers & Glass Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Research
Handyperson	Mould and Damp: How it effects your health Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Research & Calculation
Home Improvement Installer	Solar Panels - should (or can) we all have them? Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Community of Inquiry
Interior Designer	1. Living in a small space? Let's analyse your options! Secondary Lesson Strategy: Analysing options 2. Interior Design and Homelessness Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Research
Quantity Surveyor	Did You Know? Unbuilding cities as high rises reach their use-by date. Lesson Strategy: Reading
Swimming Pool & Spa Technician	What lies lurking in your swimming pool? Fact check Secondary Lesson Strategy: Research
Upholsterer	Car Upholstery: Vinyl or Leather? What would you choose? Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Research stimulus material

Sportsperson Ash Barty	The Science of Grunting in Tennis #TC Secondary Lesson Strategy: A Community of Inquiry Tennis and Statistics: A comprehension and analysis exercise! #TC Secondary Lesson Strategy: Research the numbers