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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":


How to use "The Conversation" in the Classroom

The Conversation

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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

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

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic
The Global Impact of Air Conditioning: big and getting bigger

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Compare & Contrast; Summarise
Architect

Architect
Responding to the Vernacular?

High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Compare & Contrast
Builder

Builder
Sustainable buildings: What does it all mean?

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Consider all Factors
Cabinet Maker

Cabinet maker
Copyright & Furniture

High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Research & Development of Infographic
Concreter

Concreter
A Problem with Concrete?

High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Research
Construction Project Manager

Construction Project Manager
Bendable concrete? Smart concrete? Ethics and Construction? What do you know!

High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Retrieval Chart; Question Quadrant
Construction Worker

Construction Worker
1. What is the future of construction jobs? PMI Strategy

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary


Lesson Strategy:
Plus, Minus & Interesting


2. Safety & Construction: a Communication Strategy

High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Creation of a Cartoon
Electrician

Electrician
1. Electricity Bills - Yuck! Research & Action Plan

PrimaryPrimary MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Research & Action Plan - create a poster



2. Please explain and analyse!

High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Explain and Analyse

Glazier

Glazier
Skyscrapers & Glass

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Research
Handyperson

Handyperson
Mould and Damp: How it effects your health

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Research & Calculation
Home Improvement Installer

Home Improvement Installer
Solar Panels - should (or can) we all have them?

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Community of Inquiry
Interior Designer

Interior Designer
1. Living in a small space? Let's analyse your options!

High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Analysing options


2. Interior Design and Homelessness

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Research
Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor
Did You Know?
Unbuilding cities as high rises reach their use-by date.

Lesson Strategy: Reading
Swimming Pool & Spa Technician

Swimming Pool & Spa Technician
What lies lurking in your swimming pool? Fact check

High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Research
Upholsterer

Upholsterer
Car Upholstery: Vinyl or Leather? What would you choose?

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy:
Research stimulus material

 

Life on the Job

 

Sportsperson

Sportsperson

Ash Barty
The Science of Grunting in Tennis
#TC

High SchoolSecondary
Lesson Strategy: A Community of Inquiry



Tennis and Statistics: A comprehension and analysis exercise!
#TC
High SchoolSecondary

Lesson Strategy: Research the numbers
   

 

 

 

 

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