Industry insights: Bring the world of work into your classroom
Equipping teachers with ideas to link their subject into the world of work and bring the world of work into their subject.
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How often do students in class ask ‘Why do we have to do this?’ and become less engaged with their learning?
As a teacher, connecting the content being taught to the world of work can help shift students’ mindsets and increase their engagement. While teachers are not expected to be experts in career development – the key person with that expertise is the school’s career practitioner – they can play a pivotal role in supporting the career development of students and help prepare them for the future.
In a paper written by Tristram Hooley, Professor of Career Education, Career education: Every teacher had a role, he says ‘all teachers are career teachers’. Integrating career learning in the curriculum can help teachers to:
- Increase interest in their subject
- Show what they are teaching has a real use in the world
- Motivate students by helping them see how their learning links to their future
- Make learning more relevant to students.
Join an upcoming industry visit with ISV
To support teachers to gain current industry knowledge, ISV has organised visits with various employers. These visits will provide teachers with ideas to link their subject into the world of work and bring the world of work into their subject.
ISV’s industry insights series includes visits to:
Boeing Aerostructures Australia
7 May
Explore the aerospace industry with Australia’s only designer and manufacturer of advanced composite aerostructure components for commercial aircraft.
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Melbourne Theatre Company
14 May
Learn more about the arts industry and how theatre professionals work, including skills and tools associated with non-art subjects that are used to create theatre.
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Melbourne Museum
30 July
Tour the museum and its collections, gain an insight into life in Victoria, and learn about the back-of-house workings of the museum.
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Yakult Australia
7 August
View the entire advanced manufacturing production process at Yakult’s purpose-built Australian factory.
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Note Printing Australia
Postponed to a later date
Delve into the hidden world of Note Printing Australia and learn about the 30+ different career pathways running through the business, including a session with a forensics expert from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Postponed to a later date
Experience MCRI’s research facilities and state-of-the-art technologies to gain an excellent insight into the diverse medical research field.
More information
Maria Floudiotis
Education Consultant, Careers
Independent Schools Victoria
maria.floudiotis@is.vic.edu.au
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