Work Education Book 1: Learning about the Workplace

Work Education Book 1: Learning about the Workplace aims to help students develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes about the workplace. Students learn how to:

• Connect to the workplace with practical and challenging activities.
• Develop the necessary competencies and employability skills and personal attributes to help them manage their career as a lifelong learner in a constantly changing work environment.
• Recognise and develop enterprising skills and to understand the role these skills can play in the achievement of their pathways plans and career goals.
• Understand and appreciate the notion of social responsibility and community-based learning.

A major focus by the author is the application of the Mayer key competencies as visual cues for students to recognise when they are developing and drawing on these skills as they work through the activities. A Key Competencies checklist is provided at the end of each Topic Area to reinforce the development of these skills.

This book has been written in line with the Board of Studies Work Education syllabus (2003).

Topics in Book 1

• Core Part 1: Preparing Futures
• Using Technology in the Workplace
• Workplace Safety
• Life Transitions
• Community Participation
• Learning about the Workplace
• Learning in the Workplace