Workplays
Description
Workplays provides school to work transition play scripts and activities for secondary school students. This approach provides students with a realistic understanding of a variety of professions, trades and careers, fosters collaboration between subjects and develops essential skills for the workplace world.
This second edition of Hazel Edwards' well-loved and used teacher resource, highlights the practicality of integrating plays and simulated workplace experiences in schools in addition, or in lieu of work placements. Multiple play scripts, activities and discussion points provide for all level of reading skills. The book advocates for the value of incorporating simulated workplace experiences, offering a practical and inclusive skills approach to preparing students for future work.
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Content
About the Author
Introduction
Using Workplays
. How to Mock Up a Workplace
. Using Play Scripts
. Summary of the Group Approach
. Hints for Playmaking
. Checklist for Setting
. Getting Inside Your Characters
Hospital and Medical Areas
. Emergency
. Other Hospital/Medical Work
. Interviews
. A Day in the Life of ...
. Work Flow Chart
. Play: Saturday Night Down in Emergency
. Activities: Suggested Play Scripts
Supermarket
. Mocking Up a Supermarket
. Interviews
. Activities
. Job Descriptions
. Suggested Play Scripts
. Fantasy: Talking to Trolleys
. Writing a Group Story: Trolleypower
Court
. Procedure for a Day in Court
. Interviews
. Play: I Went to Court This Morning
. Activities
Emergency Services
. Play: Fire on Trial
. Video and Content Production
. Content Production Notes
. Checklist: Scriptwriting
. Sample Storyboard
. Shot Sizes
. Activities
Sports Centre
. How One Group Worked
. Interviews
. Activities: Suggested Play Scripts
Co-op
. Play: Help Wanted
. Activities
Factory, Farm, Railway Station
. Suggested Play Scripts
Anywhere
. Play: That's No Job for Them
. Activities
Co-working Spaces
. Activities
Self Employment
. Working from Home
. Activities
Exploring Job Considerations
