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NQGA ConferenceNQGA Conference
Workshop
How can we support, deliver and share Core and other transferable skills with students?
25 January 2008
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Workshop outlineWorkshop outline
Introductions
Core and other skills – what others?
What opportunities exist to do this?
What more is needed?
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Getting to know you…activity 1Getting to know you…activity 1
The purpose of this activity is to get to know the people in your group.
Draw a picture of a pig. You have 2 minutes for this individual activity.
Use your team’s analysis sheet to find out the characteristics of the people round the table.
You have 5 minutes to complete this activity Does anybody want to move now you know who
you are dealing with???
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Core and other transferable skills- activity 2Core and other transferable skills- activity 2
SQA support includes– Signposting in units– Arrangements documents– Discreet units in Core Skills– Guides to signposting and case studies of how some centres
implement this– Assessment Support Packs– Contextualised case studies– Understanding Standards Website – Showcase events– Mini action research projects…
How much and how explicitly is this shared with learners???
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The Core (and other transferable) Skills paradoxThe Core (and other transferable) Skills paradox
Universal acceptance of their importance
But a lack of the necessary resources to deliver
them
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Core and other – what others?- activity 3Core and other – what others?- activity 3
The purpose of this activity is to reach consensus on the critical, generic skills needed for success in NQGAs.
Consider Poster 1 – we’ve started it off with the 5 Core Skills plus some from the Scotland’s Skills Strategy.
Use pens to add any others you think are critical. This will provide our list of essential skills for the next activity
You have 2 minutes to complete this activity
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Opportunity knocks…- activity 4Opportunity knocks…- activity 4
Consider the 4 questions on your pink sheet. In groups of 4 or 5, discuss individual answers
and decide on the 2 considered to be the most important for each question.
Put each answer on a post it. Now stick post its to the centre of relevant target sheet.
Hang your target sheets on the wall. Let’s see what others think…
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Looks like this?Looks like this?
workshop
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In my ideal world…In my ideal world…