Explore content
Work Studies
The Australian Curriculum: Work Studies, provides Years 9 and 10 students with an opportunity to look at key work-related issues facing young people today and into the future. They investigate the skills and personal qualities associated with a range of occupations and explain the importance of teamwork and collaboration. They identify the types and purposes of communication in workplaces, including social media. Students research and analyse information, organise teams, and communicate effectively using appropriate types of communications within specific contexts. They identify possible tensions arising in work-related contexts and understand the approaches to resolve conflicts and tensions.
Skills for learning and work
Content descriptions with elaborations:
Identify types of workplace communication and the effect of context on the choice of communication (ACWSCL007)
- contrasting the types of communication used among peers, in the classroom, within schools, across cultures and in workplaces
- categorising types of communication according to their suitability in work contexts
- describing the value of cross-cultural communication in 21st century workplaces, both in the context of regional engagement with Asia and reconciliation in Australia
Differentiate between work-related and personal use of social media (ACWSCL008)
- determining the types of social media used in workplaces and the reasons for their use
- explaining why personal and workplace online identities differ
- investigating online identities and determining which would appeal to a future employer
- investigating the implications for future career paths of unwise use of social media
Work skills
Content descriptions with elaborations:
Differentiate between work-related and personal use of social media (ACWSCL008)
- determining the types of social media used in workplaces and the reasons for their use
- explaining why personal and workplace online identities differ
- investigating online identities and determining which would appeal to a future employer
- investigating the implications for future career paths of unwise use of social media