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Making the most of your specialist area

Teachers have a responsibility for enthusing learners in their chosen subject or vocational area and for looking for appropriate and innovative ways to motivate learners and fire their ambitions.

Teachers can plan activities that bring their learners into direct contact with the world of work, getting them to investigate their chosen area and planning work-related learning experiences.  They can also bring learning to life in the classroom or workshop by:

• creating virtual work settings through which they can teach specialist knowledge and skills
• creating ‘employer challenges’ to present learners with real situations that require them to understand a work context and solve problems
• creating case studies and role-play scenarios to engage learners in realistic contexts
• creating resources that give learners an insight into what the world of work holds for them.

Creating up to date and realistic learning contexts is one way in which teachers can also keep themselves updated with current knowledge in their specialist areas.

The resources in this section provide examples of these approaches that you can adapt for a range of specialist areas.

The resources in the Teaching and Learning Programme are rich with examples of how teachers have brought their specialisms to life through innovative approaches.

Refer to Applied learning and work-related learning for more ideas and resources on this theme.

Resources for teacher educators

  - Getting the most out of these resources

• Teachers talk about using the case study approach in SHD programmes - Info 
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  Virtual health centre - Quicktime Windows Media Player 
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  The patient journey - Quicktime Windows Media Player 
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  Virtual work settings - Quicktime Windows Media Player 
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  Virtual work settings: Videos, getting started guidance, teacher guidance, learner activities, teacher case studies - Info and Web 
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  Telecommunications activity to develop autonomous learning - MPEG 
• Animal transport in the land based sector - Info 
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  Get me there - Web 
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  Preparing animals for transport - Web 
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  E-learning in Business: Quadrant - Info and Web 
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  Materials and processes: Video, guidance and activities - Info and Web 
• Carbon footprint board activity - Info 
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  Carbon footprint board activity - PDF Word 
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  Carbon footprint activity board - PDF 
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  Carbon footprint question cards - PDF Word 
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  Carbon footprint score card - PDF 
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  Use of the taught language videos - Info and Web 
• MFL: Role plays - Info 
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  Role play examples - Word 
• Mapping the possibilities - Info 
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  Guidance notes - Word 
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  My neighbourhood: Teacher and CPD guidance, videos and activities - Info and Web 
• Introducing the creative and media industries - Info 
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  Creative village: Video - Windows Media Player 
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  Creative village: Interactive - Flash 
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  Creative village: Creative opportunities - Word 
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  Branching conversations - Word 
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  Creative village map - Word 
• Project-led learning - Info 
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  Video wall - Web 
• Co-operative learning and IT - Info 
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  Overview - PDF 
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  Getting started - PDF 
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  Going deeper - Web 
• IT: Peer review - Info 
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  Peer review interactive - Flash 
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  Peer review - PDF 
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  Building relationships with other organisations: Videos and ideas - Info and Web 
• World of Engineering - Info 
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  Can I do that job? Learner project - PDF 
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  Video wall - Web 
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  What jobs are there: Guidance on building a video wall using PowerPoint - PDF 
• The personnel - Info 
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  Video wall: Construction and the built environment - Web 
• Serious dominoes - Info 
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  Serious dominoes: Guidance notes - Word 
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  Dominoes set 1 - PDF 
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  Dominoes set 2 - PDF 
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  Working things out together: Waveform parameters - Info and Web 

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