The Student Task General Education Task Vocational Preparation Task Vocational Education Task

Definition A practical activity by which learning is applied to:  The Development of a Product  The Investigation of an Issue  The Provision of a Service  The Staging of an Event  An Enterprise Activity  A Production/Live Performance

Vehicle for curriculum integration of as many courses as possible Purpose

 Provide opportunity for students to integrate learning  Develop student literacy, numeracy and communication skills  Develop student confidence and self esteem  promote motivation - short term goals  develop responsibility and initiative  develop self evaluation, problem solving reflection and management  promote co-operation and teamwork  promote school/community liaison Aims

 practical application of knowledge, understanding skills and competences developed through the modules  substantial piece of work (approx 10 hours activity per student excluding the report)  individual task or group task with identifiable contribution from each student Task Criteria  individual report on task  relevant

 Selecting/Planning  Implementing  Recording and cross-curricular applications  reviewing and evaluating  presenting/communication Main Stages

Requirements  Evidence of task completion  Individual task report  Individual presentation of task at interview with external examiner Assessment

 Title  Statement of Aims  Action Plan  Research activity undertaken  Execution of the task  Presentation and analysis of findings  Statement of learning outcomes  An evaluation of the student’s own contribution  Integration across the curriculum Task Report

 Name of my Task  My Aims  Plan  How I got my information  How I did my Task  What I learned from doing my task  What I did well  What I would do differently  The courses that helped me with my task Task Report

Assessment Criteria  Ability to select and plan  Quality of engagement  Evidence of progress and achievement  Ability to reflect and evaluate  Quality of cross-curricular applications  Quality of integration  Quality of communicative ability

Integration

Schedule of all Tasks