Introduction
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Learning Sequences:
Concluding Activity
Assessment for Learning
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Learning Sequence 4

• Collect problem-solving tasks/activities that students can work on together. Discuss the types of activities and tasks they can choose from. Reinforce collaboration skills:

  • what skills are needed to work together?

  • how do groups work together on issues of group adversity? (eg land rights, local development)

• Ask students in small groups to choose an activity/task. Students work together to solve the task. This may be for community improvement.

• Groups share their solutions, highlighting the skills they used and strategies for problem-solving. Discuss how these relate to perseverance.

• In their journal students add to their perseverance qualities list. Student share their list with the group to see if they agree.

• Use the Matisse image The Dance. http://www.abcgallery.com/M/matisse/matisse146.html
  Discuss with students how well they were able to achieve goals as a group in the activity. Explain that the artist is depicting a group of fisherman working together to bring in the catch. Discuss. Students may like to sketch a similar artwork depicting working together.

• Discuss the role of government agencies in addressing issues of discrimination so that those suffering disadvantage or discrimination have an opportunity to set their goals and a chance to achieve them, eg Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, anti-discrimination legislation, workplace agreements.

• Students use the government and support agency websites to find out more information about this area.

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