Occupation Quest Project Practice Guide

Purpose:  Clear vision for the future gives patience, diligence and desire for achievement to people. The hypotheses of this project that the students who have similar occupational goals can understand and prepare for the jobs through seeking information cooperatively. They will understand and compare the characteristics of occupations in other countries.

  • Type:  Group / in class / outside of class
  • related subject:  Language, Ethics, Social study,  Technology,  Discretional activity(international understanding)
  • applicable grade: K7-K12(Secondary school grade)
  • activity level : intermediate
  • activity period: 5 weeks
  • materials needed : PC with Internet service, camera, mp3 player
  • applicable environment: Multimedia room, Computer Lab. , classroom
  • related curriculum
    Language, Ethics, Social study, Technology, Discretional activity(international understanding)

Goal of this project:

1.Students will increase their efficiency in using ICT through searching on the Internet and sending an e-mail, writing on bbs, using SNS, copyrighting, making web documents, etc

2.Students will be able to know the kinds of jobs related to their future dreams.

3.Students will be able to talk with people who have various jobs and get  some more information.

4.Students will be able to cooperate with students of domestic or overseas.

Task/ Contents/ Methods/ Activities:

1. Task (Mission)

A. Search for characteristics and necessary conditions of selected occupation .

B. Interview professionals in that field using a given worksheet.

2. Activity steps

Step1

1) In each class create groups of 5 or less students who have similar future occupational goals..

2) Divide the following roles among group members.

-web researcher : searching information about the occupation on the Internet

-document  researcher: Searching for occupation in a library

-photographer: taking pictures

-interviewer: interviewing professionals

-web publisher: digitizing data and publishing

Step2

1) Search for information about the selected occupation on the Internet.

2) Organize the data and share it with group members. Sources should be sighted for all data collected.

–Research the 10 most popular jobs in both Korea and partner schools.

 -discuss why these jobs are the most popular in Korea.

 -if the lists for each country are different, discuss possible reasons for this.

Step3

1) Study the data and visit the work places. When visiting workplaces, keep order and take pictures after showing the occupation quest project.

Step4

1) Write a report.

 -content may vary but the following information should be included.

date of survey/ class number, student numbers and name of group members/ name of person surveyed/ picture or video clips of the scene / copies of any correspondence/ results of the survey/ addresses of web sites used for research/ other data

2) Check the report each other and discuss it among the group.

-the report should also include students’ impressions of their visit to the workplaces (they can get advice from a guidance teacher)

3) hand in organized data.

Step 5: Assessment : Personal, Team, other group)

Self-Assessment on the project,  Assesment of Group presentation, Checklist of self-reflection in team

activities

Expected Results

  Students will be able to understand the world of job market and gain more information about and create a positive outlook towards the occupation related to their future goals through research as well as interviews with professionals in that field. And at the same time, they can help each other and then develop important skills by cooperating with other teenagers who have similar future occupational goals.

Things for teachers to keep in mind

*Guide students in searching the Internet and researching using related books.

*Permit an E-mail interview if students have difficulty in doing expert interviews in person

*Students should be taught in advance about guide about manners that they should observe when they have a field interview.

*Homework can be given to both individuals and groups.

*Students should take pictures with the field expert who interviewed.

*Groups can be organized by grade not just by class.

*Help students to create a positive view of their chosen occupation as well as to avoid criticizing occupations chosen by others.

*Email interviews should only be allowed in cases where a field interview is not possible.

■  Schedule for Learning  ICT

1.Step1

- Construction of Condition

- Guidance for learning ICT

2. Step 2-3

- Learning about Application of Mail, SNS

- Learning about Data search

- Learning about Application of Digital camera and graphic program

- Learning about how to create web data and upload and share it.

3. Step 3- 5

- Carrying out the Occupation Quest project

- Filling out the report, and uploading arranged data

■ Group6 : DINKO(Dream of Indonesia & Korea)

http://teacher06.groups.live.com/

Proposer & Developers:

Republic of Korea

Leader: Hwang, Haseon (mushroom4u@naver.com)

Coordinator: Heymi Gang

http://ictmsn.org

Republic of Indonesia : Sri Retna  Pratiwi (Tiwik) , Zaroh Wiraswastika