Employability skills
The VCE Drama study provides students with the opportunity to engage in a range of learning activities. In addition to demonstrating their understanding and mastery of the content and skills specific to the study, students may also develop employability skills through their learning activities.
The nationally agreed employability skills* are: Communication; Planning and organising; Teamwork; Problem solving; Self-management; Initiative and enterprise; Technology; and Learning.
The table links those facets that may be understood and applied in a school or non-employment related setting, to the types of assessment commonly undertaken within the VCE study.
| Assessment task | Employability skills selected facets |
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Written and oral responses |
Communication (reading independently, writing to the needs of an audience; sharing information)
Problem solving (developing creative and innovative solutions; developing practical solutions; applying a range of strategies to problem solving)
Learning ( managing own learning; being open to new ideas and techniques; acknowledging the need to learn in order to accommodate change)
Initiative and enterprise (being creative; generating a range of options; initiating innovative solutions; translating ideas into action; adapting to new situations)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information;
planning the use of resources including time management)
Self management (evaluating and monitoring own performance; articulating own ideas and visions; having knowledge and confidence in own ideas and visions; taking responsibility)
Technology (using IT to organise data; having a range of basic IT skills)
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Performance |
Initiative and enterprise (generating a range of options; initiating innovative solutions; being creative; adapting to new situations; translating ideas into action)
Planning and organising (managing time and priorities – setting time lines, co-ordinating tasks for self and with others; planning the use of resources including time management; collecting, analysing and organising information, taking initiative and making decisions)
Problem solving (developing practical solutions; testing assumptions taking the context of data and circumstances into account; solving problems in teams; developing creative and innovative solutions; applying a range of strategies to problem solving; showing independence and initiative in identifying problems and solving them)
Self management (having knowledge and confidence in own ideas and visions; articulating own ideas and visions; taking responsibility; evaluating and monitoring own performance)
Teamwork (working as an individual and as a member of a team; knowing how to define a role as part of the team, working across different ages and irrespective of gender, race, religion or political persuasion; applying team work to a range of situations e.g. futures planning, crisis problem solving;
identifying the strengths of the team members; coaching and mentoring skills including giving feedback)
Communication (sharing information; listening and understanding; empathising; speaking clearly and directly; negotiating responsively; writing to the needs of the audience; reading independently)
Learning (being open to new ideas and techniques; managing own learning; acknowledging the need to learn in order to accommodate change)
Technology (having a range of basic IT skills; using IT to organise data)
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Using ICT in devised drama and/or documentation |
Technology (using IT to organise data; having a range of basic IT skills; being willing to learn new IT skills)
Communication (writing to the needs of the audience; reading
independently; sharing information; establishing and using networks)
Initiative and enterprise (initiating innovative solutions; being creative; identifying opportunities not obvious to others; translating ideas into action)
Planning and organising (planning the use of resources including time management; collecting, analysing and organising information; managing time and priorities – setting time lines, co-ordinating tasks for self and with others; taking initiative and making decisions)
Learning (being open to new ideas and techniques; managing own learning; acknowledging the need to learn in order to accommodate change)
Problem solving (showing independence and initiative in identifying problems and solving them; developing practical solutions; testing assumptions taking the context of data and circumstances into account; solving problems in teams; developing creative and innovative solutions; applying a range of strategies to problem solving)
Self management (having knowledge and confidence in own ideas and visions; articulating own ideas and visions; taking responsibility; evaluating and monitoring own performance)
Teamwork (working as an individual and as a member of a team; working across different ages and irrespective of gender, race, religion or political persuasion)
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*The employability skills are derived from the Employability Skills Framework (Employability Skills for the Future, 2002), developed by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Business Council of Australia, and published by the (former) Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training.