Employability skills
The VCE Geography 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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Analysis of geographic data |
Initiative and enterprise (adapting to new situations; translating ideas into action)
Technology (having a range of basic IT skills; using IT to organise data; being willing to learn new IT skills) |
Research report |
Communication (writing to the needs of the audience; sharing information)
Learning (being open to new ideas and techniques)
Planning and organising (planning the use of resources including time management; collecting, analysing and organising information)
|
Case study |
Communication (writing to the needs of the audience; sharing information)
Learning (being open to new ideas and techniques)
Planning and organising (planning the use of resources including time management; collecting, analysing and organising information)
|
Multimedia presentation |
Communication (writing to the needs of the audience; sharing information)
Learning (being open to new ideas and techniques)
Technology (having a range of basic IT skills; using IT to organise data; being willing to learn new IT skills)
Planning and organising (planning the use of resources including time management; collecting, analysing and organising information)
|
Fieldwork report |
Initiative and enterprise (adapting to new situations; translating ideas into action)
Technology (having a range of basic IT skills; using IT to organise data; being willing to learn new IT skills)
Planning and organising (planning the use of resources including time management; collecting, analysing and organising information)
Problem solving (developing practical solutions; testing assumptions taking the context of data and circumstances into account)
|
Structured questions |
Planning and organising (planning the use of resources including time management; collecting, analysing and organising information)
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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.