This Is What I Want

LESSON PLAN – This Is what I want. Theme – Using negotiation skills.

CAREER SKILLS – Career Management.

KEY SKILLS - Communication, Numeracy, Problem Solving, Working with others and Improving Own Learning and Performance.

WORK RELATED LEARNING – learning for work and learning about work.

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SUGGESTED SUBJECT AREA – Math, English, Personal Development

Learning Outcomes

By completing this task students will be able to:

 Distinguish between what they want out of a job and the likely rewards of doing a job.  Differentiate between fantasy and reality using their own occupational knowledge.  Practice using negotiation skills.

Preparation and Materials

 Copies of the “This Is What I Want” value cards – each team needs a full set.  Copies of the Activity Sheet “This Is What I Want” for each pair of students (or each student).  Optional use of Info Sheets “ This Is What I Want – How To Play The Game” (1) and (2).  A copy of the Teachers’ Notes.

Method

1. Split the class into 3 or 4 groups of 6 to 10 students. Ask the students to pair up within their teams if you consider that working with another will help them to play the game. 2. Explain the aim of the exercise using the learning outcomes on the Info Sheet (1). 3. Introduce the game using the briefing on the Teachers’ Notes. 4. Explain how to play the game and give out the info sheets, if appropriate. 5. Appoint auctioneers and give them a practice run with the first card. 6. When the game is completed, engage the class in a discussion based on the ideas given in the Teachers’ Notes. 7. Ask the students what they have learned from the lesson. 8. Summarise the main learning outcomes.

Extension Activity

 See Teachers’ Notes. TEACHERS NOTES – This Is What I Want

Discussion

The concept of values emerges very naturally from this game. What the teacher initiates afterwards will probably depend on how the game has gone.

Suggestions

First ask the winning team and runners up to read out their cards in turn

 What they bought.  What they paid for it.  What it was worth.

At this stage there is likely to be some good-natured protest of injustice, which can be discussed. Maybe others will wish to comment on their purchase. This is likely to lead to the recognition that someone else (the person who invented the game) put the values on the cards. What does he/she value? Do you agree?

Extension Activities

Suggest that everyone looks down the whole list and chooses their top 3-5 statements. What do these choices tell you about yourself and what you value most in the world of work?

Imagine that you have to re-arrange the values. Go down the list and put a “+” sign by those you think should be valued more and a “-“ sign by those you think should be valued less.

Ask students to compare notes with a partner. See where they agree. Where they disagree, ask them to explain why to each other. What does this game suggest about the world of work. Learning Outcomes: By completing this task you will be able to:

 Distinguish between what you want out of a job and the likely rewards of doing a job.  Tell the difference between fantasy and reality using your own occupational knowledge.  Practice using negotiation skills.

INFO SHEET (1) THIS IS WHAT I WANT

The game is an auction and the aim of the game is for students to buy as many cards as possible and the higher the value the better, using no more than 40 points!

How To Play The Game

1 There are 48 cards to be auctioned.

2 Each one represents something valuable in the world of work, e.g. job satisfaction, paid leave.

3 The value of each card is written at the bottom of each card, going continuously from 1-30.

4 The winner will be the bidder with the highest total of card value points.

5 The class is divided into groups of approximately 6-10 students.

6 Students can work in pairs within their teams.

7 Each member of the team (or each pair) has a copy of the activity sheet.

8 An auctioneer is appointed for each team.

9 The auctioneer has the set of cards.

10 The values on the cards are to be kept secret by the auctioneer until the card has been sold.

INFO SHEET (2) This is what I want How to play the game – continued…..

11 The auctioneer will try to get the highest price he/she can obtain for each card.

12 The auctioneer invites bids for the first card, giving the title and suggesting a starting price.

13 When working in pairs each member of the pair takes it in turn to bid, or not, for the card and it is agreed that the other member does not interfere.

14 The auctioneer should not show the cards to the bidders until they are sold and given to the buyer.

15 Each player (or pair) has 40 points on his/her scorecard.

16 Every time they make a purchase they should cross off the number of points bid, on their card.

17 They must stop bidding when they have used up their 40 points.

18 Every time a purchase is made the buyer enter the points they have bid in the second column.

19 The actual score (i.e. the value written on the card) is written in the third column.

20 When all the cards have been auctioned the scores in the right hand column are added up.

21 It may be that the students use up all their bidding points before all the cards have been bought – the game ends at this point if this is the case.

22 The winner is the one/pair with the highest total.

23 The total for the first column, the “points bid”, must not be more than 40.

ACTIVITY SHEET - This Is What I Want

BIDDING POINTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Cross off the points each card costs you each time you buy a card. E.g. if you buy a card for 7 points cross off 1-7 inclusive. Your next card costs you 3 points cross off 7-10 inclusive.

Name of the card bought Points bid Actual score from the cards

Totals /40

This Is What I Want…. To be well paid

This Is What I Want….

To be able to work overtime

To have an interesting job

This Is What I Want…. Not to work shifts

This Is What I Want……

To leave work at 5.30pm

To work Monday-Friday

This Is What I Want….. To travel in my work

Perks health care, gym

To stay near my family

This Is What I Want…. To advise people

To meet new people everyday

To have paid holidays

This Is What I Want…. To organise my own work

To work indoors

To be told what to do everyday

This Is What I Want…. To be able to work from home

To be respected by the people I work with

To work with animals

15 This Is What I Want……

To work with children

To work with the past

To work with languages

15 This Is What I Want…..

To work with figures

To design things

To work with computers

15 This Is What I Want….

To mend things

To have job security

To get regular pay rises

To be the boss

To find solutions to problems

To persuade people

To work with words

To work with science

To make discoveries

20 This Is What I Want……

No bringing work home

Job Satisfaction

This Is What I Want…..

A job with promotion prospects

A job with training

A company car

To get on well with the boss

To help others

To work on my own

To work in pleasant surroundings

To own my own business

To work with my friends

To have a job in sport

To have a job with status

No commuting to work

This Is What I Want……

To have good work mates