"Lets Get Safe" Debriefing

Task

Form cross-specialisation teams. Teams have 15 Minutes to develop a role-play about safe work practices in the Technological and Appllied Studies (TAS) environment.

Debriefing

I was (the role I performed): The troublemaker/disrupter of the peace. My role during the role play was to distract the teacher with misbehaviour which would cause her to steer her focus away from the potential OH&S breech and onto me. This would highlight the necessity of having focus during class and also show everybody in class how fast a problematic situation can occur.

I did (the actions I performed): In Preperation, I worked with the others in my group to come up with a potential situation where OH&S could be breeched. This was not an easy task, the group first went through ideas of students using computers, or even students at home with many hazards in close proximity to the workstation. The group eventually made up its mind on an activity that would involve a cooking class. I also was in charge of making costumes out of the materials given to our group. In the performance, my actions had me start out as a nosey student, getting on the teachers nerves, building up the pressure until finally the teacher snaps when I yell there is a mouse in the class room and I have the teachers total attention for just a brief moment.

I felt (my emotions felt during the task): In preperation, At first glance the task seemed very straight forward but became more difficult when we were put in a group with food tech students. Even though we are all teaching students, we were unable to come up with a common idea for a while. It took us the full 15 minutes to figure out our plan for the role play because the IT students had some particular ideas but the food tech students had completely different ideas. The complete collaboration was made when the food tech ideas for the role play got a few interesting inputs from the IT students. Once the initial establishment was made, there were many ideas that were incorporated into the role play, both food tech students and IPT students were excited about the ideas the other students were inputting. During the performance my nerves were reduced when all our ideas were coming to fruition.

I wish (my open response): I wish there were more opportunities to learn from other student teachers who are undertaking different methods. Student teachers with different methods have skills and abilities that are taught to them specifically to be able to teach the sort of activities students usually undertake in their subject area. There is alot one can learn from other subject areas and these techniques can be used to develop activities for other subject areas. As one of the members in our group said its like taking some of the tools in their shed and using it in your own work shed.