SFIRP | Career Q&A Sessions – Education Farming Digital Learning Kit

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PIEFA

States:

Qld, NSW, SA, NT, ACT, Tas, WA

Aimed at:

Year 7

- 10

Curriculum 8.4

Curriculum 9.0:

AG5-2, AG5-3, AC9TDE10K01

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SFIRP | Career Q&A Sessions – Education Farming Digital Learning Kit

Education Farming

This series of videos explores employment in education and how these roles promote careers in food and fibre. Scott Graham, a teacher, discusses his career teaching agricultural science to secondary school students. He offers insight into how to promote food fibre opportunities to metropolitan students, encouraging them to consider careers in the industry. Fraser Border, the founder of integratedSTEM and also a robotics engineer, discusses the use of technology in his career and how technology can increase engagement for school students to solve real world problems in food and fibre industries.

This Digital Learning Kit resource contains:

  • 3 Videos
  • 1 Worksheets PDF

Education Farming Digital Learning Kit – Worksheets

The Education Farming Student Worksheet is designed to be used in conjunction with the videos. These worksheets give students the opportunity to answer questions about the videos, create a job description for a role and research agricultural careers in greater detail.

 
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Education Farming Digital Learning Kit – Videos

This series of Career Q&A videos forms part of a suite of resources promoting careers within agriculture. Three candidates are interviewed and asked the same series of questions about their careers in agriculture. The videos can either be watched individually, depending on the topic, or all three of the videos can be watched together. To explore the rest of our Digital Learning Kits, based on the other themes, please click

The following videos discuss some of the industry’s issues as well as demonstrating the variety of roles, both as producers and off farm roles within the industry.

  • Fraser Boyd, Founder, IntegratedSTEM
  • Scott Graham, Head of Agriculture, Barker College

The candidates are asked the following questions:

  • Where did you go to school and what was your favourite subject?
  • Describe what you do.
  • Describe a typical day.
  • Explain how what you do is adapted for Australian agriculture.
  • Explain how technology has changed the way you do things.
  • Identify something that surprised you about your career.
  • Describe the most useful skill you require for your role.
  • Identify some of the challenges facing young people starting in your role and explain how they can overcome them.
  • What shoes do you wear to work?
  • Where do you sit on the CSU Career Pathway Poster?

Fraser Boyd, Founder, IntegratedSTEM (10 min)
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Scott Graham, Head of Agriculture, Barker College (10:21 min)
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PIEFA’s Storm and Flood Industry Recovery Program (SFIRP) is jointly funded by the Australian and NSW Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. Although funding for this product has been provided by both Australian and NSW Governments, the material contained herein does not necessarily represent the views of either Government.

 

 

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