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 * Standard 1**

The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines she or he teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils ** Evidence 1: ** **
 * Teachers know the subjects they are teaching. **

Rationale 1: ** The Work Place Safety Unit Lesson Plan developed for a high school level (grades 9-12) Information Processing II course educates students about the many work place safety issues they may encounter upon entering the workforce. This lesson will require students to obtain information on a given work place safety issue from the internet, create a PowerPoint presentation, and present their findings to classmates. Instead of students using textbooks and handbooks, which tend to be outdated, they are using up-to-date information from reliable sites on the internet.

Also, rather than learning all material from the teacher, students conclude the unit by teaching each other about specific topics. I learned that student comfort level with the technologies used is very high, especially when given some guidelines for their research and creation of their presentations. Students were very engaged in this student-centered approach to learning. An additional, and unplanned outcome was the result in students getting to know each other better; what was a traditionally “quiet” classroom, had now changed into an interactive one. In my development as an educator, this evidence is important as it shows growth in the use of technology. Overall, this was a very meaningful lesson to the students as they learned about issues that may affect them in the work place in the future, as well as ways to prevent and/or treat the issue.


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 * Knowledge: **1.K.1 The teacher understands the major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing that are central to the discipline(s) s/he teaches.

This lesson plan teaches the many topics of work place safety that employers, employees, and the government must be aware of and how those issues are governed.


 * Skills: ** 1.S.6 The teacher can create interdisciplinary learning experiences that encourage students to integrate knowledge, skills, and methods of inquiry from several subject areas.

Students will use research skills to search the internet for information regarding the work place safety topic they have chosen. They will then create a PowerPoint presentation to share with the class, therefore, teaching each other about the details of each topic.


 * Disposition: ** 1.D.1 The teacher realizes that subject matter knowledge is not a fixed body of facts but is complex and ever evolving. S/he seeks to keep abreast of new ideas and understandings in the field.

Using the internet as a primary source of information during the research portion of the lesson, students are finding up-to-date information.

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