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Job Dominoes
Aim
: Job Dominoes may be used to achieve a range of outcomes depending on theability level of the students. It may, for example, help to increase the work-relatedvocabulary of students with moderate learning difficulties, or help other studentsincrease their understanding of the skills and qualities required by certainoccupations.
Materials
: Job Dominoes consists of 36 illustrations of people at work which coversix job families: practical work, persuading others, scientific, office work, artistic,helping others. Each illustration contains a small symbol to help users identify thefamily which the illustration represents.Practical:
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A spannerPersuading:
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A finger pointingScientific:
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A microscopeOffice:
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A computer screenArtistic:
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A paintbrushHelping:
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A pair of hands
Preparation
: The illustrations are copied and mounted on stiff card, and thenseparated to produce a pack of 36 cards.
Procedure
: The cards are shared among two, three or four players. One card isselected at random and placed on the table. The first player searches his or her handfor a card which has a link to the one on the table. The link could be- that it comes from the same job family- that the two jobs may be found in the same workplace- that one job provides some kind of service for the otherThere are many other possible links such as both may involve wearing a uniform,working at heights, using machinery or vehicles etcHaving explained the link to the other players, the player places the card next to thefirst one. The game then continues in the traditional domino format with players
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taking turns to establish a link with one end or the other of the domino chain. Thewinner is the first player (or team) to have no ‘dominoes’ left.
Rules
: The rest of the players must agree with the link that is being made. A playerfailing to establish a link must pick up a ‘domino’ from one end of the chain.
Variation
: To make the game more of a challenge, certain links could be excluded,such as the direct link with a job family or a workplace.
Review
: Make a list of all the links that have been discovered.Find out which links were concerned with job duties (skills, demands, tasks etc) andwhich were concerned with the job situation (rewards, working conditions etc)Were there any unusual or interesting links uncovered?Were there any jobs that were difficult to link to others? Why was this?
Pigeonhole
Aim
: To help younger students understand how popular stereotypes and inaccurateinformation can distort attitudes to certain jobs.
Materials
: On pack of 36 cards per group of four or five students.
Procedure
: Share out the cards amongst the group. Ask students to study their cardsand those of their neighbours to decide:Which job is the easiest to do?Which job is the most difficult?Which job is the best paid?Which job is the worst paid?Which jobs is the most dangerous?Which job is the most valuable to the community?Which job is most admired by the community?
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