An Enterprising Idea - Level 6 Sample Unit
VELS and employability skills
An enterprising idea provides opportunities to assess students against elements of Level 6 standards and facets of employability skills as detailed below:
For further information see the Employability skills section.
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Strand |
Domain |
Dimension |
Element of standard Students: |
Related employability skill |
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Physical, Personal and Social Learning |
Interpersonal Development |
Working in teams |
… record their reflections on the effectiveness of learning in a team. |
Teamwork … adapts to and contributes to group processes. |
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Discipline-based Learning |
The Humanities – Economics |
Economic knowledge and understanding
Economic reasoning and interpretation |
... how markets work. ...discuss what it means to be an ethical consumer and producer... … use relevant economic concepts and relationships to evaluate economic propositions, proposals … |
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| Interdisciplinary Learning | Information and Communications Technology | ICT for creating |
... use ICT to devise detailed plans that sequence tasks to be done, resources needed and timelines for completion. … as team members students apply a range of techniques, equipment and procedures to minimise the … time of processing ICT solutions and maximise the accuracy, clarity and completeness of the information. Their products demonstrate a clear sense of purpose and respect for the audience. |
Technology … has a range of IT skills. |
For further information see the Assessment section.



