Risk Responsibility Reality
The Risk Responsibility Reality resource is recommended for use in Business Studies, Career Education, Guidance, and Life Skills; as well as in other subject areas where the topic of risk and managing risk in daily life is a consideration such as Law, Economics, and Family Studies.
Description
Insurance Institute of Canada, 2006
72 pages, colour, coil-bound, softcover, with DVD attached
Grades : 9-12
Concepts : Ethics, liability, life, family, law
Subjects : Career Guidance and Life Skills, Business Studies
CSC Evaluation
Curriculum Correlation
The Risk Responsibility Reality resource is useful in a variety of subject areas including Career Education, Guidance, and Physical Education, as well as in any classroom where there is a consideration of risk and how it impacts on students' decision-making (e.g., Law, Economics, Business Studies, Family Studies, Career Studies, Mathematics, and Life Skills).
Content
The information is credible, reliable, current, and completely Canadian-based. Students are provided with opportunities to consider the topic of risk and how to manage risk in their daily lives. The resource makes links to a variety of risks that students, families, and employees may experience in a number of industries. The producer has used credible resources from all Canadian provinces, thus enabling the resource to be used in classrooms across the country. Both rural and urban risk management and risk responsibility scenarios are presented. The accompanying video presentations promote varied responses and demonstrate the value of personal and group experience in risk management.
Methodology
Three vignettes are provided on a DVD to encourage students to consider the themes of risk, responsibility, and reality. Activities are simple to use and provide opportunities to investigate and evaluate personal risk situations and to apply those experiences to new situations. Learning opportunities include both student- and teacher-centred activities. A variety of real-life situational exercises provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding of learning material both orally and in written form. Learners are consistently challenged to practise investigative thinking skills and further evaluate their research or personal choices in order to develop a personal risk management plan.
Assessment
The resource package provides opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge of risk management in a variety of practice situations. Although teachers may use the learning activities and exercises to assess student achievement of a variety of expectations, the resource does not include ready-made assessment and evaluation tools.
Format
The modular format of the resources in the package is well-suited for educational purposes. Booklet pages are made of durable stock and are coil-bound, allowing teachers to reproduce activity sheets with ease. Inclusion of more creative activity sheets would be an asset.
Bias
Diversity is not only recognized, but promoted throughout the learning material. The authors have shown that risk management is an important facet of many aspects of both personal life and business environments.
Review Recommendation
The Risk Responsibility Reality resource is recommended for use in Business Studies, Career Education, Guidance, and Life Skills; as well as in other subject areas where the topic of risk and managing risk in daily life is a consideration such as Law, Economics, and Family Studies.
Contact Information
Kelsi Elshaw
Curriculum Connections Program Coordinator
Insurance Institute of Canada
18 King Street East, 6th Floor
Toronto, ON M5C 1C4
416-362-8586
Toll Free: 1-866-362-8585
Fax: 416-362-2692
e-mail: kelshaw@insuranceinstitute.ca
http://www.career-connections.info
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