Students should be able to describe decision-making processes and the roles of different groups in their class/school.
Exercise 64A Analysing decision-making in class Key Skills
Success criteria
I can name situations where I have or do not have a role in decision-making in classes, why I have or do not have a role and what I would do diff erently if I had a role.
People make decisions all the time: in the morning you decide whether to eat your breakfast before showering. When you come to school, you decide who to speak to, when to enter the school building, whether to put your phone in your pocket or to leave it in your locker. Many decisions are made quickly: you buy a bar because you are hungry or you go inside because it is raining. These are easy decisions to make because the reason for making them is clear. You can decide without having to get the agreement of everyone.
Working in pairs, consider the following areas in your classes at school and decide your level of input in making decisions.
In my classes Do you have a role in making decisions in this area?
Where you sit Homework
The books and copies you use
Tests Why/why not?
What would you do diff erently if you had a role in making the decision?