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Creative Design: Overview of the project & some critical thinking questions to consider December 2017

M A T H S M A T T E R S

T H E J O U R N E Y S O F A R F R O M L I N C O L N C O L L E G E

C R E A T I V E I N D U S T R Y

H O W T O A P P L Y M A T H S I N

I N I T I A L R E S E A R C H F I N D I N G S

• Applied skills are highly valued
• Qualifications such as GCSE maybe don’t meet needs
• Some employers want higher maths skills - eg BSc
• Employers are looking for newly qualified employees with

the ability to work unsupervised

M O V I N G F O R W A R D

• Bringing together research and feedback from these three

areas we reflected on our findings and used it to move the project forward. We could see how the needs of the three stakeholders were like jigsaw pieces which, when placed together, formed the elements of outstanding learning.

T H E B A L A N C E

• From research and group

discussion we found that the applied skills would meet the needs of the three key stakeholders - provider, learner and employer.

” T H E M O S T I M P O R T A N T T H I N G I N M Y B U S I N E S S I S T O G E T A G R I P O N T H E N U M B E R S ” Andy Price - &Company Director

I N D U S T R Y R E S P O N S E

Interview summary video Andy Price from &Company (now &Creative) talking about his thoughts on what matters and why

O K G R E A T ! B U T H O W ?

• We spoke with industry professionals and employers as well as using

teachers' existing knowledge of industry practice to devise practical applied maths activities drawing on industry style assignments.

• We ran two pathways, an easier applied route suitable for functional skills

and another more in-depth route perhaps suitable for GCSE maths teaching.

• In each case we looked at how we could include key themes into a

lengthy activity mirroring industry.

• We sought feedback from learners and were pleasantly surprised with the

responses to the trials given to them.

W H A T W O R K F I T S ?

• The reoccurring themes focused
• n project management and

accounting.

• By focusing in on these skills in

each project developed we have been able to produce a range of assignments designed to build industry skills and applied maths skills in equal measure.

O U R T E C H S O L U T I O N S H O R T F O R M P R O J E C T

“ C A N W E H A V E M O R E S T U F F L I K E T H I S P L E A S E ? ”

Student feedback from trials.

T H O U G H T S

• Do students who pass at C or above before college have a

disadvantage?

• Should we really be looking at alternative qualifications to

meet the needs of students and employers and fill the skills gaps discussed in the video clip?

• How many cross overs are there in the specialist areas?