Collaboration Topic with Natalie

Exploring effective teaching methods to engage students 

at various ages and stages of their career

This is the topic, Natalie Lauzon (my learning partner) and I decided to research for our trends and roles assignment. We had a similar experiences in our working lives and so we were both interested in this topic. 

Since January 2013, I have been a go2 volunteer, as the small business owner, for F&B OHS (Food and Beverage Occupational Health and Safety). And this volunteer job gave me an opportunity to attend an OHS summit presented by go2, ITA, and the WCB on August 2013 in Vancouver. All of the participants were from the hospitality industry (including the accommodation industry and recreational resort such as ski and golf venues) We shared our experiences and learned about work place safety. We discussed how we could train our staff more effectively. 

Most of us had similar problems. One of our problem was workers who came to us at different ages and stages of their careers. This made training difficult.

In the work place, we normally train our staffs at the same time with the same methods. But this is difficult if we have a mixed group that includes young and untrained workers, senior workers with knowledge and experience, and immigrants who have not yet developed their English skills. 

We need to approach every group differently. This is a huge issue when it relates to our worker's safety training because all workers need to understand safety regulations for their own protection.

But do we have any special methods to do this? 

This became our question and we decided to research it together, hoping to find answers.