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Brent O
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What made you decide to undertake a tax based programme and specifically the Part of something bigger kit for your students? I wanted to introduce Financial Literacy in a meaningful way for my students who have learning differences.
If you were to re use this resource in the future, how would you see yourself doing this? (Eg, as a full unit, separately in other units of work, integrating into cross curricular lesson plans) As a result of trialing it this year, I have built an entire unit using this as the starting resource.
How effective was the Melani interactive in increasing your students' understanding of tax?
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Very effective
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
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Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? The Employee cards and pay slips were fantastic resources and I have now developed an entire unit based around these resouces.
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
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Which part/s of the kit grabbed the attention of your students and engaged them the most? The pay slips and their wage information helped my students to engage really well with discussions around IRD numbers, Kiwisaver etc
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
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“This resource was fundamental to my developement of a Financial Literacy programme for my Year 10 Learning Support Class. The jobs titles, their payslips and their hourly rate/salary led to soo many rich discussions with my class.”
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Posted 3 weeks ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
What made you decide to undertake a tax based programme and specifically the Part of something bigger kit for your students? My Social Studies class were predominantly students that I hadn't seen in my commerce classes this year. They hadn't received this type of knowledge and would benefit from it.
If you were to re use this resource in the future, how would you see yourself doing this? (Eg, as a full unit, separately in other units of work, integrating into cross curricular lesson plans) I would make it a main focus. This was an addition to the program normally taught and so squeezing it in was to the detriment of the kit. We only got partway through hence me not being able to answer the next two questions accurately.
How effective was the Melani interactive in increasing your students' understanding of tax?
Not at all effective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? I didn't get to finish the kit because of a variety of distractions at the end of the year. The class hours were taken for Junior exams (unexpectedly) which dropped three hours off our time, then they added a couple of teacher only days into the mix.
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit grabbed the attention of your students and engaged them the most? the randomized issuing of job and the excitement of who got what job and how much the salary/wages would be.
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
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“A great way to let the students see that different job opportunities affect payroll and their ability to finance their life. They see how their payslip could look and identify all the components that detract from their take home pay.”
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Posted 4 weeks ago
Lucy G
Verified Reviewer
What made you decide to undertake a tax based programme and specifically the Part of something bigger kit for your students? I was approached by a friend who was involved in the creation of the kit. We had already done some lessons on tax earlier in the year and my students were really engaged with the topic so I was keen to take the opportunity to dive deeper into tax with them.
If you were to re use this resource in the future, how would you see yourself doing this? (Eg, as a full unit, separately in other units of work, integrating into cross curricular lesson plans) I think interacting it in with other units of work would be good. I do find sometimes that students loose interest after awhile if we are focusing on the same content for too long.
How effective was the Melani interactive in increasing your students' understanding of tax?
Not at all effective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? The payslip was great for this! Supporting students to understand gross and net pay and where the deductions are going was great.
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit grabbed the attention of your students and engaged them the most? The ID pages, character profile and golden tickets.
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
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Extremely useful
“My students loved the interactive nature of the School Kit. They really enjoyed creating their charcter profiles - taking this very seriously with a lot of discussion around the difference in wages - which really supported them with understanding different perspectives towards the tax system. Unfortuantely, we rna out of time to complete all the tasks. I am hoping to do this again next year with another class.”
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Posted 4 weeks ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
What made you decide to undertake a tax based programme and specifically the Part of something bigger kit for your students? We needed to do a unit on Financial Literacy, this was like "manna from heaven"
If you were to re use this resource in the future, how would you see yourself doing this? (Eg, as a full unit, separately in other units of work, integrating into cross curricular lesson plans) I would probably look at integrating it into a cross curricular plan with the Commerce Department
How effective was the Melani interactive in increasing your students' understanding of tax?
Not at all effective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? The Melani story, as it gave them an opportunity to imagine a real person at work in a supermarket
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit grabbed the attention of your students and engaged them the most? Working out how much tax gets deducted.
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
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Extremely useful
“I found the set easy to follow and the material well set out. I had 3 classes doing it simultaneously, which was sometimes challenging. Overall, I would recommend to my HOD that we do this unit earlier in the year. Doing it in Term 4 was not a good time as they were writing end-of-year exams, went on retreats and generally it was difficult to finish the unit. I did not finish the unit, stopped at How would you distribute tax for the country.”
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Posted 4 weeks ago
Courtney S
Verified Reviewer
What made you decide to undertake a tax based programme and specifically the Part of something bigger kit for your students? To gain better resources
If you were to re use this resource in the future, how would you see yourself doing this? (Eg, as a full unit, separately in other units of work, integrating into cross curricular lesson plans) As part of a unit.
How effective was the Melani interactive in increasing your students' understanding of tax?
Not at all effective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? I found the physical resources the most useful because they were the main things used by students
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit grabbed the attention of your students and engaged them the most? Physical Resources
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“This Kit was helpful for our Year 10 Commerce class.”
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Posted 4 weeks ago
Louise Y
Verified Reviewer
What made you decide to undertake a tax based programme and specifically the Part of something bigger kit for your students? We run a Year 10 Business studies class in the second semester of the year.
If you were to re use this resource in the future, how would you see yourself doing this? (Eg, as a full unit, separately in other units of work, integrating into cross curricular lesson plans) If we were to use it again we will need to access more of the write on scratch card resources. We would like to use it again if possible in conjunction with aspects of the Real Game that was put out by Careers NZ many years ago.
How effective was the Melani interactive in increasing your students' understanding of tax?
Not at all effective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? Tax acitivities
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit grabbed the attention of your students and engaged them the most? Scratch and reveal activity
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“This resource was great for our Year 10 Business class. It provided practical activities that our students should be aware of.”
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Posted 4 weeks ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
What made you decide to undertake a tax based programme and specifically the Part of something bigger kit for your students? Getting them to have more real life examples
If you were to re use this resource in the future, how would you see yourself doing this? (Eg, as a full unit, separately in other units of work, integrating into cross curricular lesson plans) full unit
How effective was the Melani interactive in increasing your students' understanding of tax?
Not at all effective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? I liked the hands on approach, the resources are good.
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of Tax systems and what it contributes to, prior to engaging with the kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Which part/s of the kit grabbed the attention of your students and engaged them the most? Hands on activities
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“Learning about how tax works”
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Posted 1 month ago
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