Assessment 2: Research Report / Social Perspectives Unit
Budget: $45 – $105 AUD
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Write a research report describing and analysing one school in NSW and how you might approach working there as a teacher.
Chosen School: Macarthur Girls High School
Working in western sydney areas
Detailed assessment description
Your report should be 2500 words in length (not including the reference list) and include the following parts:
Part A: 500 words
Using the MySchool website (i.e., myschool.edu.au), identify one school in NSW that enrols at least 10% of students from language backgrounds other than English. The school cannot be one you attended yourself (try to choose something that seems quite different). In addition, the school must have at least ONE of the following characteristics (which you will address throughout your response along with the school's enrolment of students from language backgrounds other than English):
Be located in an inner regional, outer regional, remote or very remote location; OR Have an ICSEA below 950 or over 1050; OR
Have an enrolment of at least 3% of First Nations (Indigenous) students; OR Be a single-sex school.
Use all publicly available sources you can find, including the school website and the school’s MySchool page, in order to establish and describe the school context in relation to language backgrounds other than English and the second characteristic of the school chosen from the list above.
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www-tandfonline-com.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/doi/pdf/10.1080/02680939.2016.1263363?needAccess=true
https://profile.id.com.au/cws/schooling#:~:text=Analysis%20of%20the%20highest%20level,59.0%25%20compared%20to%2064.5%25
https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/41847
Part B: 750 words
Using the literature explored in this unit as well as additional sources from your own searching of the literature, explore how students may experience the school, with a focus on the two characteristics described in Part A.
https://www.oup.com.au/books/higher-education/education/9780190334871-education,-change-and-society
Consider sociological issues explored in this unit and how they might be 'playing out' in your school.
About 750 words.
For example, if you have selected students from a rural or remote area, you need to think about how the geographical location of schools might affect the students, parents, teachers, etc. from a sociological perspective. But is it only geography? Think about the intersectionality of the factors we discussed in the course!
Part C: About 1250 words.
Imagine you are a teacher at this school.
How does your own personal history compare to this school context, and what might that mean for your work there?
(Will provide my personal history task to closely give insight on my own experience).
Describe and justify the approach you would take to your work in this school to be inclusive of students in relation to the characteristics discussed in Parts A and B. Back up your approach with references to the unit readings, relevant policy, and additional academic sources from your own searching.
https://www.educationtoday.com.au/news-detail/The-Impact-of-Social-6310
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220272.2022.2134738
Across the task as a whole, you must include reference to a minimum of six academic sources from your own searching of the literature and that do not include the set readings (although these should be used in addition). The six additional academic sources may include sources from your tutorial’s co-produced annotated bibliography.
Imagine you are a teacher at this school.
How does your own personal history compare to this school context, and what might that mean for your work there?
Describe and justify the approach you would take to your work in this school to be inclusive of students in relation to the characteristics discussed in Part B. Back up your approach with references to the unit readings, relevant policy, and additional academic sources from your own searching. (use a lot of literature here!)
Think: How can you meet the needs of these students? How can you be inclusive?
About 1250 words.
REQUIRED:
❖ Across the task as a whole, you must include references to a minimum of six additional academic sources. The six additional academic sources may include sources from your tutorial’s co-produced annotated bibliography.
❖ Professional sources such as MySchool website, policy documents do NOT count.
Write a research report describing and analysing one school in NSW and how you might approach working there as a teacher.
Chosen School: Macarthur Girls High School
Working in western sydney areas
Detailed assessment description
Your report should be 2500 words in length (not including the reference list) and include the following parts:
Part A: 500 words
Using the MySchool website (i.e., myschool.edu.au), identify one school in NSW that enrols at least 10% of students from language backgrounds other than English. The school cannot be one you attended yourself (try to choose something that seems quite different). In addition, the school must have at least ONE of the following characteristics (which you will address throughout your response along with the school's enrolment of students from language backgrounds other than English):
Be located in an inner regional, outer regional, remote or very remote location; OR Have an ICSEA below 950 or over 1050; OR
Have an enrolment of at least 3% of First Nations (Indigenous) students; OR Be a single-sex school.
Use all publicly available sources you can find, including the school website and the school’s MySchool page, in order to establish and describe the school context in relation to language backgrounds other than English and the second characteristic of the school chosen from the list above.
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www-tandfonline-com.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/doi/pdf/10.1080/02680939.2016.1263363?needAccess=true
https://profile.id.com.au/cws/schooling#:~:text=Analysis%20of%20the%20highest%20level,59.0%25%20compared%20to%2064.5%25
https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/41847
Part B: 750 words
Using the literature explored in this unit as well as additional sources from your own searching of the literature, explore how students may experience the school, with a focus on the two characteristics described in Part A.
https://www.oup.com.au/books/higher-education/education/9780190334871-education,-change-and-society
Consider sociological issues explored in this unit and how they might be 'playing out' in your school.
About 750 words.
For example, if you have selected students from a rural or remote area, you need to think about how the geographical location of schools might affect the students, parents, teachers, etc. from a sociological perspective. But is it only geography? Think about the intersectionality of the factors we discussed in the course!
Part C: About 1250 words.
Imagine you are a teacher at this school.
How does your own personal history compare to this school context, and what might that mean for your work there?
(Will provide my personal history task to closely give insight on my own experience).
Describe and justify the approach you would take to your work in this school to be inclusive of students in relation to the characteristics discussed in Parts A and B. Back up your approach with references to the unit readings, relevant policy, and additional academic sources from your own searching.
https://www.educationtoday.com.au/news-detail/The-Impact-of-Social-6310
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220272.2022.2134738
Across the task as a whole, you must include reference to a minimum of six academic sources from your own searching of the literature and that do not include the set readings (although these should be used in addition). The six additional academic sources may include sources from your tutorial’s co-produced annotated bibliography.
Imagine you are a teacher at this school.
How does your own personal history compare to this school context, and what might that mean for your work there?
Describe and justify the approach you would take to your work in this school to be inclusive of students in relation to the characteristics discussed in Part B. Back up your approach with references to the unit readings, relevant policy, and additional academic sources from your own searching. (use a lot of literature here!)
Think: How can you meet the needs of these students? How can you be inclusive?
About 1250 words.
REQUIRED:
❖ Across the task as a whole, you must include references to a minimum of six additional academic sources. The six additional academic sources may include sources from your tutorial’s co-produced annotated bibliography.
❖ Professional sources such as MySchool website, policy documents do NOT count.