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Aboriginal Studies Stage 1
Subject outline

Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024
Accredited in May 2016 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2018.

Stage 1 | Subject outline | School assessment | Assessment Type 1: Learning Journey

Assessment Type 1: Learning Journey

For a 10-credit subject, students undertake three responses for the learning journey. For a 20-credit subject, students undertake six responses for the learning journey.

In the set of responses, students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal narratives and reflect on their learning from Aboriginal peoples, communities, and/or other sources of Aboriginal voice. Through self-assessment, students evaluate their learning and consider how their thinking in the subject has changed. They complete at least one response based on each of the learning contexts:

  • community experiences
  • community enterprise.

Students’ evidence for their learning journey may include, but is not restricted to:

  • responses to texts such as literature, art, film, music, performance, and oral traditions
  • a movie clip
  • an avatar presentation
  • a webpage or website
  • a blog or vlog
  • a multimedia presentation.

The learning journey may be presented in multimodal, oral, or written form. The learning journey responses should each be a maximum of 5 minutes if oral, 800 words if written, or the equivalent if multimodal.

For this assessment type, students provide evidence of their learning primarily in relation to the following assessment design criteria:

  • knowledge and understanding
  • evaluation and reflection.