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Aboriginal Studies
Stage 2
Subject outline
Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024
Accredited in May 2016 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2018.
Accredited in May 2016 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2018.
Stage 2 | Subject outline | assessment-design-criteria
Assessment design criteria
The assessment design criteria are based on the learning requirements and are used by:
- teachers to clarify for students what they need to learn
- teachers and assessors to design opportunities for students to provide evidence of their learning at the highest possible level of achievement.
The assessment design criteria consist of specific features that:
- students should demonstrate in their learning
- teachers and assessors look for as evidence that students have met the learning requirements.
For this subject the assessment design criteria are:
- knowledge and understanding
- deconstruction, analysis, and synthesis
- evaluation, collaboration, and reflection.
The specific features of these criteria are described below.
The set of assessments, as a whole, must give students opportunities to demonstrate each of the specific features by the completion of study of the subject.
Knowledge and Understanding
The specific features are as follows:
| KU1 | Knowledge and understanding of narratives as told by Aboriginal peoples. |
| KU2 | Contextual application of knowledge and understanding of narratives. |
Deconstruction, Analysis, and Synthesis
The specific features are as follows:
| DAS1 | Deconstruction and analysis of how the past influences the present and the future. |
| DAS2 | Deconstruction and analysis of experiences that are of significance to Aboriginal peoples and/or communities. |
| DAS3 | Synthesis of learning from and with Aboriginal peoples and/or communities. |
Evaluation, Collaboration, and Reflection
The specific features are as follows:
| ECR1 | Evaluation of and reflection on own learning. |
| ECR2 | Collaboration in planning and implementing a social action. |