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Geography
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Subject outline
Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in May 2016 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2017.
Accredited in May 2016 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2017.
Stage 1 | 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 the student what he or she needs to learn
- design opportunities for the student to provide evidence of his or her learning at the highest level of achievement.
The assessment design criteria are the specific features that:
- students need to demonstrate in their evidence of learning
- teachers look for as evidence that students have met the learning requirements.
For this subject, the assessment design criteria are:
- knowledge and understanding
- analysis and evaluation
- application.
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 geographical concepts. |
| KU2 | Knowledge and understanding of natural, built, economic, and/or social characteristics of places. |
Analysis and Evaluation
The specific features are as follows:
| AE1 | Analysis of the interactions between, and interdependence of, people and environments at local, national, or global levels. |
| AE2 | Analysis and evaluation of information to determine possible outcomes, make justifiable recommendations, and form conclusions. |
Application
The specific features are as follows:
| Ap1 | Application of geographical and fieldwork skills, including the use of spatial technologies, to identify and examine geographical issues. |
| Ap2 | Communication of geographical information, using subject-specific terminology and visual representations. |