Society and Culture | Stage 2 | Planning to Teach | Subject Operational Information | 2020
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Stage 2 Society and Culture
These web pages connect schools and teachers to information on procedures relating to final moderation and external assessment requirements. Key dates, including dates for the submission of results, are also provided.
Stage 2 Society and Culture can be undertaken as a 10-credit subject or a 20-credit subject.
The learning and assessment requirements for this subject are set out in the subject outline [DOC 4.7MB].
Refer to Learning and assessment plans for information on developing and approving Stage 2 Society and Culture LAPs.
Online moderation and marking
School assessment materials for Stage 2 Society and Culture will be submitted for online moderation using school assessment results sheets in Schools Online.
External assessment materials for Stage 2 Society and Culture will be submitted for online marking using investigation results sheets in Schools Online.
Key dates
For a simplified list of key operational dates, see the Society and Culture calendar.
School assessment component
Teachers assess the evidence of student learning for:
- Assessment Type 1: Folio
- Assessment Type 2: Interaction.
The SACE Board quality assures the school assessment results through final moderation.
Refer to SACE Assessment and Reporting Guidelines [PDF 290KB] and SACE Stage 2 Moderation Overview [DOC 33KB] for information about the policy context and procedures.
Moderation sample selection
Teachers select the moderation sample of school-assessed materials to submit to the SACE Board.
Refer to Moderation sample selection, which includes FAQs and an instructional video.
Submitting school assessment materials for final moderation
For more information see Online submission of materials.
Note
Student materials for the sample for Society and Culture that is to be submitted to the SACE Board for final moderation must include all parts of all tasks for Assessment Type 1: Folio and Assessment Type 2: Interaction.
Supervision and verification
Refer to the information in Supervision and Verification of Students' Work: Policy and Procedures [DOC 90KB] on the use of the record sheet [DOC 164KB] to record and authenticate each student's work. If used, these sheets are to be kept in the school until the end of the clerical check period.
A teacher who is unable to verify that the work is the student's own must initiate a breach of rules action through the school's SACE/NTCET coordinator.
Information
- Results sheets and online submission — Stage 2 final moderation (Information sheet 50)
- Moderation sample selection
- Advice on preparing Stage 2 materials
External assessment component
For a 10-credit subject or a 20-credit subject, students undertake one external assessment, consisting of an independent, focused investigation of a negotiated contemporary social or cultural issue.
For a 10-credit subject, students present a written report that is a maximum of 1000 words. For a 20-credit subject, students present a written report that is a maximum of 2000 words.
Refer to the subject outline for details of the investigation requirements.
Preparing and collecting materials for external assessment
For more information see Online submission of materials.
Assessment Type 3: Investigation
This assessment type is categorised as an investigation for operational purposes.
The teacher assesses each student's investigation and then submits all investigations for the class to the SACE Board for external assessment.
Supervision and verification
Refer to Supervision and Verification of Students' Work: Policy and Procedures [DOC 90KB]. Teachers must use the record sheet [DOC 164KB] to record and authenticate each student's work. These sheets are to be kept in the school until the end of the clerical check period.
A teacher who is unable to verify that an investigation, or part of an investigation, is the student's own work must submit a completed report of potential breach of rules [DOC 108KB] to the SACE Board, through the school's SACE/NTCET coordinator.
Information
- Results sheets and online submission — Stage 2 investigations (Information sheet 51)
- external assessment cover sheet (10-credit subject and 20-credit subject) - (optional use) [DOC 34KB]