| Description | (May 2009) Curriculum Level 7. This unit is used as the external case study material for the NCEA external achievement standard 2.1 ‘Describe the effect of an aspect of society on people’. Currently it is taught in a very content- focussed way, with a tight lesson frame and very little good pedagogy. Most lessons are extremely teacher-centred with little input from students, who are required to “study the information and regurgitate it in exam conditions”. However, the unit is very popular with students, and they have obtained very pleasing results in past assessment (i.e. exams). Students want to know WHY this region is always on the news and are interested in the conflict that is linked to religious beliefs. In year 13 we look at religious fundamentalism (and will continue to do so with the revised curriculum. Therefore the unit begins to introduce students to key elements of this in the year 12 programme. Authors: Sarah Wakeford and Shona McRae |
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