Sydney Distance Education High School Preliminary Course Overview

This course develops an understanding of cultural continuity and change within a selected country. Students study the role of belief systems in their personal lives and in relationship to societies, cultures and environments through time. The nature of equality and difference in societies and cultures are focused on .

Social and Cultural World

• Introduction to Social and Cultural World
• Concepts
• Micro World
• Macro World - Cross Cultural Study
• Assessment Task 1: Oral Presentation
• Social and Cultural Research

Personal and Social identity

• Socialisation
• Consolidation of Socialisation
• Growing Up - Physical,Cognitive,Moral,Emotional,Social
• Adolescence
• Adolescence in Today's Society
• Adolescence - Change and Continuity
• Coming of Age
• Growing Up

Intercultural

• Nature of Intercultural Communication
• Assessment Task 2: Research Personal and Social Identity
• Cross Cultural Interview and Report
• Cross Cultural Comparison
• Media Content Analysis
• Assessment Task 3: Preliminary Examination
• Assessment Task 4: Ongoing Learning Outcomes

 

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