SACE Stage 2 Community Studies study guide
SACE Stage 2 Community Studies · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Community Studies is a SACE Stage 2 subject in which students learn in a community context and interact with teachers, peers, and community members. Students choose the focus of their community activity or community application activity, starting from a point of personal interest, skill, or knowledge, and set challenging but achievable goals within a guided and supported learning program. The subject develops capacity to work independently and to apply skills and knowledge in practical ways in the community. Stage 2 is offered as 10-credit and 20-credit versions across six strands: Arts and the Community, Communication and the Community, Foods and the Community, Health, Recreation, and the Community, Science, Technology, and the Community, and Work and the Community. The SACE Stage 2 Community Studies study guide has 2 sections and about 811 words.
01School Assessment: The Folio, the Contract and the Evidence Trail
In SACE Stage 2 Community Studies the school-assessed component rewards a documented, ethical, self-directed community activity. You must understand four concepts: the negotiated learning contract (your goal, planned actions, evidence, timeline and assessment conditions agreed with your teacher), the folio (ongoing evidence of planning, action, reflection and feedback), the community application (a real activity benefiting a community group, not a personal hobby dressed up as service), and reflection (explaining decisions and adjustments, not narrating events).
416 words, about 2 min02External Assessment: Arguing the Community Action Under Exam Conditions
The externally assessed component asks you to demonstrate, in your own words and under controlled conditions, that you can explain and evaluate a community activity. Expect to address: the community need and how it was identified; the planning and decision-making process; the action and its implementation; outcomes and impact for the community and for you as a learner; and evaluation , including limitations and improvements.
395 words, about 2 min