SACE Stage 2 Creative Arts case studies
SACE Stage 2 Creative Arts · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Creative Arts is a SACE Stage 2 subject offered by the SACE Board of South Australia, available at 10 credits (2CVA10) or 20 credits (2CVA20). It suits students who want a specialised study within or across one or more arts disciplines - for example music, drama, dance, visual art, media or design - and who are willing to actively participate in developing and presenting creative arts products such as musicals, plays, concerts, exhibitions, craft and design works, digital media, film and video, public arts projects, community performances, presentations, installations, vocal groups or ensembles. The SACE Stage 2 Creative Arts case studies are 5 cases and about 2,392 words.
1The Portfolio That Outgrew Its Assessment Type
A student in a Stage 2 Creative Arts class is enrolled in the 'Creative Arts (General)' pathway, where the school assessment design specifies two major assessment types: a Product (60%) and a Practitioner's Statement (40%). By Week 6 the student has built a body of work - 14 resolved photographic prints, a 9-minute sound piece, and a 22-page visual diary - and argues this constitutes an 'Investigation' rather than a 'Product'.
521 words, about 3 min2Group Performance: Whose Mark Is It?
Four students collaborate on a 12-minute devised theatre piece for a school assessment task worth 30% of their grade. The task sheet states the performance is assessed individually against criteria, but students rehearsed jointly and shared devising responsibilities.
456 words, about 2 min3The External Folio and the Missing Process Evidence
A student submits an externally assessed folio: 10 final artworks, a 1,500-word practitioner's statement, and a visual diary. The diary is thin - only 6 dated entries across a 20-week period, mostly photographs of finished works with brief captions.
472 words, about 2 min4Moderation Feedback and the Temptation to Re-Mark
After external moderation, a school receives feedback that in one Creative Arts class, marks for the 'Practical' assessment type were, on average, two grade bands higher than the moderator's judgement, with the note that the evidence did not clearly support the top-band descriptors. The class teacher disagrees, arguing the students' work was genuinely excellent and the moderator 'didn't understand the context'.
458 words, about 2 min5The Ambitious Brief That Cannot Be Assessed
A teacher designs a new Stage 2 Creative Arts task: students must produce a 'socially engaged artwork' that involves community participants, plus a 2,000-word rationale. The task sheet lists criteria such as 'demonstrates authentic community collaboration' and 'achieves measurable social impact'.
485 words, about 2 min