SACE Stage 2 Integrated Learning study guide
SACE Stage 2 Integrated Learning · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Integrated Learning is one of the Stage 2 subjects listed in the SACE Board's subject catalogue. It is cross-disciplinary: instead of studying a single discipline in depth, students build a program of learning around a practical activity or area of personal interest, and are assessed on how well they plan, carry out and evaluate that work and connect it to wider knowledge and skills. It suits students who learn by doing and who can set their own goals and sustain a project across the year. Because each program is built around a student's own activity, the subject looks different from school to school. Topics on this exam: Practical Exploration (school assessment), Connections (school assessment), and Personal Endeavour (external assessment). The SACE Stage 2 Integrated Learning study guide has 3 sections and about 814 words.
01Practical Exploration (school assessment)
Practical Exploration asks you to learn through doing: you plan, develop, and evaluate a practical activity that draws on at least two learning areas. The assessor looks for purposeful planning, safe and ethical practice, iterative skill development, and critical reflection. Name the practical skill, the context, and the learning areas explicitly. Show how your decisions changed as you trialled, refined, and responded to constraints.
282 words, about 1 min02Connections (school assessment)
Connections requires you to investigate a topic through more than one learning area and explain how the connections produce new understanding or action. The key concepts are synthesis, transfer, perspective, context, and impact. You must show what each learning area contributes, how it changes the question or solution, and what the combined insight means for a personal, local, or global context. A frequent trap is the and-then list: I used Science, and then I used English, and then I used Maths.
265 words, about 1 min03Personal Endeavour (external assessment)
The Personal Endeavour is externally assessed and asks you to design, undertake, and evaluate a self-directed project. The key concepts are proposal, capability development, project management, evidence, evaluation, and communication. Your folio should show the project's evolution: initial question, research, planning, milestones, decisions, setbacks, feedback, and a final evaluation against your own criteria. The presentation should communicate the learning, not just the product.
267 words, about 1 min