EDST5099
FOUNDATIONAL ONE
Assessment Two
Instructions
Assessment Two requires you to bring together the various content and skills covered in this course to write a critical essay backed by current and relevant research literature on:
(A) the significance of your chosen specialisation stream in the education context and;
(B) how that significance (i.e., your response in Part A) affects/informs your future pathway.
· You are allowed to use the references from Assessment One for this critical essay (if relevant).
· On the number of references required for this Assessment Two, use as many references as needed to substantiate your points/arguments.
· References used should be current (i.e., within the last ten years), and relevant. Seminal works are not restricted to the ten years criteria.
· You decide on how many words you want to spend on Part (A) and (B) as the number of words allocated for each part depends on your points/arguments. Please ensure that your essay sufficiently respond to both parts.
· While there are two parts to this critical essay, there should be connections between both parts so that your essay will read like a logical whole.
· You are encouraged to use headings to identify content in sections of your essay. Please refer to APA Style. website for more information.
· Please keep drafts of your critical essay so that you have evidence that your final submitted Assessment Two is your own work, and not AI-generated (see UNSW Ethical and Responsible Use of AI website for details)
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Assessment Task 2: Extended Response – Critical Essay
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Criteria
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Fail
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Understand (35%)
Understanding of the question or issue and the key concepts involved
- understanding of the task and its relationship to relevant areas of theory, research and practice
- clarity and accuracy in use of key terms and concepts in education
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Analysis (35%)
Depth of analysis and/or critique in response to the task
- depth of analysis of how your chosen Specialisation Stream is significant in the education context, and affects/inform. your future pathway.
- depth of understanding of key educational and research principles, concepts and issues explicitly raised in your course and prescribed readings
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Citations (10%)
Familiarity with and relevance of professional and/or research literature used to support response
- range of quality research and professional literature (variety of journals)
- currency (2014+) and relevancy of selected literature
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Structure (10%)
Structure and organisation of response
- appropriateness of overall structure of response
- clarity and coherence of organisation, including use of section headings, summaries and signposting to enhance readability
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Presentation (10%)
Presentation of response according to appropriate academic and linguistic conventions
- Clarity, consistency and appropriateness of conventions for quoting, paraphrasing, attributing sources of information, and
listing references (APA 7th ed.)
- Clarity and appropriateness of sentence structure, vocabulary use, spelling, punctuation and word length
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