Sample assessment outline Philosophy and Ethics – General Year 11 Unit 1 and Unit 2 Assessment Assessment type Assessment type (from weighting task When Assessment task syllabus) (from weighting syllabus) Semester 1 10% Task 1: Short answers to a combination of questions on critical reasoning and methods of inquiry Week 3 Critical reasoning 20% Semester 2 10% Task 5: Short answers to a combination of questions on critical reasoning and methods of inquiry Week 2 Semester 1 15% Task 2: Analysis and evaluation of an extract/article in natural language on persons and moral action Philosophical Week 8 analysis and 30% Semester 2 evaluation 15% Task 6: Analysis and evaluation of an extract/article in natural language on persons and happiness Week 7 Semester 1 Task 3: Written or digital presentation on fairness, the difference between laws and rules, and 10% Week 11 individual moral/legal rights and duties Construction of 20% argument Semester 2 Task 7: Oral presentation to class on a argument about happiness 10% philosopher’s Week 13 Semester 1 Task 4: A series of short answer, open-ended questions on concepts/topics from Politics Aristotle’s 15% Week 16 and Ethics Test 30% Semester 2 Task 8: A series of short answer, open-ended questions on concepts/topics from Bentham’s 15% Week 16 utilitarianism Total 100% 100%
Sample assessment outline Philosophy and Ethics – General Year 11 Unit 1 and Unit 2 Assessment type (from syllabus) Assessment type weighting (from syllabus) Assessment task weighting When Assessment task Critical reasoning 20% 10% Semester 1 Week 3 Task 1: Short answers to a combination of questions on critical reasoning and methods of inquiry 10% Semester 2 Week 2 Task 5: Short answers to a combination of questions on critical reasoning and methods of inquiry Philosophical analysis and evaluation 30% 15% Semester 1 Week 8 Task 2: Analysis and evaluation of an extract/article in natural language on persons and moral action 15% Semester 2 Week 7 Task 6: Analysis and evaluation of an extract/article in natural language on persons and happiness Construction of argument 20% 10% Semester 1 Week 11 Task 3: Written or digital presentation on fairness, the difference between laws and rules, and individual moral/legal rights and duties 10% Semester 2 Week 13 Task 7: Oral presentation to class on a philosopher’s argument about happiness Test 30% 15% Semester 1 Week 16 Task 4: A series of short answer, open-ended questions on concepts/topics from Aristotle’s Politics and Ethics 15% Semester 2 Week 16 Task 8: A series of short answer, open-ended questions on concepts/topics from Bentham’s utilitarianism Total 100% 100%
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