5.2 Sample course organisation Table 1 provides an example of possible course organisation for a two-year course of study in Geography. The choice of focus and elective units, and case studies, is for illustration purposes only, and should in no way indicate or limit the choices that teachers and students may make. 1: Sample course organisation based on sample teaching units Predominant context Assessment Theme Unit Time (scale) techniques Managing 1 week (national) Short-response test C1 Semester the to Formative natural natural 5 (local) Stimulus response C2, C3, C4 hazard essay Formative 1 Managing 2 weeks (regional) Short-response test C1 Formative 8 Local Report C2, C3, C4 catchment Formative (local) Social Sustaining 6 weeks Local community Practical exercise C2, C3, (local) C4 Formative 2 Shanghai, test C1 Bosnywash Formative (regional) 2 6 weeks Brisbane and the Report C2, C3, Western Corridor C4 Formative people (regional) and 2 Local planning Short-response test C1 places (local) Formative Resources Living with 1 Global Short-response test C1 and the climate (regional) Summative Local energy Report C2, C3, 6 usage C4 Summative (local) 2 3 Sustaining 4 Foja Mts, Island of Stimulus response C2, C3, (regional) essay C4 Summative 3 Biomes of Short-response test C1 (national) Summative
5.2 Sample course organisation Table 1 provides an example of possible course organisation for a two-year course of study in Geography. The choice of focus and elective units, and case studies, is for illustration purposes only, and should in no way indicate or limit the choices that teachers and students may make. 1: Sample course organisation based on sample teaching units Semester Theme Unit Time Predominant context (scale) Assessment techniques 1 Managing the natural to natural 1 week (national) Short-response test Formative C1 5 (local) Stimulus response essay Formative C2, C3, C4 Managing 2 weeks (regional) Short-response test Formative C1 8 Local catchment (local) Report Formative C2, C3, C4 2 Social Sustaining 6 weeks Local community (local) Practical exercise Formative C2, C3, C4 2 Shanghai, Bosnywash (regional) test Formative C1 people and places 6 weeks Brisbane and the Western Corridor (regional) Report Formative C2, C3, C4 2 Local planning (local) Short-response test Formative C1 3 Resources and the Living with climate 1 6 2 Global (regional) Local energy usage (local) Short-response test Summative C1 Report Summative C2, C3, C4 Sustaining 4 Foja Mts, Island of (regional) Stimulus response essay Summative C2, C3, C4 3 Biomes of (national) Short-response test Summative C1 hazard
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