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Teacher Guidance in Investigations
Subject moderators have agreed the appropriate level of teacher guidance for investigations and research as follows:
Level 1
Directed investigations are appropriate, i.e:
- Specific topic is defined by the teacher (e.g. The Passion of the Christ censorship case)
- Key questions are set
- All resources are provided
- Step by step approach to process and presentation is provided (including scaffolding and templates for responses).
Level 2
Guided investigations are appropriate, i.e:
- Topic is set in general terms only (e.g. an aspect of censorship in NZ)
- General guidelines are provided of the process to be followed but not specific questions or detailed instructions
- Some resources are provided on occasions but not usually, and not all
- Students are guided towards a range of presentation techniques and formats, but make the final choice of which one(s) are appropriate to their investigations (graphs, tables, reports, diagrams, appendices etc).
Level 3
Consultative investigations are appropriate, i.e:
- Philosophical / ethical parameters are set by the teacher
- Topic is outlined only in very broad terms (e.g. an aspect of media in NZ)
- Students are not provided with templates or detailed specific presentation requirements ? only broad strokes (e.g. headlined and sub-sectioned report in formal language with referenced sources and attributed content, with analysis of and conclusions drawn about the significance of the aspect for NZ)
- Referencing guidelines/instructions are provided (see below)
- Milestones are set for consultations between the teacher/teacher and student
- Questions (clarification, advice about whether on track or not, etc) should be student-initiated as much as possible; teacher should point out areas of concern if student is not likely to achieve because of inadequacies in some aspect of their investigation and analysis, but advice should not be specific, only general (e.g. 'You haven't addressed why/how this is significant for New Zealand in enough detail. You need to consider this more carefully?')
Last updated: 07 October 2008