Sociology: Lesson 21

Lesson 21 – Friday May 1

Overview
1. Introduction to Unit 3 Outcome 2 – Australian Cultural Communities
__ Review: attitudes, stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination
__ Handout: coursework requirements and revised timeline
__ Reminder: three excursion forms (money to front office)
__ Note: new SAC dates for Media File (May 29) and written SAC (June 1)
2. Content and meaning of culture
__ Culture, Values, Norms, Symbols, Institutions (organismic analogy)
3. Meaning and potential of national culture
__ National identity, Nationalism, National culture, Australian values, Does Australia have a single national culture?

Homework
Write your own version of a cross-cultural experience between the Middle East and Australia
Try to find examples in the media that represent Australian culture
Continue to collect articles for your Media File

Psychology: Lesson 20

Lesson 20 – Thursday April 30

Overview
1. Introduction to Unit 3 Outcome 1: Brain and Nervous System
__ New booklet
__ New glossary
__ New coursework requirements
__ Human Body DVD
2. Structure of the cerebral cortex; cerebral hemispheres, corpus callosum
3. Functions of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex in the control of motor, somatosensory, visual and auditory processing in humans; frontal lobe (including Broca’s area), parietal lobe, occipital lobs, and temporal lobe (including Wernicke’s area)
__ The brain handout
__ LA 3 on p. 73 and LA 7 on p. 84, LA 4 on p. 77
__ Colour word search handout

Homework
Read pp. 67-83
Do LA 1 on p. 69 and LA 2 on p. 71
Look at the ‘Psychology Times’ handout and answer four of the letters sent to Dr. Neuro
Look at the ‘Cortical Lobes’ handout and complete

Sociology: Lesson 20

Lesson 20 – Tuesday April 28

Overview
1. Introduction to Unit 3 Outcome 2 – Australian Cultural Communities
__ key knowledge and skills
__ Face the Facts booklet
__ Difference between race and ethnicity
__ Ethnocentrism
__ Attitudes, stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination
2. Media File discussion about articles on asylum seekers and human rights

Homework
Read ‘Race and Ethnicity’ handout
Try to find examples in the media that represent Australian culture
Continue to collect articles for your Media File

Psychology: Lesson 19

Lesson 19 – Monday April 27

Overview
1. Write an ERA based on the experiment conducted last lesson
2. Ensure that the correct headings and subheadings are used
3. Use the correct objective, scientific terminology, third person and past tense
4. Refer to the Marking Criteria to all ensure all relevant information is included
5. Refer to the summary sheet for additional assistance

Homework
Relax so you’re ready for the final Unit 3 topic – Outcome 1 ‘The brain and nervous system’

Sociology: Lesson 19

Lesson 19 – Friday April 24

Overview
1. Share your community research with the rest of the class (oral presentation)
2. Introduction to Unit 3 Outcome 2 – Australian Cultural Communities
__ key knowledge and skills
__ Face the Facts booklet

Homework
Continue to collect articles for your Media File

Psychology: Lesson 18

Lesson 18 – Thursday April 23

Overview
You will participate in an experiment that you will write up as an ERA next lesson. You will be given an instruction sheet which must be completed during the lesson and submitted. It will be returned to you when you write the ERA under SAC conditions.
1. Participate in experiment then document procedure
2. Record and process data from experiment
3. Learn about Perceptual Set
4. Learn about previous research on this topic
5. Identify possible extraneous or confounding variables

Homework
Practice writing up an ERA based on the experiment you took part in during today’s lesson.

Sociology student lectures

For the first time Social Education Victoria is offering a program of student lectures to support the teaching of Sociology, Units 3 and 4. Three engaging speakers will present on a range of topics relevant to the Sociology course and have been chosen to broaden your understanding and thinking.

The lectures will be held on May 22 between 1pm – 3pm. The venue is centrally located at the Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Centre, Cnr Sturt St & Southbank Blvd, South Melbourne.

The guest speakers include:
*Australian Communities
- Janette Pope, Manager Research, Policy & Strategy,
- Department of Planning and Community Development
* The Rights of Australia’s Indigenous Communities
- Peter Lewis, Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency, VACCA
* Citizenship
- Speaker to be confirmed

The lecture program has again been designed to allow you an opportunity to ask questions of each of the speakers, to allow for as many questions as possible in the allocated time.

It is essential that you book early as we expect these lectures will be very popular and that places will fill quickly.

The cost is $18. As the lectures take place when we usually have Sociology, I would like to attend the lectures instead of class. If you can not afford the $18 please let me know.

Sociology: Lesson 18

Lesson 18 – Tuesday April 21

Overview
1. Complete the written summary of your community case study research under SAC conditions

Homework
Summarise the articles on asylum seekers for your Media File
__ Australia to shun UN racism talks (The Age, 20/4, p. 7)
__ Australia can regain ‘AAA’ human rights rating (The Age, 13/04)
__ Blast warnings revealed a Rudd declares war on ‘vile’ smugglers (The Age, 18/04, pp. 1, 6)
__ Facts behind a rising asylum seeker tide (The Age, 18/04, p. 6)
__ Trickle of asylum seekers stirs old fears of flood (The Age>Insight, 18/04, p. 6)
__ Opening the door to death (Herald Sun, 17/04, pp. 4-5)
__ No way back now (The Age>Insight, 18/04, p. 7)
__ Who’s afraid of the ‘R’ word? (The Age>Insight, 18/04, p. 5)

Psychology: Lesson 17

Lesson 17 – Monday April 20

Overview
1. SAC 1 feedback: please see me outside of class with any questions
2. Mark a poorly written Diener ERA against the SAC ERA marking criteria
3. Mark your Diener ERA against the SAC ERA marking criteria
4. Complete everything in the Visual Perception booklet/handout
5. Complete all definitions in the blue Visual Perception Study Guide handout
6. Complete all learning activities for Visual Perception

Homework
Re-read the section in your textbook on perceptual set – the topic of your ERA SAC

Psychology: SAC update

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