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SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT LEARNING AREA
Philosophy Stage 1 and 2 Support Materials
PLEASE READ SSABSA SUPPORT MATERIALS INFORMATION BEFORE USING SUPPORT MATERIAL DOCUMENTS
 
Illustrative Programs Stage 1

1-unit program Outline word document  acrobat document [updated 22/7/08]

Introduction to Philosophy word document  acrobat document [7/3/05]

 

Philosophical Enquiry Skills

Philosophical Issues and Philosophical Inquiry Skills  word document  acrobat document

Arguments  word document  acrobat document [06/09/04]

Philosophical Issues and Debates  word document  acrobat document [updated 11/7/08]

 

Key Area 1: Ethics

Focus on Disability  word document  acrobat document

Political Authority and Individual Freedom word document  acrobat document [7/3/05]

Key Area 2: Epistemology

Epistemology  word document  acrobat document [updated 11/7/08]

Plato and the Matrix word document  acrobat document [7/3/05]

Rationalism and Empiricism word document  acrobat document [7/3/05]

Key Area 3: Metaphysics

Descartes and the Mind-Body Problem word document  acrobat document [7/3/05]

Guided Ethical Issue Studies

General Outline  word document  acrobat document

Abortion word document  acrobat document [7/3/05]

Political/Social Authority word document  acrobat document [7/3/05]

 

Stage 2

Philosophical Enquiry Skills  word document  acrobat document

Philosophical Enquiry Skills, Analysing Arguments word document acrobat document [22/7/08]

Key Area 1: Ethics  

Ethics word document  acrobat document

Happiness as the Goal of Life  word document  acrobat document

The Ethical Way to Live word document acrobat document [22/7/08]

Key Area 2: Epistemology 

Epistemology word document  acrobat document

Epistemology  word document  acrobat document [25/8/08]

Key Area 3: Metaphysics

Freedom and Determinism  word document  acrobat document

Is Eastern Philosophy More Truthful than Western Perspectives word document acrobat document [22/7/08]

Existentialism word document acrobat document [22/7/08]

 
Teaching and Learning Strategies 

General Research Advice for Students (includes referencing advice)   linked pages 

Evaluating websites   word document  acrobat document

 

Teachers may wish to refer to the Aboriginal Studies Support Materials page and consider incorporating Aboriginal perspectives into their teaching and learning strategies for Philosophy

 

SSABSA Guidelines for Referencing  acrobat document

 

Stage 2

Assessment Component 1: Argument

Student Handbook word document  acrobat document [01/08/08]

 
Assessment Plans

These assessment plans are in sample format only, and should not be submitted for approval as they appear here. Teachers should complete the current Stage 1 and Stage 2 Assessment Plan form.

 

Stage 1

Exemplar 1  word document  acrobat document [19/10/05]

 

Stage 2

Exemplar 1 word document  acrobat document [18/4/05]
Assessment Exemplars

SSABSA Examination Papers and Assessment Reports  linked pages

 

Stage 1

Assessment Component 1: Communication

Mind and Body  word document  acrobat document [updated 21/4/06]

Freedom and Determinism  word document  acrobat document [updated 21/4/06]

Ethics  word document  acrobat document [updated 21/4/06]

Epistemology  word document  acrobat document [updated 21/4/06]

Plato and the Matrix word document  acrobat document [7/3/05]

 

Stage 2

Assessment Component 1: Argument Analysis

Ethics, debate. Sexuality  word document acrobat document [updated 21/4/06]

Ethics, oral report. Analysis of a TV program word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

Letters to the Editor word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

Logic and Humour word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

Argument in film word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

Media analysis word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

Ethics - Infanticide

Example 1 word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

Example 2 word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

 

Assessment Component 2: Issues Analysis

Metaphysics. Existentialism word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

Epistemology. Multimedia Presentation word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

Ethics. Discussion on a scenario word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

 

Assessment Component 3: Philosophical Issues Study

General information, processes and forms linked pages

General outline word document acrobat document [14/6/07]

 

 

 
Performance Standards

Assessment Component 1: Argument Analysis word document  acrobat document [27/4/05]

Assessment Component 2: Issues Analysis word document  acrobat document [11/7/08]

Assessment Component 3: Philosophical Issues Study word document  acrobat document [updated 1/6/05]
Annotated Work Samples

Assessment Component 3: Philosophical Issues Study

Science and Religion word document  acrobat document [6/9/05]

Is euthanasia morally justified? word document  acrobat document [19/6/07]

Believing ethically in accordance with Existential Philosophy word document  acrobat document [19/6/07]

Does evil in the world disprove God? word document  acrobat document [19/6/07]

Ethics; Infanticide word document  acrobat document [19/9/08]

 
Resources

Stage 1 and 2 Resource list  linked page [last updated 24/6/08]

 

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