Yr 10 Philosophy Research Task
I have spoken to your teacher about your research task. This is an open-ended task: Pick any philosophical topic that interests you and present it to your teacher and class. Try to keep some kind of philosophical element to your research - don't get 100% sidetracked into the social or cultural aspects of your question (up to 70% is probably okay if your topic warrants it!).
You may present the task any way you choose. Your presentation style and length will vary depending on your topic and the way you present it.
You could choose to:
You may present the task any way you choose. Your presentation style and length will vary depending on your topic and the way you present it.
You could choose to:
- Write a formal academic essay (2000-3000 words)
- Make a video (3 minutes)
- Present a talk-show which reflects different perspectives (5-10 minutes)
- Design a picture book (15-30 pages)
- Give a speech with visual support (5 minutes)
- Design a lesson for a children's philosophy class (10-20 minutes, including activities)
- Create a blog with many different practical applications of your research (4-10 entries, 2000 words)
Make sure you keep track of your research materials because you'll be expected to use proper academic referencing and include a bibliography. An easy way to do this is to create a BibMe account. If you sign up for a free account here you can save multiple bibliographies for different assignments and download them to a Word document. Sometimes the internal search will find all the necessary info - at other times it will give you a form to fill in the missing information, so it's best to use it when you have the source in front of you.
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Sample Questions for Yr 10 Research Tasks
[Go to the mindmap on the library website [https://coggle.it/diagram/V5WK9CaHa5R8m7LR] to find questions about all the different branches of philosophy. Choose one of these questions or make up your own. If you're creating your own question, check in with Ms Vasilevska or Ms Carmyn to make sure it's not too broad. One idea for creating your own question (if you're of a literary persuasion) is to critique a novel from a philosophical perspective. If you'd like to do this let me know and I'll put up a list of possible novels.
How will it be marked?
When the assignment rubric is available I'll paste it here. Meanwhile, here's what your teacher says he'll be looking for:
This is the actual task as it was given to you last week. As you can see, the parameters are pretty flexible.
- Engagement with a philosophical concept - ie: it has something to do with Philosophy and you've thought long and hard about it
- Ability to synthesise information - ie: you've made links between different perspectives and/or unrelated ideas
- synthesis of a variety of socurces - ie. you've used a variety of books, websites, journal articles, videos etc. that reflect a range of opinions
- A sophisticated argument - ie: you've used a wide vocabulary supported by evidence to develop a deep (not superficial) argument
- Reflection on learning - ie: you are aware of what you've learned, how you learned it and how it connects to other things you learned
This is the actual task as it was given to you last week. As you can see, the parameters are pretty flexible.