Year 10 Mind, Meaning and Mortality
SSCMM1 Course DescriptionThis course is a full year long.
The Big Question:
Why does the way our mind works matter? How does our mind control us?
This Social Science course is for curious minds who like to think about the “why?” of how our minds work. We will explore why we act and feel the way we do through psychology, think about how we can know what the right thing to do is through ethics and philosophy, and explore how different cultures and groups think about the world in different ways. If you want to learn more about big questions, experiments of the mind or want to try and solve problems and debate, then this is the course for you.
Learning Areas:
Assessment Information
MANA REO (COMMUNICATING)
Students will be assessed on their ability to communicate their knowledge, understanding and skills.
• Pre-structural - I need support to describe ideas and/or information.
• Uni-structural - I can describe an idea and/or information.
• Multi-structural - I can describe ideas and information.
• Relational - I link ideas and information together and explain my understanding.
• Extended Abstract - I apply my understanding to discuss my ideas in new ways.
WHAKAARO (THINKING)
Students will be assessed on their ability to develop their levels of thinking in a variety of learning experiences.
• Pre-structural - I need to support to think of an idea.
• Uni-structural - I can think of an idea.
• Multi-structural - I can think of several ideas.
• Relational - I link ideas together to organise my thinking.
• Extended Abstract - I apply my thinking in creative ways.