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Child Studies Workbook

Child Studies Workbook

Author's note: The Child Studies Workbook is sepcifically written to help students and teachers tackle the 'Special Study' assignment in Year 12.

Author: Kathleen Dodgson and Leanne Jarvis

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Book Details

Essentials Child Studies - How to write and effective Investigation

This revised edition updates SACE terminology, SACE paperwork and our graphs.

* Provides a shell or framework for developing a Special Study that meets the SACE Board criteria. 

* Includes a wide range of learning activities designed to give insights into, and understanding of, each step in the process.
* The ‘write-in' format allows a student to ‘tailor-make' his/her approach to the investigative and report-writing tasks.
* Provides a scaffolding to help students and teachers through planning, researching, analysing and evaluating information and writing the Special Study.
* Tips on: choosing an issue, formulating the hypothesis or guiding question and focusing questions, collecting both primary and secondary information, analysing and evaluating information and how to write the report.
* Activities that can be used as discussion points or as formative tasks.
* Includes:
- Timeline and word count implications
- Tips on interviews, surveys and presentation
- Useful reference and support services (e.g. websites)
- checklists
- samples and examples (models for writing)

In short, a great way for your students to master the Special Study process whilst saving precious time and energy.


ISBN - 978 1 921548 04 8

Cost (Single Copy) - $29.95
(Multiple Copies) - $25.95

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