Central Material (2500- 5000 words)

This is the chunk of your PIP. It must contain description and analysis of
the research carried out in investigation of the focus question or
hypothesis.
It must contain cross-cultural perspectives.
In this section inserts any appropriate data through tables and graphs
based on your finding. Dont forget to label them.

10. How to Structure THE CHUNK?

Society and Culture HSC Syllabus Objectives and Outcomes
HSC objectives

- Social and cultural research methods

- Personal, social and culture identity and
interactions within societies and cultures
- how personal experience and public
knowledge interact to develop social
and cultural literacy

HSC learning outcomes

-H1 evaluates and effectively applies

social and cultural concepts
-H3 analyses relationships and
interactions within and between social
and cultural groups
- H4 assesses the interaction of personal
experience and public knowledge in the
development of social and cultural
literacy

Go onto this website-There is a sample PIP from the board of studies that you
will need to answer a series of questions based on the PIP called Bulling and
Harassment. Note this particular student scored between band 5 and 6.
http://web1.maitgrossh.schools.nsw.edu.au/uploads/File/STANDARDS/HSIE/Society%20and
%20Culture/files/samples/qpip/qpip_b56_s3.pdf

Core Activity- Read the central material section .

Mind map the types of methodologies that would be appropriate for your
research topic.

Interviews

Types of research methods,

that is suitable for your
chosen topic.

How and where to research?

Always be on the look out for information pertaining to your PIP topic.

Read the newspaper every day.

Place them on your favourites file re your home computer
Visit the school library; browse quality bookshops
Read the weekly TV guides
Watch and listen to the ABC and the online website
Regularly check the ABC web site.
Look at Google journals on the topics youve chosen

In short become even more socially literate!

Other useful resources for the PIP:

Class textbook/s
Other PIP resources on the Society and Culture Association website;
http://www.scansw.com.au/
(or Google Society and Culture Association NSW then click on

resources at the top of the webpage, then Personal Interest Project )

the HSC online website;

http://hsc.csu.edu.au/society_culture/pip/pip/pip.html
Newsbank (database of newspaper articles accessed via school homepage)

Available in the Library

Articles in the Culturescope magazines

The Issues in Society series
Articles in the Current Social Issues folder

2. Where do you think the most appropriate place to begin to find your primary
and secondary sources? Why?

3. Identify the primary methodologies you will employ in your PIP. Be specific
if using a questionnaire, who will your sample population be and why?

4.Write the secondary resources you have found and identified? What other
secondary resources do you think you still need to strengthen your project?

5. Find a resource that relates to your topic.

a) What type of resource it is?

b) Does it contain cross-cultural references?

c) What research method has been conducted for this article to be

published?

d) Is this an effective article? Would you consider using it? Why or why not?