Module and Elective
"The Preliminary and HSC English (Extension) courses enable students who are accomplished, analytical and imaginative in their use of English to refine their understanding and appreciation of the cultural roles and significance of texts. The courses are designed for students with a desire to pursue a specialised study of English. These courses provide students with the opportunity to pursue areas of interest with increased independence and to theorise about the processes of responding to and composing texts. Through extended engagement in investigation and composition, students explore multiple meanings and relative values of texts. They explore a range of conceptual frameworks for the reading and composition of texts and examine a range of reading practices to develop awareness of the assumptions that guide interpretation and evaluation." - The Board of Studies English Extension course rationale
Module B: Texts and Ways of Thinking
"The ways that scientific, philosophical or economic paradigms have shaped literary and other texts of particular historical periods." - from The Board of Studies |
HSC Extension 1 Objectives
- Students will develop knowledge and understanding of how and why texts are valued. - Students will develop skills in theorising about texts and values based on analysis and understanding of complex ideas - Students will develop skills in sustained composition. - Students will develop skills in extensive independent investigation. |
Elective 3: Navigating the Global
Explorations of how individuals navigate through a late 20th and early 21st century context, and how the development towards a global culture has blurred traditional concepts and boundaries of time and space. The elective investigates the impacts of this changing reality on the individual and emerging global community. |