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ESEB2043 SOCIOLOGY IN EDUCATION

SEMESTER: SEPTEMBER 2021
GROUP ASSIGNMENT AND PRESENTATION (40%)
COURSE LEADER: DR.CHANDRAN ABRAHAM

Keeping up to date with current educational issues is an important factor in making a

good first impression at your teaching.
Based on the statements above, you are required to answer the following questions:

1) Choose any country in the world and do research on their latest issues in education ranging from early
childhood education up to higher education. i.e., educational reform, educational and the curriculum
etc.
2) Explain how the government / ministry of education of the country overcome the situations.

Assignment guidelines:

1) Form a group of not more than 4 students (Kindly refer to your respective tutor for further details).
2) Refer to recent journal articles, genuine website, newspaper articles to support your points.
3) Answers to Q1 and Q2 are to be compiled as written assignment.
4) Your report must consist of a Cover page (with group members name and students’ ID), font style
Century Gothic, size 11, doubled-spacing, not more than 10 pages – refer to attachments.
5) Plagiarism is unacceptable; therefore, students are required to use in-text-citations and proper APA
formatting.
6) The duration of the presentation will be for a minimum of 5 minutes and a maximum of 8 minutes for
each student.
7) Each presentation should be accompanied with appropriate ppt slides.
8) Written assignment deadline is before or by 22ND November 2021(Week 12) via UNIEC Virtual. Late
submission is not allowed, except with the permission from the tutor.
9) Presentation will take place in Week 13.
10) Assessment for the group assignment will be as below:
a. Written assignment (25%)
b. Presentation (15%)

Refer to rubric for detailed assessment criteria.

GROUP ASSIGNMENT (25%)

TOTAL MARKS: 50%
WILL BE CONVERTED TO 25%

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ASSESSMENT HIGH DISTINCTION CREDIT PASS FAIL
CRITERIA DISTINCTION
(40 - 44) (33 - 39) (25 - 32) (0 - 24)
(45 - 50)

Content Excellent Very good Good Adequate Poor understanding

understanding understanding and understanding and understanding and flawed
and interpretation interpretation of the interpretation of the and interpretation interpretation of the
of the statement. statement. statement. of the statement. statement.

Discussion / Excellent and Very good Good Satisfactory Poor / flawed

Argumentation insightful ideas/arguments. ideas/arguments. ideas/arguments. ideas/arguments.
ideas/arguments.

It demonstrates Minimal/ no
It demonstrates satisfactory level evidence of critical
an excellent level It demonstrates a It demonstrates of critical and and independent
of critical and very good level of good critical and independent thinking.
independent critical and independent thinking.
thinking. independent thinking.
thinking.
Limited coverage of
Adequate all issues.
An intuitive and Good coverage of coverage of all
very A comprehensive all issues. issues.
comprehensive coverage of all
discussion of all issues.
issues.

Language and Excellent Very good Good Satisfactory Poor

organisation communication of communication of communication of communication of communication of
ideas. Very fluent ideas. Fluent ideas. Fairly fluent ideas. Awkward ideas. Weak writing
writing. writing. writing. writing but does which impedes
not impede comprehension.
Thoroughly Clear and coherent Generally good comprehension.
coherent and and very good level organization. Weak and
excellent level of of organization. Satisfactory and unsatisfactory
organization. reasonable organization.
organization.

Literature Excellent range of Very good range of Good range of Adequate range of Insufficient range of
review the key literature. the key literature. some of the key the literature. the literature.
literature.

Rubric for Presentation

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Presentation Marking Rubric (Group)

4 3 2 1 Mark

Visual Appeal There are no errors There are There are many There are many errors in  
in spelling, grammar some errors in errors in spelling, grammar and

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 and punctuation. spelling, spelling, punctuation. The slides
Information is clear grammar and grammar and were difficult to read and
and concise on each punctuation. punctuation. too much information had
slide. Too much Too much been copied onto them.
Visually information on information was
appealing/engaging. two or more contained on No visual appeal.
slides. many slides.
Significant Minimal effort
visual appeal. made to make
slides
appealing or
too much going
on.

Extensive knowledge Most showed a Few members Presenters didn’t

of topic. good showed good understand topic.
Comprehension Members showed understanding understanding
complete of topic. of some parts of Majority of questions
understanding of All members topic. answered by only one
assignment. able to answer Only some member or majority of
Accurately answered information incorrect.
most of members
all questions posed.
audience accurately
questions. answered
questions.

Presentation Regular/constant eye Most members Members Minimal eye contact by  

Skills contact, The spoke to focused on only more than one member
audience was majority of part of focusing on small part of
engaged, and audience; audience. audience.
presenters held the steady eye Sporadic eye
audience’s attention. contact. contact by more The audience was not
Appropriate speaking The audience than one engaged.
volume & body was engaged presenter.
Majority of presenters
language. by the The audience spoke too quickly or quietly
presentation. was distracted.
making it difficult to
Majority of Speakers could understand.
presenters be heard by
spoke at a only half of the Inappropriate/disinterested
suitable audience. body language.
volume. Body language
Some fidgeting was distracting.
by member(s).

Content The presentation The The The presentation was a  

was a concise presentation presentation brief look at the topic but
summary of the topic was a good was informative many questions were left
with all questions summary of the but several unanswered.
answered. topic. elements went Majority of information
Comprehensive and Most important unanswered. irrelevant and significant
complete coverage information Much of the points left out.
of information. covered; little information
irrelevant info. irrelevant;
coverage of
some of major
points.

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 All presenters knew Slight Significant Unbalanced presentation
the information, domination of controlling by or tension resulting from
participated equally, one presenter. some members over-helping.
and helped each Members with one
Preparedness/ other as needed. helped each minimally Multiple group members
other.  contributing. not participating.
Participation/ Extremely prepared
and rehearsed. Very well Primarily Evident lack of
Group preparation/rehearsal.
Dynamics prepared. prepared but
with some Dependence on slides.
dependence on
just reading off
slides.

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