What detail is required for teaching the CAFS HSC course?
The HSC course is 120 indicative hours. Therefore the expectation is that students will undertake 30 hours of study of each module. If the research methodology module is presented in an integrated manner additional time should be allocated. Beyond this the actual hours to be spent on any area of content is a matter for school decision. Scope and sequence suggestions can however, be found in the LIG Handbook for Community and Family Studies, available on the new HSC web site at http://www.newhsc.schools.nsw.edu.au/ . The detail required of content should be determined with respect to the student learn about and learn to statements, and the outcomes to be developed in each module. The draft performance bands for this subject show that students achieving at different performance bands will explore concepts to varying degrees of depth and with varying degrees of skill. The performance bands provide an indication to teachers and students of what they will need to know and do to gain a parti
