Faculty/Subject: International Studies

Unit of work: BIP - Baby Interest Project

Issue date: (Week 9, Term 3, 2022)

Due date: (Week 10, Term 4, 2022)

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK BUT FORMATIVE

CLASSWORK TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE YEAR 11 SOCIETY AND CULTURE
COURSE. FEEDBACK WILL BE GIVEN ALONG THE WAY.
Outcomes:
By completing this task you will be able to:
● Analyse different contexts, perspectives and interpretations of cultural beliefs and practices
● Evaluate culturally significant issues, events and scenarios from a variety of perspectives
● select and use a range of written, visual and oral forms, to describe, analyse and communicate about cultures
Task:

You are an anthropologist studying peoples and cultures. You are tasked with investigating an aspect of culture and
are required to undertake secondary research (through articles and websites which are already public knowledge) and
primary research (your own research that you have designed and implemented to investigate your topic.) You are
required to create and implement a quantitative questionnaire and a qualitative interview).

You will need to include a cross-cross cultural component within your investigation. This could be different generations,
gender, religion, geographical location, culture, ethnicity etc.

You also may wish to consider continuity and change within your chosen topic.

You will start off with a general topic area and this will be refined to be a specific research question.

Your BIP should contain the following sections

1. Introduction (150 - 200 words)

2. Central Material - This should be divided into chapters/sections (700-1000 words)
3. Conclusion (150 - 200 words)
4. Annotated Resource List (unlimited)

Ms Barker will spend class time going through each aspect of the task - it will be modelled and then there will be
lessons for you to work on your BIP.

In essence, it should be an area that you are interested in, and you should run your idea by your teacher to help you to
develop it into a manageable project.
Timeline
You will be given time and guidance in class to help develop your understanding of what is involved in each
component of the task:

Week 9/10: Topics of interest and generating a research question

Week 1: Undertaking secondary research

Week 2: Primary Research: Quantitative Questionnaire

Week 3: Primary Research: Qualitative Interview

Week 4: Writing your Introduction

Week 5 & 6: Begin central material - analysing your datasets

Week 7: Adding visuals to reflect your data

Week 8: Write your Conclusion and Annotated Resource List

Week 9 & 10: Touch ups, proofreading and submit your work

All evidence of your work MUST be uploaded into a Google Drive Folder which has been shared with Ms Barker.

Guide to structuring your task and additional information:

The Components of the Mini-PIP to be Handed In

1. Introduction: (150-200 words) In your introduction, you need to state your research question and how you set
about answering it, including research method choice and justification. Much of the information in your
introduction will be drawn from the proposal which you handed in earlier.

2. Central Material: (up to 700-1000 words) This is where you report to the reader on what you have discovered
in your research – it is your interpretation and analysis of your data, and must include some statistical
analysis. You may wish to divide the Central Material section into mini-sections, under subheadings.

3. Conclusion: (150-200 words) A review and evaluation of your research process to determine usefulness,
validity and bias. In your conclusion you are expected to look back at what you have done in your project and
determine whether or not it worked, and why or why not. Is there something you could have done better?
Were your methodologies entirely appropriate for your question? What could have made your project better or
more effective? Did you find it difficult to investigate the issue because of your own bias? Can you now make
assertions about this research topic based on your results? This section is asking you to use your skills of
metacognition – thinking about thinking. It is a very important skill to develop, and one which you will need to
use a great deal when you complete your HSC PIP.

4. Annotated Resource List: Basically, a bibliography where you write a couple of lines after each entry about
how you used this source.