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Drama
Stage 2
Subject outline
Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in June 2019 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021.
Accredited in June 2019 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021.
Stage 2 | Subject outline | Assessment design criteria
Assessment design criteria
The assessment design criteria are based on the learning requirements and are used by:
- teachers to clarify for the student what they need to learn
- teachers and assessors to design opportunities for students to provide evidence of their learning at the highest possible level of achievement.
The assessment design criteria consist of specific features that:
- students should demonstrate in their learning
- teachers and assessors look for as evidence that students have met the learning requirements.
For this subject the assessment design criteria are:
- knowledge and understanding
- critical and creative thinking
- creative application.
The specific features of these criteria are described below.
The set of assessments, as a whole, must give students opportunities to demonstrate each of the specific features by the completion of study of the subject.
Knowledge and Understanding
The specific features are as follows:
| KU1 | Exploration and understanding of dramatic theories, texts, styles, conventions, roles, and processes. |
| KU2 | Understanding and evaluation of the artistic and cultural value of local, global, contemporary, and/or historical drama. |
Critical and Creative Thinking
The specific features are as follows:
| CCT1 | Creative thinking and experimentation in the development of dramatic ideas. |
| CCT2 | Analysis and evaluation of the student’s own drama-making and others’ dramatic works, styles, and/or events. |
Creative Application
The specific features are as follows:
| CA1 | Application of dramatic processes, individually and in collaboration with others. |
| CA2 | Application of dramatic skills. |
| CA3 | Integration of theory and practice to make meaningful dramatic outcomes. |