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VCE Unit 1 — Australian Curriculum: Media StudiesSource: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australian Curriculum v3.0: VCE Media. Author: Troy Beggs

School name Unit title Duration of unit

Phoenix P-12 Community College VCE Media Studies- Unit 1: Representation and technologies of representation 1 Semester

Unit outline

In this unit students develop an understanding of the relationship between the media, technology and the representations present in media forms. They study the relationships between media technologies, audiences and society. Students develop practical and analytical skills, including:

understanding of the contribution of codes and conventions to the creation of meaning in media products the role and significance of selection processes in their construction the role audiences play in constructing meaning from media representations the creative and cultural impact of new media technologies.

Assessment

The award of satisfactory completion for a unit is based on a decision that the student has demonstrated achievement of the set of outcomes specified for the unit. This decision will be based on the teacher’s assessment of the student’s overall performance on assessment tasks designated for the unit.The key knowledge and key skills listed for each outcome should be used as a guide to course design and the development of learning activities. The key knowledge and key skills do not constitute a checklist and such an approach is not necessary or desirable for determining the achievement of outcomes. The elements of key knowledge and key skills should not be assessed separately. Assessment tasks must be a part of the regular teaching and learning program and must not unduly add to the workload associated with that program. They must be completed mainly in class and within a limited timeframe. Teachers should select a variety of assessment tasks for their assessment program to reflect the key knowledge and key skills being assessed and to provide for different learning styles.For this unit students are required to demonstrate achievement of three outcomes. As a set these outcomes encompass all areas of study. Demonstration of achievement of Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 must be based on the student’s performance on a selection of assessment tasks. Where teachers allow students to choose between tasks they must ensure that the tasks they set are of comparable scope and demand.

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Area of Study 1: Representation

Content descriptions to be taught General capabilities and cross-curriculum prioritiesKey Skills Key Knowledge

Describe representations in media texts Compare the construction of representations in

a range of media texts and across media forms Use concepts of representation, selection,

omission and construction in the evaluation of media texts

Discuss how audiences make judgments about how realism is represented in specific media texts

Analyse representations within the context of institutional practices, media history and cultural values.

Media representation and its relationship to the selection and construction of reality in various media forms

The nature of codes and conventions evident in media productions, and the meanings they create

The nature and role of audiences in reading media representations

Notions of ‘realism’ in media texts Representations within the context of values such

as those related to gender, age, ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic status

The influence of institutional and social practices on the nature of representations, and their availability and accessibility

Representations within the context of media history and culture, including the emergence and development of stereotypes, styles and generic conventions within media

Literacy

ICT capability

Critical and creative thinking

Personal and social capability

Ethical behaviour

Intercultural understanding

Societal Understandings

Continuity and change Cause and effect Perspectives Empathy Significance

Achievement standard

Procedures for the assessment of levels of achievement in Units 1 and 2 are a matter for school decision. Assessment of levels of achievement for these units will not be reported to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. Schools may choose to report levels of achievement using grades, descriptive statements or other indicators

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Overview Assessment Options

This area of study focuses on an analysis of media representations and how such representations depict, for example, events, people, places, organisations and ideas.

Students learn that media texts are created through a process of selection, construction and representation. Representations of events, ideas and stories, which may appear natural and realistic, are mediated and constructed in ways that are different from the audience’s direct experience of reality.

Students develop an understanding of how media representations are subject to multiple readings by audiences who construct meaning based on a range of personal, contextual, social and institutional factors.

Representation involves the selection of images, words, sounds and ideas and the ways in which these are presented, related and ordered. Media codes and conventions, together with such factors as degrees of intended realism, the cultural and historical context of the production and institutional practices, help shape a product’s structure and meaning. Media products are approached in terms of how they are constructed for different purposes, their distribution and the ways audiences may read representations within them.

• radio or audio sequences• audio-visual or video sequences• photographs• print layouts• multimedia sequences or presentations• posters• tests• written responses• oral reports

Outcome

On completion of this unit the student should be able to describe the construction of specific media representations and explain how the process of representation reproduces the world differently from direct experience of it. To achieve this outcome the student will draw on key knowledge and key skills outlined in Area of Study 1.


Area of Study 2: Representation of Technology

Content descriptions to be taught General capabilities and cross-curriculum prioritiesKey Skills Key Knowledge

identify and explain the characteristics and potential of media technologies and materials

use technologies, materials and processes to produce representations in two or more media forms

apply media codes and conventions to construct representations

analyse how different media technologies affect the construction, distribution and consumption of

media representations

the nature and use of media technologies, materials and applications in two or more media forms

techniques and processes used in the production of media representations

ways in which media codes and conventions are used to express ideas and meanings

the implications of the use of different media technologies and processes for the construction,

distribution and consumption of media representations

Literacy

ICT capability



Ethical behaviour









In this area of study students produce representations in two or more media forms. Students analyse how the application of the different media technologies affects the meanings that can be created in the representations. The implications for the creation, distribution and consumption of these representations are also discussed.

Media technologies, materials, techniques, applications and processes are used to construct representations in a variety of ways. Different media forms may have features and practices in common, but in production display unique characteristics or practices. Students consider the use of codes and conventions to convey ideas and meaning in representations within the context of the technologies used to construct these representations.


Outcome

On completion of this unit the student should be able to construct media representations in two or more media forms and compare these representations that are produced by the application of different media technologies.

Area of Study 3: New Media

Content descriptions to be taught General capabilities and cross-curriculum



prioritiesKey Skills Key Knowledge

identify and describe characteristics and capabilities of new media technologies

discuss the relationships between new and existing media technologies

discuss changes in the ways audiences experience and understand the media as new media

technologies emerge analyse the creative and social impact of new

media technologies, including changes in the production, distribution and consumption of

media

the nature and features of new media technologies and their relationship with existing media

technologies creative implications of new media technologies changes in media production, distribution and

consumption introduced by the emergence of new media technologies changes in the ways audiences experience and

understand the media due to the emergence of new

media technologies changes occurring in society as a result of the

emergence of new media technologies

Literacy

ICT capability



Ethical behaviour









In this area of study students explore the emergence of new media technologies. The impact and implications of new media technologies are considered in the context of the capabilities of the technologies, their relationship with existing media and how they provide alternative means of creation, distribution and consumption of media products. Students investigate the changes, possibilities and issues that arise from the development of new technologies and how these alter audience experience and understanding of the media.

Technological advancements in the media occur within the context of the society in which they are created, developed and used. Such developments, therefore, not only affect media products themselves but also change the ways audiences think about and use the media. New media may also influence perceptions of ourselves and the world. Students learn that development, convergence and proliferation of technologies change the way existing and new forms of media are transmitted, exchanged, stored and received. They develop an understanding that these changes may also challenge notions of industry, ownership, copyright, privacy and access.


Outcome

On completion of this unit the student should be able to discuss creative and cultural implications of new media technologies for the production and consumption of media products.


Use feedback

Ways to monitor learning and assessment

Teachers meet to collaboratively plan the teaching, learning and assessment to meet the needs of all learners in each unit.Teachers create opportunities for discussion about levels of achievement to develop shared understandings; co-mark or cross mark at key points to ensure consistency of judgments; and participate in moderating samples of student work at school or cluster level to reach consensus and consistency.

Feedback to students Teachers strategically plan opportunities and ways to provide ongoing feedback (both written and informal) and encouragement to children on their strengths and areas for improvement.Children reflect on and discuss with their teachers or peers what they can do well and what they need to improve.Teachers reflect on and review learning opportunities to incorporate specific learning experiences and provide multiple opportunities for children to experience, practise and improve.

Reflection on the unit plan Identify what worked well during and at the end of the unit, including: activities that worked well and why activities that could be improved and how assessment that worked well and why assessment that could be improved and how common student misconceptions that need, or needed, to be clarified


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