Assessment Type Short Essay
Weighting 40%
Aligned Unit
Learning
Outcomes a) Explain current sustainability challenges in personal, professional and community contexts
c) Explain contemporary evidenced-based approaches to taking action for social sustainability development
Length 1500 words (excluding references)
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Assessment Details and Instructions
Students will complete one short essay, of 1500 words (excluding references) summarising evidencebased responses that could be adopted to address one contemporary individual sustainability challenge and one contemporary community sustainability challenge as identified in weeks 2 and 3. An example essay scaffold and checklist can be found here.
References are required to be prepared using the American Psychological Association Publication Manual 7th Edition.
The assignment will be submitted to the class space dropbox (Turnitin) with a signed cover sheet to the submission link on the unit Moodle site.
Assessments can seem overwhelming at first, here are some helpful steps that you could follow:
Step 1. Determine one contemporary individual sustainability challenge and one contemporary community sustainability challenge – identified in weeks 2 and 3
Step 2. Explore evidence-based responses that could be adopted to address these challenges
Step 3. Familiarise yourself with the example essay scaffold and checklist to better understand how the short essay may be structured
Step 4. Organise and collate the information you have found, begin forming your essay
Step 5. Finalise your essay draft to be ready for submission
Step 6. Ensure all information, sources, literature, and reference list is formatted in APA style
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