/ / Unit Outline
Semester 1, 2012
Mathematics

Year 11/12 - Mathematics for Big Picture

Accred
Course Title/s / Contemporary Mathematics / Course Code/s / 1039 / Unit Value / A
Unit Title/s / Budgeting and Tenancy / Unit Code/s / 1 / A
Budgeting / 0.5 / A
Tenancy / 0.5 / A
Teacher/s / Rob Dunlop / Class Code/s / 4YGLS1, 6YGLS2

Prerequisites

Nil

Specific Unit Goals

This unit should enable students to:

  • communicate the basics of personal financial management
  • develop personal budgets
  • develop a basic knowledge of a variety of accommodation types
  • demonstrate a basic knowledge of the costs associated with setting up accommodation
  • demonstrate a basic knowledge of the costs associated with living independently

Content:

Budgeting

  • Major purchases – e.g. mobile phone, furniture, computers
  • Managing personal finances
  • Use of spreadsheets e.g. Excel
  • Preparing for personal independence
  • Understanding hidden costs of financial plans
  • Financial rights and responsibilities
  • Insurance

Tenancy

  • Bills
  • Hidden costs
  • Setup costs
  • Moving out
  • Contents insurance
  • Legal contracts
  • Subsidies (e.g. Centrelink)
  • Accommodation types – e.g. alternative accommodations, government and preferential housing, emergency accommodation and support
  • Accommodation costs
  • Costs of sharing accommodation and responsibilities

Teaching and Learning Strategies

The content will provide a focus so that students' numeracy skills are developed as well as their skills in literacy, problem solving, and the ability to work collaboratively.

Recommendations for this unit are:

  • negotiated learning activities
  • cooperative group work
  • guest speakers
  • appropriate video material
  • positive encouragement to work at mathematical tasks to the best of their ability
  • case studies/scenarios involving purchase of major items
  • interpretation, analysis and comparison of advertising/offers for mobile phones, cars, accommodation
  • using MS Excel (or other spreadsheet software) to prepare budgets and perform calculations with formulae
  • real world forms and other resource materials
  • Problem solving individually and in groups

Assessment

Task / Due Date / Weighting
Tests: Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Extended Questions / Week 5
Week 10
Week 13
Week 17 / Test 10%
Test 10%
Test 10%
Test 10%
TOTAL 40%
Survey / Research Assignment / Assignment 20% (Week 8)
Class work and participation / 40%

The Board recommends 3-5 assessment tasks for a 1.0 unit. For A courses the weightings are provided to guide teachers about the relative importance of the tasks, not to provide a unit or course score.

Student Capabilities

Evidence could be in:
Student Capabilities / Goals / Content / Teaching / Assessment
creative and critical thinkers / √ / √ / √
enterprising problem-solvers / √ / √ / √ / √
skilled and empathetic communicators / √ / √ / √ / √
informed and ethical decision-makers / √ / √ / √ / √
environmentally and culturally aware citizens / √ / √ / √
confident and capable users of technologies / √ / √ / √ / √
independent and self-managing learners / √ / √ / √ / √
collaborative team members / √ / √

Specific Unit Resources: Web sites

Numeracy Online

Flexible Learning Framework – supporting e-learning opportunities

Maths Association)

Budgeting and Tenancy -Web sites

Australian Flexible Learning Framework – supporting e-learning opportunities

Markets

Bus Depot Markets)

IMPORTANT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

The following are important factors common to all units of study at the Canberra College. See Student and Teacher Assessment Handbook for details.

  • ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION
  • LATE SUBMISSION OF WORK
  • COMPETENCY – BASED ASSESSMENT
  • RECOGNITION OF CURRENT COMPETENCIES (RCC) and PRIOR LEARNING (RPL)
  • NOTIONAL ZEROS
  • COMPENSATION
  • CHEATING AND DISHONEST PRACTICE
  • PLAGIARISM/ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS
  • MODERATION PROCEDURES
  • UNIT SCORE CALCULATION (where applicable)
  • RIGHT TO APPEAL

UNIT GRADES FOR COURSES

Students will be assessed on the degree to which they demonstrate:

Unit Grades for ‘A’ courses

On completion of a unit of study, judgements about student achievement against the assessment criteria outlined in this document contribute to the unit grade decision. The Unit Grade is arrived at by decision-making based on the grade descriptors.

The grade describes the standard achieved by the student over the whole unit. The Unit Grade is given by the teacher to each student’s portfolio of assessment responses as a whole. Evidence of all assessment responses on which the unit grade decision has been made is to be included in the review portfolio presented for moderation.

Unit Grades

Technology, its selection and appropriate use, is an integral part of all the following descriptors.

Knowledge / Application / Communication
A student who achieves the grade A / Demonstrates a very high level of proficiency in the use of facts, techniques and formulae. / Selects and applies appropriate techniques to solve practical problems. / Is consistently accurate and appropriate in presentation of mathematical ideas.
A student who achieves the grade B / Demonstrates a high level of proficiency in the use of facts, techniques and formulae. / Selects and generally applies appropriate techniques to solve practical problems. / Is generally accurate and appropriate in presentation of mathematical ideas.
A student who achieves the grade C / Demonstrates some proficiency in the use of facts, techniques and formulae. / With direction, selects and applies techniques to solve practical problems. / Presents some mathematical ideas.
A student who achieves the grade D / Demonstrates limited use of facts, techniques and formulae. / Solves some practical problems. / Presents some mathematical ideas with guidance.
A student who achieves the grade E / Demonstrates very limited use of facts, techniques and formulae. / With guidance, solves some practical problems. / Presents some mathematical ideas with guidance.

Year 11/12 - Mathematics for Big Picture