Examination of the CSPE course for Junior Students
ACTION PROJECTS Action projects have been designed to help students to develop the skills of active citizenship. The key word here is ACTION. An Action Project involves the following steps:
Student performance in CSPE is assessed and certificated as part of the Junior Certificate examination. It is a common level course.
Assessment in CSPE is carried out in two modes:
1. Submission of either a Report on an Action Project (RAP)
or
a Course-Work Assessment Book (CWAB) - 60%
2. An examination paper at the end of the third year of the course - 40%
Note that only 40% of the marks are awarded for the Junior Certificate examination paper in CSPE.
As 60% of the marks are awarded for work relating to the students' Action Projects, it is very important that students spend sufficient time taking action over the three years of the course and have opportunities to develop the skills of report writing.
"Citizenship is about creating what ought tobe rather than adapting to what is ....The essential task of citizenship is not topredict the future, it is to create it."
- students investigate an issue as a class
- students reflect collectively on what they might do in response to that issue students agree upon an action and carry it out, e.g. carry out a survey, organise a campaign, invite a guest speaker, organise a visit, publish a booklet, etc.
- students evaluate their action and learning.
Student performance in CSPE is assessed and certificated as part of the Junior Certificate examination. It is a common level course.
Assessment in CSPE is carried out in two modes:
1. Submission of either a Report on an Action Project (RAP)
or
a Course-Work Assessment Book (CWAB) - 60%
2. An examination paper at the end of the third year of the course - 40%
Note that only 40% of the marks are awarded for the Junior Certificate examination paper in CSPE.
As 60% of the marks are awarded for work relating to the students' Action Projects, it is very important that students spend sufficient time taking action over the three years of the course and have opportunities to develop the skills of report writing.
"Citizenship is about creating what ought tobe rather than adapting to what is ....The essential task of citizenship is not topredict the future, it is to create it."
