As part of a student-driven approach that uses assessment as a learning tool, this task scaffolds three distinct items: Firstly, students design a biographical profile for a hypothetical character using Pinterest. This involves describing their character's various sociocultural and demographic indicators through a digital curation – an assortment of text, pictures, images, statistics etc. that build an overall impression of a hypothetical person. Secondly, students consider what structural or institutional barriers or enablers their character might encounter that may affect their engagement in various social processes (namely those of interest to the course). For example, EDUC3011 uses this task to encourage students to consider the question of engagement in sport and physical culture (i.e. what has supported how students' characters might engage, or otherwise, in sporting activity and culture). This is presented to the class via a Pinterest board (digital noticeboard) in which students nominate (or pin) ten pieces of information that they present in class and facilitate a class discussion. The third task sees students craft either a traditional essay or digital story (using Movly, Prezi, YouTube, etc.) in which they consolidate key themes addressed throughout the course and in the preceding assessments.

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Dr Eimear Enright

e.enright@uq.edu.au

Dr Eimear Enright is a senior lecturer in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences. She teaches, researches and writes primarily about youth voice and young people’s participation and learning in health and physical education, and in sport. Find out more