Research ethics, methodology and the Personal Interest Project.
These are the statements the Aboriginal Studies syllabus makes about Research and Inquiry. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Designing research that is ethical, respectful and useful to the community involved.
Free prior informed consent, cultural authority and data sovereignty in research with Aboriginal communities.
Choosing methods and sources, including oral testimony, and judging their reliability.
Framing a research question, planning the project and staying within scope.
Consulting with community, and what genuine consultation requires beyond notification.
Interpreting findings honestly and presenting them with integrity.
Who owns research data about Aboriginal people, and the conditions under which it can be reused.
HSC Aboriginal Studies - Written Paper Shape is 100 marks in 150 minutes. Questions on Research and Inquiry are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Aboriginal Studies uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Research and Inquiry is module 3 of 3 in Aboriginal Studies. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Aboriginal Studies dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.