SECONDARY LESSON PLAN

YEAR LEVEL & SUBJECT:

Year 11 Unit 2 Psychology

DATE: 24/06/2015

NO. OF
LESSON DURATION: 44 minutes
STUDENTS
: 23

TOPIC/FOCUS: Research Methods

AUSVELS/VCE STATEMENTS: VCE Unit 2 Key Skills: investigate and inquire scientifically:design and conduct investigations, collect, record
and summarise qualitative and quantitative data, analyse and interpret data; communicate psychological information and understandings: use
scientific language, conventions and referencing of information sources appropriate to the medium of communication. (Study Design page 13) Area of
Study 1, Outcome 1: Key Knowledge: the extent to which ethical principles are applied to research investigations into attitudes and behaviours.
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/psychology/PsychologySD-2013.pdf
GOAL AND OBJECTIVES (INCLUDE LINK TO AUSVELS/VCE):
The students will be able to:

understand and apply the different types of data collection and types of data

understand frequency distribution curves

apply research method knowledge to case studies

analyse case studies/experiments and formulate and identify hypotheses, IVs, DVs, EVs, etc

SUMMARY OF RESOURCES REQUIRED:

VCE Research Methods Workbook, Kristy Kendall
Some print outs of page 18 20
Laptop and projector to show video: Jane Elliott Experiment video http://youtu.be/Ml7eEklNwNE
Questions for activities:
IV? DV? Hypothesis? Participants? Population? Sample? EVs? Data collection type? Ethical issues?

LESSON PROCEDURE
TIMING

RESOURCES

2 minutes

STEPS OF THE LESSON

EXPECTED
STUDENT
REACTIONS OR
RESPONSES

TEACHER
RESPONSES TO
STUDENTS
(including consideration
of the need to adapt,
reteach or extend)

Opening:

Hand out any sheets,

explain structure of
lessons:
research
methods
combined
with discrimination

Lesson Development:
5

minutes

10

Completion of RM book pages

18 and 19

5 minutes

Discuss as class

Video
10
minutes long

Students
answer Answers
written
View and discuss (RM) Jane questions, don't need to whiteboard
Elliott
video write answers in book

Discussion
10 minutes
long

This section of the lesson

intends to identify features of
research methods evident in
the clip. Working as a class
should allow for students to
ask as many questions as they
need in order to grasp the

on

GOALS AND METHODS

OF EVALUATION
(including specific informal
and/or formal assessment
links to AusVELS/VCE)

ideas.
5 minutes

Closure:

Introducing homework
for Friday finding
clips/media
that
portrays
prejudice
and/or discrimination

Show one of the

examples, won't have
enough time for both
due to lesson content

Groups for media clip:

Racism: Meg Allen, Isabel Anthony, Cinzia Pellicciotta
Ageism: Tanisha Dal Santo, Elise D'Andrea, Alessia Favaloro
Ableism: Madison Darkin, Sinead Hickey, Bianca Grzegorczyn, Harriet Fels
Homophobia: Amelia Italiano, Chantel Martin, Kealen Meyer
Sexism: Hannah Murphy, Ella Nguyen, Amelia Bonato, Alina Akhtar
Classism: Sara Santostefano, Alannah Sawyer, Emily Spagnol, Ellen Vezey

Jane Elliott Experiment:

IV: the colour of a students eyes
DV: appearance of discriminatory behaviour
Participants: 16 year 3 students
Population: American children, children of the school, American people in general?
Sample: convenience sampling
Data collection type: observation naturalistic or non-naturalistic?
EVs: a child who is perhaps unaffected by prejudice doesn't exhibit discriminatory behaviour... ?
Ethical issues: Jane needed to make sure that the experiment didn't have any long-term damage on her students
and their mental and emotional states; she needed to provide counselling if necessary. Confidentiality full
identities weren't revealed, should parental consent been achieved first? Withdrawal rights did the children have
the right to withdraw if they felt particularly uncomfortable?