Award winning Higher School Certificate Personal Interest Projects (PIPs), 2004

MLMSS 9175

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2004

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0.16 metres of textual material (1 volume)

The Personal Interest Project (PIP) is a compulsory section of the Higher School Certificate (HSC) Society and Culture course. It provides an opportunity for students to carry out guided social and cultural research in an area of personal interest.

Reference:
Pearson Australia. http://pearson.com.au/media/357329/9781740819121.pdf (accessed 14 October, 2013

Award winning Personal Interest Projects for 2004

Kate Spies (Engadine High)
The social function of gossip in adolescence
High Distinction

Byron Kemp (Keira Technology High School)
Teenage testosterone in training: Why do adolescent males enjoy playing violent video games more than females?
High Distinction

Melissa Polovin (Moriah College)
Once upon a time I fell in love … and we lived happily ever after: The study of romantic love over time
High Distinction

Ilana Levi (Moriah College)
From one generation to the next: An investigation into the nature of the socialisation process of ‘daughters’ within the Jewish Australian family structure
High Distinction

Emma Purdon (Whitebridge High School)
Cyber bullying: How has bullying changed over time?
High Distinction

Georgia Snow (Emanuel School)
Is authority gender based? Do student leadership roles in school perpetuate male power, hierarchy and authority in the macro world?
President’s Prize

Lauren Miller (Hornsby Girls' High School)
Splitting the difference: The influence of age, gender and twin type on twins’ social experience, leading to their sense of identity
High Distinction

Michelle Lan (North Sydney Girls' High School)
Between the chopsticks and the fork: An investigation on the acculturation of PRC Chinese immigrants in Australia
Asia Prize

Elizabeth Sarah Lancaster (Oxford Falls Grammar School)
Control the past, control the future: A study of the Australian history curriculum in NSW assessing to what extent the nature of this education has become propagandistic
Civics and Citizenship

Lachlan Hodgson (Macarthur Anglican School)
The over-representation of indigenous youth in the juvenile justice system: A colonial legacy
Reconciliation Prize

Christopher Hellmundt (Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts)
Tibetan Buddhism: A powerful philosophy or a popular culture?
Belief Systems Prize

Rosa Campbell (Burwood Girls' High School)
The F-word: An investigation into the status of feminism among young women aged 16-19
Gender prize

Tara Buddhipala (Cheltenham Girls' High School)
Planet Bollywood: An investigation of the changing nature of Bollywood and its reflection and influence upon the Indian community in India and Australia
Popular Culture Prize

Anita Lazar (Mary Mackillop College)
The Pimp/Ho relationship
Gender Prize

Kapil Bazil (Epping Boys' High)
Tongues in a twist
High Distinction

Christine Cattley (Greystanes High School)
To serve and protect: An analysis of how and why the representation of women on Australian television has changed over time, as reflected in police dramas
High Distinction

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Reference copies of all PIP papers are available in the SRL Reading Room