Award winning Higher School Certificate Personal Interest Projects (PIPs), 2006

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2006

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The Personal Interest Project (PIP) is a compulsory section of the Higher School Certificate (HSC) Society and Culture course. The PIP can be up to 5,000 words and is worth 30% of the course for the HSC. It provides an opportunity for students to carry out guided social and cultural research in an area of personal interest.

The annual Society and Culture Awards are held under the auspices of the Society and Culture Association at the Mitchell Library. These awards acknowledge both excellence in the overall HSC examination for the ‘Top 10’ candidates and for excellence in the Personal Interest Project by acknowledging candidates who have achieved a High Distinction. Each recipient is given an individually engraved medal and in some cases a specific prize.

Prizes are traditionally books which are given to ‘First in State’, and to those HD PIPs which are also considered the best in specific categories and are significant in demonstrating social and cultural literacy. In recent years PIP Prizes have included: the Reconciliation Prize (sponsored by the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, AECG), the Civics and Citizenship Prize (sponsored by the Parliamentary Education Office, Canberra), the Gender Studies Prize (sponsored by the State Library of NSW), the Popular Culture Prize, the Equality & Difference Prize, the Belief Systems Prize, the Studies of Asia Prize and the President’s Prize (all sponsored by the Society and Culture Association).

References:
Pearson Australia. http://pearson.com.au/media/357329/9781740819121.pdf (accessed 14 October, 2013
How the association acknowledges excellence in society and culture. Culturescope, Vol. 80, July 2006: 13-14. Via Informit Online http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=574412533371676;res=IELHSS (accessed 17 Oct. 2013)

Award winning Personal Interest Projects for 2006

Emily Cheng (Hornsby Girls' High School)
‘Out of the frying pan and into the fire’: The acculturation of Sudanese refugees in New South Wales

Angelina Dang (Macquarie Fields High School)
‘Dolly see, Dolly do’: An examination of popular culture of Bratz dolls, their influences on a person’s identity and the implications on society

Dexter Dax Atienza (St Mary's Senior High School)
A socio-cultural analysis of the portrayal of Asian women in western film

Andrew Moon (Albury High School)
At the end of the trail: The impact of the Kokoda Trail on the development of identity

Helen Dziedzic (Hornsby Girls' High School)
Jewish: How does the uncovering of Jewish heredity impact on an idividual’s sense of self identity?

Miriam Gardiner (No school identified)
Education – the great divide: Has there been a generational shift in the socio-cultural climate reflected in the secondary educational choices for rural parents, and if so, is there evidence that this was/is based on a class system?
Equality and Difference Award

Amy Huynh (Smith’s Hill High)
Banana Split – a study of Asian-Australian identity: What are the dilemmas that Asian born Australian youths face in their search for an identity?

Kathleen Konkol (Manly Selective Campus)
Save lives, recycle yourself: A study of the traditional and contemporary agents of socialization which influence social attitudes towards organ donation in Australia
Civics and Citizenship Award

Clare Calderwood (St Mary’s Senior High School)
Climbing the ladder as fast as it grows: A cross generational study of the perception of status over time

Samuel Cook (Penrith High School)
Losing your voice: Has the way in which Aboriginals value their traditional languages changed?
Reconciliation Award

Inna Sidorova (Rose Bay Secondary College)
PIP-nuptial: An investigation into the nature of traditional marriage and the influence of western values on individual attitudes and perceptions

But-Elle Hatooka (Rose Bay Secondary College)
The men of tomorrow: An investigation into the codes of masculinity that are socialised by male American superheroes

Katie Boulton (Merewether High School)
Working at retirement: an investigation into the social preparation needed for a successful withdrawal from work

Morgan Taylor (No school identified)
‘Watch out superman, she’s come to hit back!’: An investigation into the changing nature of female superheroes and their influence over the social construction of female gender identity

Jakob Campbell (Bellingen High School)
Can society function without religion? A sociological assessment of the necessity of religion in a modernised secular society

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