EDUC90929 Chap.1 Assessment Map and the Attendance Hurdle
Assessment Map and the Attendance Hurdle
EDUC90929 has two weighted tasks. Assessment task 1 is a 2,000-word written report providing a critical review of key readings—five readings, selected by you; it is worth 40% and is due Wednesday 2 September 2026 at 5:00 pm Melbourne time. Assessment task 2 is a 3,000-word essay on an education policy issue; it is worth 60% and is due Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 5:00 pm Melbourne time. The subject materials available here do not state whether either written task has a task-level hurdle, so confirm this on Canvas.
The subject-level hurdle has three official statements. The Subject Overview says: “To pass this subject, you need to meet the hurdle requirement, which is a minimum of 75% attendance at, or engagement with, all sessions identified as contact hours (may include lectures, tutorials, seminars, workshops and activities, both synchronous and asynchronous).” The dedicated page says, “There is an attendance requirement for this subject - you must attend at least 75 per cent of the seminars.” It also says, “You cannot pass the subject if you do not attend at least 75 per cent of your seminar classes” and notes that partial seminar attendance lowers attendance.
The illness protocol supplies the third and most actionable statement: “This subject has an attendance requirement of 75 per cent, which applies to the seminars. This means that if you miss more than two seminars, you will not be able to meet the attendance requirement and so you cannot pass the subject.” Across the eight listed seminar weeks, six attended seminars is 75%; you may miss two, not three. The syllabus is broader, but the hurdle page and protocol both specify seminars, so plan against that wording and check current Canvas materials for any change.
If illness affects attendance, follow the published order: notify the tutor or subject coordinator; request permission to attend a different seminar in the same week; then use special consideration as the fallback if you are too ill to attend and the hurdle is at risk. A class swap is not automatic. Keep written responses, monitor your own attendance and do not assume asynchronous engagement replaces a missed seminar.
What this chapter covers
- 01The two weighted tasks and exact 2026 deadlines
- 02The fixed Task 1 question and its five-reading requirement
- 03Three official attendance statements and the six-of-eight consequence
- 04Eight seminars identified by non-consecutive week-beginning dates
- 05AI declaration, integrity checks and source boundaries
Reading three attendance statements without erasing their scopes
- 2Attribute and retain the scope of the Subject Overview wording.
- 2Attribute and retain the seminar-specific wording and pass consequence from the dedicated page.
- 2State that the formulations differ and direct the student to obtain current clarification on Canvas.
Key terms
- Assessment task 1
- A 2,000-word written report providing a critical review of five selected readings, worth 40%.
- Assessment task 2
- A 3,000-word essay on an education policy issue, worth 60%.
- Attendance hurdle
- A subject-level pass condition stated in three official statements; two specify seminars, and the illness protocol says missing more than two seminars prevents meeting the 75% threshold.
- AI declaration
- The required disclosure of whether and how generative AI was used in assessment work, following current subject and University rules.
- Week beginning
- The source's date label for the week in which a seminar is held, not necessarily the date of an individual seminar.
Assessment Map and the Attendance Hurdle FAQ
Do the two written tasks total 100%?
Yes. The critical review is worth 40% and the policy essay is worth 60%. The integrity and AI-declaration quizzes shown in Canvas are not extra weighted components in the official assessment table.
Does either written task have its own hurdle?
The available source does not say. Do not infer that absence means there is no hurdle; confirm the current rule on Canvas.
What are the seminar weeks?
The source lists seminars in the weeks beginning 27 July, 3 August, 17 August, 24 August, 7 September, 14 September, 5 October and 12 October 2026. They are not consecutive weeks.
Are penalty rates and rubric bands reproduced here?
No. The penalty information and rubrics are link-only in the subject materials available here. Penalties apply, but the current rates, thresholds, criteria and bands must be checked on Canvas.
What is the illness escalation order?
Notify your tutor or subject coordinator first. Next request permission to attend another seminar in the same week; permission is not automatic. Use special consideration as the fallback if you are too ill to attend and the hurdle is at risk. Keep the response and your attendance record. This order matters because the protocol does not direct students straight to special consideration.
How should the eight dates be read?
The eight teaching dates are week-beginning dates: 27 July, 3 August, 17 August, 24 August, 7 September, 14 September, 5 October and 12 October 2026. They are not consecutive and are not necessarily your personal seminar day. The assessment deadlines are exact Wednesdays—2 September and 4 November at 5:00 pm Melbourne time—not week-beginning labels. Confirm your actual class time and submission area in Canvas.
Assessment move
Put both exact Wednesday deadlines and all eight week-beginning teaching dates into your calendar, then add personal milestones for reading selection, evidence mapping, thesis testing, drafting and final verification. Create an attendance row for each seminar and record full or partial attendance plus any written permission for a same-week swap. Keep the official Task 1 question unchanged and write the chosen context in the response. Use a filled submission checklist: correct task and file, word-count check under the current rule, citations and reference match, similarity review, accurate AI declaration, upload confirmation and receipt saved. Before relying on any procedural detail, open the current Assessment information area in Canvas and verify the guide, rubric, penalties, AI declaration and attendance requirement.
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