ASSESSMENT 2: INFORMATION SHEET & SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONSOBJECTIVESThis task consists of a PowerPoint presentation submitted as a written submission. You will not be required to deliver the presentation orally but instead to submit a PowerPoint file that contains slides with accompanying speaker notes. The assessment provides you with the opportunity to consider a deviant behaviour from a cultural, social structural and interpersonal perspective and to offer a sociological way of looking at that deviant behaviour which contrasts with mainstream, contemporary approaches. Italso provides you with the opportunity to develop or consolidate your repertoire of communication skills (in this case, PowerPoint presentation preparation skills) to complement the short answer writing skill (assessment one) and reflexive writing skill (assessment three) that you are engaging with elsewhere on this unit.MONDAY, TEACHING WEEK 6.PURPOSEThis assessment will give you the opportunity to approach some key learning outcomes for this unit via the use of a more visual medium of communication. It will give you some experience that can be used to enhance your ability to prepare for an oral presentation –such as delivery a report at work or a paper at a conference.In particular, you will be able to hone some of your skills that contribute to the CQU graduate attribute of communication –one particular skill that is very heavily used these days –the ability to deliver a concise message. The PowerPoint presentation designed here is known as the format of the ‘3minute thesis’ which is a popular format for presentations used in higher education(it takes around 3 minutes to read aloud 400 words).TYPES OF QUESTION/TASKThis task will enable you to develop a sociologically informed understanding of a particular form of deviance. You can chooseany deviant behaviour that you wish. But it must be a type of deviant behaviour that is non-trivial but also non-criminal. So, something that a person could receive quite a harsh social sanction for, but that sanction sits outside of the formal criminal-justice system. You should also avoid picking a deviant behaviour that is included in your student charter. This is because you need to defend that deviant behaviour in your assignment and that would bring you into conflict with the student charter.Your PowerPoint presentation must contain fourslides and each slide should have accompanying speaker notes (using the speaker note writing facility in PowerPoint). Each PowerPoint slides should serve as an effective summary of your speaker notes. You can use graphical images and text on your slide. You will not be graded based on the aesthetic quality of your slides, but you will be assessed in relation to the effectiveness of your slide as a summary of the accompanying speaker notes.Each slide has a word limit of 100 words. Words are counted on both the slide and the accompanying speaker notes. For example, if you use 10 words on your slideyou cannot use more than 90 words in your speaker notes. Your notes should be written in full proseNOT in note form.Each slide has a specific task attached. These are detailed below.SLIDE 1: Clearly identify a form of deviance that is non-trivial but also not classified as criminal behaviour. [For the slide, this is your title slide so as
well as any images it needs to include your name, assessment No. and unit code a title].
SLIDE 2: Detail a negative consequence of the deviant behaviour that is linked to a folkway.
SLIDE 3: Present an argument for why the behaviour should be declassified as deviant,detailing the positive consequences of doingso and linking that to a folkway that contrast and co-exists with that which you have detailed in slide 2.
SLIDE 4: Explain what existing or emergent folkway might assist in that deviant behaviour becoming viewed as normaland what cultural and social structural factors might contribute to that shift.