The new VCE Agricultural and Horticultural Studies Study Design (2011–2015) Unit 3 Outcome 1 requires students to have knowledge about pests and diseases of plants/and or animals including metabolic, metazoal and microbial, and their prevention and control. Students are required to identify and describe pests and diseases associated with plants and/or animals and their impact on an agricultural and/or horticultural business.
Note that most of the listed pests and diseases have integrated management plans or biosecurity plans available. Note that the metabolic disease group has no integrated management approach.
The criteria used to select the pests and diseases on this list included:
|
Common name of pest or disease |
Biological name |
Animal or plant it affects |
|
Coccidiosis |
Eimeria spp |
Poultry, cattle, sheep, horses and pigs |
|
Cabbage moth (Diamondback moth) |
Plutella xylostella |
Brassica crops |
|
Intestinal worms (Ruminants) |
Assorted species |
Cows, sheep, goats |
|
Aphids |
Assorted species |
Ornamental plants, vegetables |
|
Liver fluke |
Fasciola hepatica |
Sheep, goats and cattle |
|
Milk fever |
Hypocalcaemia |
Cattle |
|
Red legged earth mite |
Halotydeus destructor |
Pastures, crops |
|
Sheep blowfly |
Lucilia cuprina |
Sheep |
Unit 3 Outcome 1 also requires students to have knowledge about weeds commonly affecting agricultural and horticultural businesses, their prevention and control. Students are required to identify and describe weed species and their impact on an agricultural and/or horticultural business.
Note that most of the listed weeds have integrated weed management plans or biosecurity plans available.
The criteria used to select the weeds on this list included:
|
Common name of weed |
Biological name |
Affects |
|
Blackberry |
Rubus fruticosus aggregate |
Animals and plants |
|
Bridal Creeper |
Asparagus asparagoides |
Plants |
|
Chilean Needle grass |
Nassella neesiana |
Animals and plants |
|
Gorse/Furse |
Ulex europaeus |
Animals and plants |
|
Paterson’s curse |
Echium plantagineum |
Plants and animals |
|
Serrated tussock |
Nassella trichotoma |
Animals and plants |
Teachers are advised to refer to information on websites such as the Department of Primary Industries <www.dpi.vic.gov.au>, the Department of Sustainability and Environment <www.dse.vic.gov.au> or the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry <www.daff.gov.au>. Past VCE Agricultural and Horticultural examination reports available on the VCAA website may also be a useful reference.
The following works have been selected for study in 2011. The list is unchanged from the prescribed list for 2010. It should be considered in conjunction with the requirements set out in the VCE Dance Study Design 2007–2011.
In Unit 3, solo dance works created by twentieth and twenty-first century choreographers should be studied. In Unit 4, group works created by twentieth and twenty-first century choreographers should be studied. The teaching and learning program associated with the works selected for study should focus on Outcome 1 key knowledge and skills in Units 3 and 4.
For each dance work the following information is provided – title, choreographer’s name, section/s of the work to be studied and title/s of a video/DVD containing a performance of the work. The works selected for study must be viewed on video or DVD. The videos/DVDs listed are given as examples that present the choreography, movement vocabulary and production aspects of the dance works on the prescribed list. Schools should also note that other videos/DVDs may also portray the original choreography, movement vocabulary and production aspects of the solo dance works listed on the prescribed list. Schools may elect to use these videos in their study of the dance works on the prescribed list.
The end-of-year written examination will require the analysis of works from the prescribed list. The prescribed list of dance works is reviewed and published annually. Information about the end-of-year written examination is available at: www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/dance/pastexams/dance-sample.pdf
Work 1
Title: Cry
Choreographer: Alvin Ailey
Section of work to be studied: complete work
Publication: ‘Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre-stack Up/Cry’, DVD, Marcom Projects
Note: Female solo
Work 2
Title: An American in Paris
Choreographer: Gene Kelly
Section of the work to be studied: DVD Chapter 6, ‘I got rhythm’ from beginning of musical introduction to end of song
Publication: ‘An American in Paris’, DVD, Warner Video
Note: Male solo
Work 3
Title: Percussion 4
Choreographer: Bob Fosse
Section of the work to be studied: male solo following trio, DVD chapter 6
Publication: ‘Fosse: A Celebration of the choreography of Bob Fosse’, DVD, Warner Music Vision
Note: Male solo
Work 4
Title: Rooster
Choreographer: Christopher Bruce
Section of the work to be studied: ‘Ruby Tuesday’, from where girl in red costume walks forward until she jumps into the arms of the male dancers
Publication: ‘Rooster’, VHS/DVD, Marcom Projects
Note: Female solo
Work 5
Title: Snakes, Gods and Deities
Choreographer: Julia Gray and the Tracks Dance Company
Section of work to be studied: ‘Freedom in Knowledge’
Publication: ‘Snakes, Gods and Deities’, DVD, Tracks Dance Company, www.tracksdance.com.au
Note: Female solo
Work 6
Title: Wild Swans
Choreographer: Meryl Tankard
Section of work to be studied: ‘Pink’ solo
Publication: ‘Wild Swans’, Tape Services Online, www.tapeservices.sa.edu.au/
Note: female solo
Work 1
Title: Envelope
Choreographer: David Parsons
Section of the work to be studied: complete work
Publication: ‘Envelope’, VHS/DVD, Marcom Projects
Work 2
Title: West Side Story
Choreographer: Jerome Robbins
Section of the work to be studied: DVD chapter 25‘Cool’ from dialogue line ‘Play it cool’ to ‘Pal’
Publication: ‘West Side Story’, DVD, Warner Video
Work 3
Title: Road to the Stamping Ground
Choreographer: Jiri Kiljian
Section of the work to be studied: Chapter 8, from 1st trio to the end
Publication: ‘Road to the Stamping Ground’
Work 4
Title: Graeme Murphy’s Nutcracker
Choreographer: Graeme Murphy
Section of work to be studied: ‘Snowflake’ scene, complete
Publication: ‘Nutcracker’, Graeme Murphy/Australian ballet, VHS/DVD, ABC
Work 5
Title: Water Study
Choreographer: Doris Humphrey
Section of the work to be studied: complete work
Publication: Water Study (Doris Humphrey Legacy), DVD, Marcom Projects
Publication details are provided for each listed work. The works may also be available from other sources including local video/DVD and retail outlets.
Teachers of VCE English and VCE English as a Second Language should note that the play Twelve Angry Men, by Reginald Rose, is available in the Samuel French Edition, 1977, ISBN 978 0 573 040122.
The following clarification is in response to requests for the beginning and end of each section of On the Genealogy of Morality prescribed for VCE Philosophy.
The prescribed text is:
Nietzsche, F 2007, On the Genealogy of Morality, trans. Diethe, C, ed. Ansell-Pearson, K, Cambridge University Press.
ISBN 978-0-521-69163-5:
Sections 10–11
The extract begins with the line 1 on page 21 in Section 10, ‘The beginning of the slaves’ revolt in morality occurs when ressentiment itself turns creative and gives birth to values: … revenge.’ and ends with line 10 on page 24 in Section 11, ‘The stern reply is: precisely the ‘good’ person of the other morality, the noble, powerful … ressentiment!’
Section 13
The entire section is prescribed.
Section 14
The extract begins with line 29 on page 96, ‘these worm eaten physiological causalities are all men …’ and ends with line 5 on page 97 ‘Away with this world turned upside-down!’
The full list of prescribed texts for 2011 was published in the June 2010 VCAA Bulletin VCE, VCAL and VET No. 80.
For further enquiries please contact Monica Bini, Curriculum Manager (Humanities and Social Sciences) on (03) 9651 4575 or email: bini.monica.m@edumail.vic.gov.au