Important Tips for This Assignment
Tip 1: Use the Marking Rubric and the Essay Template provided on Blackboard to guide both the structure and the content of your paper. Your essay should be set out in the same sections as that shown in the essay template. The rubric will be used to mark and grade your paper so it should be used as a checklist.
Tip 2: Look at the Exemplar Essay on Blackboard so you can see what a high distinction paper from a previous semester looks like. Keep in mind that the topic for this semester is not the same as the topic in the exemplar essay.
Tip 3: The ECU library has developed subject guides (‘pathfinders’) for Australian Indigenous Health:
http://ecu.au.libguides.com/health/aih
Tip 4: Make sure you have completed up to an including HST1111 Academic Skills Workshop 10 prior to submitting this assignment.
Tip 5: “…ways the health status of Australian people is reported” means things like, life expectancy, specific causes of death and/or injury, prevalence of specific diseases, preventable risk factors such as tobacco smoking rates, etc.
Tip 6: Make sure you stick very closely to the specific task for this essay and do not include any extra information – no matter how important or interesting you find it to be just describe and compare only. This means do not discuss why or how the differences in health came about or what should be done about the differences.
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Tip 8: Penalties will be applied for late submission of this assessment. If you require an extension on the due date for an ECU assignment, this must be done in writing (email is fine) and submitted to your lecturer before the assignment due date using the correct ECU form:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/20025/assign_ext.pdf
Prior to requesting an extension, make sure you understand the grounds for which such requests may be accepted or denied. These are listed in the Read This First document in the Unit Plan folder on the HST1111 Blackboard site.
Tip 9: If you have questions about this assignment post them on the Discussion Board on Blackboard.
Tip 10: The reflection part of the assignment task should appear at the end of your essay after the conclusion.
