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Racism is centred on immigration in the course. Special topics in the environment would be Global Warming , littering and Recycling . In the political section, there is special focus on the Constitution Of Ireland , the European Union , and the United Nations . EXAMINATION A total of 40% of the marks in the exam are awarded for a written theory test, which includes such things as producing a poster, letter or article on a CSPE topic(such as poverty, racism, discrimination,etc) or the ,and interpreting Opinion Polls .The written exam also has a number of short questions. Some are quite quite hard. The remainding 60% of the marks are given for a report on an ''Action Project'' performed by an entire class of students at a time. This has to be based on one of the core topics - e.g. workers rights, environmentalism, racism, etc. CONTROVERSY The ''Action Project'' has frequently been the cause of controversy, as it is completed entirely within school hours. A number of schools have been caught providing a pre-written ''Action Project'' book for the students to copy out, and this had led to entire years being failed in certain schools. The course has also been critisised as being too vague and easy to get high marks in, but as the course is relatively new, faults at this stage are to be expected.Some students treat it as a "joke subject", as it is studied for only 40 minutes a week with a mostly uninterested teacher, seen as an easy "A"(or "B") in the Junior Cert, and it won't be carried on to Leaving Cert anyway. |
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