The issue of gambling

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The Thebarton Senior College Moodle

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malcolm.mcinerney@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au

The issue for Friday's lesson

To raise the gambling age to 21.

• Come to the class ready to discuss – with some background to your opinions.
• Are you conservative, moderate or radical on the issue?

 

Some background and articles to get you thinking.

Research has found that:

• adolescents have higher rates of problem gambling than adults
• children as young as 10 have been identified as problem gamblers
• young people engage in a variety of risky behaviours including gambling

http://onlinecasinosuite.com/gambling/australia

http://wellness.missouri.edu/Gambling/parents.html

http://www.problemgambling.gov.au/facts/

http://www.problemgambling.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Facts-Myths-about-problem-gambling-in-Australia-December-2012.doc

Great topics for investigation

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http://culturalscene.blogspot.com.au/
The Thebarton Senior College Moodle
Course Calendar for your time management

Contact Emma and Malcolm at
emma.hebenstreit@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au
malcolm.mcinerney@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au

Today you chose some great topics for your investigations.

Here they are:

Lauren: The effect of the media on the body image of young females OK
Sadiqa: The reasons for bullying in schools.
Amina: The banning of the burqa.OK
Hassan: Views on compulsory voting in Australia.OK
Zehui: Schooling in China and Australia.OK
Mojgan: Euthanasia.OK
Pathabor:The impact of Facebook on the young.
Manisha: Discrimination with same sex marriage.
Chrispal: Social acceptance of tattoos.
Christopher: Young peole and the news .OK
Josh: Impact of computers on modern life. OK
Nathan: Harassment in the military.
Amin: Why do refugees risk their lifes coming to Australia.
Alberta: How to learn to use a computer - a computer guide
Kate: Psychological impact of Abortion on women.OK

• Your task now is to fine tune your topic into an issue/ethics study, create a hypothesis, develop focus questions and plan your research.  To help these tasks you should be reading evertything you can find on your issue.
• You can change your topic anytime up to the end of term.  Just submit a new proposal to Emma or I.
• The due date for the Investigation is Friday of Week 6, Term 3.

The issue of issues

The address for the Socialsense blog

http://culturalscene.blogspot.com.au/

The Thebarton Senior College Moodle

Course Calendar for your time management

Contact Emma and Malcolm at

emma.hebenstreit@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au

malcolm.mcinerney@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au

The Stage 2 Social Ethics and Stage 1 Social Issues topics raises the issue of what is an issue 

The study of social issues raises the question as to what actually is an issue. It can be said that at the local, national or global level, an issue involves considering the following: 

• Dispute is the essence of any issue.

• Issues often involve contending groups of people with conflicting opinions.

• The hardest part of any study is selecting an appropriate issue. Issues selected for investigation must show clearly conflicting elements and involve choices decided from a range of alternatives.

• The investigation of an issue must consider the roles and perceptions of stakeholders (various groups in those places and other significant groups elsewhere) that have a vested interest in the issue.

An example of an issue is:

'Should the age of drinking alcohol be increased.'

Here are some more examples of issues in the opinion sheet format.

In the Society and Cultures classes at both Stage 1 and 2 you are required to develop and conduct an investigation of a social issue.

To help you with the investigation here are some websites dedicated to exploring and providing information on issues. It would be a useful exercise for you to look at as many issue as possible before deciding on the final topic to conduct your investigation.

Here are some of the sites to explore:

* Newspapers to explore for issues at http://www.theworldpress.com

* Find out the facts on a wide range of issues at http://www.encyclopedia.com

* Research issues at the Social Issue Research Centre at http://www.sirc.org

* Investigate a catalogue of issues at http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Issues

* Find out information for issue studies at http://www.ipl.org/div/subject

* Investigate a directory of issues at http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/issues_and_Causes

* Look at this Australian social action issue site at http://www.actnow.com.au

* Here is a resource with summaries of many issues http://spinneypress.com.au/