2026 Design and Deconstruct Workshop
Presenter: Jason Greenslade, Westminster School
This workshop is aimed at people who want to further their skills in setting, assessment and providing feedback on the D&D + practical report task. It also will cover the writing and marking of practical questions for tests and exams as well. There will be time to examine your own student work and participate in some cross-moderation and marking of work/drafts.
"A range of resources and strategies provided which included different science subjects and it was a really good opportunity to network with educators from different fields."
Details
Date: Friday 12 June 2026
Time: 9.00 am - 3.00 pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 10/06/2026
Event Pricing
| Type |
Regular price |
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Personal Member (1 day)
|
$160.00 |
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Joint Member (1 day)
|
$160.00 |
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Corporate Member - SA School (1 day)
|
$205.00 |
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Non-Member (1 day)
|
$250.00 |
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SASTA Student Member (1 day)
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$55.00 |
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1st Year of Teaching (1 day)
|
$160.00 |
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2nd Year of Teaching (1 day)
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$160.00 |
Description
Program:
Morning Session: The D&D Reporting Task
- Performance Standards
- Introducing + structuring the task (inc. ideas for D&Ds + tasks sheets + resources to help)
- Providing guidance to students (drafting)
- Marking and moderation
Afternoon Session: The task continued + experimental questions in tests/exams
- Marking and moderation (cont.)
- Types of experimental questions
- Guiding students to answer these questions
- Writing experimental questions –how to structure them
"This workshop is very good as it gives clarity on the task and provides efficient ways to support the students to achieve at their potential. As well as providing teachers with tools to make drafting and marking more efficient and consistent."
"Content presentation was wonderful! The presenter had extensive knowledge and was able to support staff discussions. He was able to answer any questions we had and had a significant amount of activities that had us completing tasks to support our practice!"
