Family structures and functions, parenting and caring, and the communities and support networks families rely on.
These are the statements the Community and Family Studies syllabus makes about Core 3: Families and Communities. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
How families interact with the communities around them, and how community resources shape family outcomes.
The range of family structures in Australia, and the functions a family performs regardless of structure.
The responsibilities of parenting and caring, and how they are distributed and negotiated.
Formal and informal support, and the difference between help that is available and help that is accessible.
How families transmit values, and how those values are contested as children encounter other institutions.
Sources of family conflict, the strategies used to manage it, and how families adapt to change.
HSC Community and Family Studies - Trial Paper Shape is 100 marks in 180 minutes. Questions on Core 3: Families and Communities are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Community and Family Studies uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Core 3: Families and Communities is module 3 of 5 in Community and Family Studies. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Community and Family Studies dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.