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Core: Social and Cultural Continuity and Change
Quick questions on The country study in the HSC Society and Culture core
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What is forces driving change in the country?Show answer
Identify the specific internal and external forces shaping your country. Internal forces include generational change, social movements, demographic shifts such as ageing or falling birth rates, and domestic reform. External forces include globalisation, migration, technology and contact with other cultures, and sometimes colonisation or decolonisation. Japan's shrinking, ageing population is reshaping work, immigration policy and care; South Korea's globalised entertainment industry is reshaping its cultural exports and youth identity.
What is comparing with Australia?Show answer
The core requires comparison with your own society. Set your country beside Australia on the same domains: rate of change, the forces involved, and the effects on people. Australia's multicultural transformation since the 1970s, its ageing population, and its technology-driven shift to flexible work provide ready points of comparison. The comparison should illuminate both societies, showing what is distinctive about each rather than ranking one above the other.
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