MDoE 1 Project

Grade 11 July 2024

NATIONAL

SENIOR CERTIFICATE

GRADE 11

LIFE ORIENTATION

TASK 3: PROJECT

2024
MARKS: 90
Pages including cover: 15
Duration: 4 – 6 weeks
MDoE 2 Project
Grade 11 July 2024

TERM 3
TOPICS: DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF IN SOCIETY (WEEK 2)
CAREERS AND CAREER CHOICES

SUB-TOPICS: • Healthy and balanced lifestyle choices

• Poor decision-making skills
• Unhealthy behaviours.
• Emotional factors - Peer pressure
• Substance use and abuse.
• Careers and career choices
PURPOSE/AIM: The project seeks to empower learners with the necessary skills
to collect data, interpret it, analyse the findings to make informed
decisions about challenges that the youth seem to be facing in
relation to youth risky behaviour resulting in poor decisions being
made about their future, including career aspirations. To do that,
they will be challenged to apply the 21st century and 4th Industrial
Revolution skills such as such as communication, critical thinking,
collaboration, and creative thinking. In essence, they will be
challenged to apply soft skills such as empathy, patience,
teamwork, active listening, presentation, problem solving, time
management, etc. to brainstorm solutions to the challenges of an
inability to make informed decisions when faced with the
pressure, youth risky behaviour and poor career decisions.

DURATION: 4-6 Weeks

DATE OF ISSUE
DATE OF SUBMISSION 09 AUGUST 2024

FORM OF Project
ASSESSMENT:
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A. INSTRUCTIONS ON TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND MARK ALLOCATION.

1. Your Project must have a cover page with the following information:

School name.
Group members name and surname.
Grade
Subject

2. Your Project must have a table of contents:

Sub-topics.
Page numbers.

3. Your Project must have a bibliography as shown at the bottom of this project
4. Acknowledge all sources used in your bibliography. Consider example of a
bibliography at the end of these notes.

5. Your Project must be written in essay form, indicating the sub-headings with the
same numbering as in the project.
6. Read the instructions for each question carefully.

7. The mark allocation guides you on the length and depth of the required answers.

8. Your project must be bound or stapled.

9. Both the teacher and learners will complete the declaration form, cut it and attach
to the Project.
10. Stick to the submission date.

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Carefully read the problem statement below and answer the questions that follow.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Substance abuse seems to be affecting most communities across the world and the
risks associated with it are well documented. The scourge of alcohol, drug and
substance abuse knows no bounds and cuts across race, class and social barriers.

This may contribute to violent crimes, road fatalities as well as gender-based violence
and femicide. Regrettably, South Africa is one of the countries that has a serious
problem with alcohol and substance abuse. Evidently, South Africa was identified in
2022 by Harm Reduction International in its Global State of Harm Reduction Report as
having become one of the world’s largest 1methamphetamine markets.

We have, over the years, seen a growing trend in several young people who are
involved in alcohol and substance abuse. For example, underage drinking has been a
growing problem, especially with the increase in “pens down parties” which are held by
pupils to celebrate after writing their exams, with negative consequences to their lives
and career prospects. As a result of that, some may be raped, involved in car accidents,
killed, maimed, fall victim to human trafficking, etc. Eventually, this could devastate their
general physical, psychological, emotional, and social wellbeing, impacting their ability
to make informed career decisions or choices. There are various healthy activities that
the youth may participate in; however, they opt to engage in risky behaviours.

[Adapted from https://www.gov.za. Accessed on the 9th May 2024]

Glossary
1methamphetamine – this is a highly addictive drug which has powerful joyful effects
like those of cocaine.

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Activity 1: Individual

Complete the introduction by answering the following questions.

• Define the term substance abuse. (1x2) (2)
• State two factors that may contribute to young people abusing
substances. (2x1) (2)
• Describe how being exposed to high prevalent rates of substance abuse could (2x2) (4)
negatively impact social life in communities.
• Explain how substance abuse could negatively impact young peoples’ physical
(2x2) (4)
wellbeing.
• Discuss TWO ways in which drug abuse could negatively impact the ability of
young people to effectively pursue their future careers.
(2X2) (4)

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NOTE:
In addition to problem statement above, consult other relevant sources e.g., the
internet/newspaper articles/journals and textbooks to develop a firm
understanding of the challenges related to youth risky behaviour so that you may
complete the different activities.

ACTIVITY 1: INTRODUCTION

ACTIVITY 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

ACTIVITY 2: Individual

To complete your literature review, consider relevant sources

e.g., the internet/newspaper articles/journals, textbooks etc.
and answer the following questions:

• Define the term youth risky behaviour. (1x2) (2)

• State FIVE critical factors that may contribute to young people

deciding to engage in risky behaviours. (5x1) (5)
• Describe ONE way in which considering healthy lifestyle choices
may persuade young people not to engage in risky behaviour. (1x2) (2)

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• Explain why existing awareness programmes against unhealthy lifestyle
choices seem ineffective to instil good decision-making skills for young
people to change their behaviour. (2x2) (4)

• Discuss TWO ways in which abuse of alcohol could affect attempts by

young people to live healthier personal lives. (2x2) (4)

• Critically discuss how the scarcity of support systems or advisory services

in some communities could hamper young peoples’ effort to effectively
deal with their urge to engage in risky behaviour. (2x4) (8)

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ACTIVITY 3: Data collection (Individual)

INSTRUCTIONS:
• Use the attached questionnaire to collect data about young
peoples’ experiences views/feelings/perspectives on
engaging in risky behaviour from five respondents.
• You will cut out the questionnaire and give it to five of your
class mates to complete.
• After completion, you need to summarise the findings.

Tip: Risky behaviour could include taking drugs, driving under the
influence of alcohol, participating in unprotected sex, excessive use
of substances, speeding, violence etc.

The questionnaire
Tick the applicable box
1. Have you ever been subjected to pressure Yes No
from your peers to engage in risky behaviour?

2. Do you constantly experience the urge to

engage in risky behaviour for the fun of it.?

3. Dou feel regrets after having participated in

risky behaviour?

4.In your environment, do you constantly

experience encouragement/the urge to engage
in risky behaviour?

5.Is your school doing enough to teach you

about the dangers of risky behaviours?

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3.1 Attach the five completed questionnaires
Note that all the questionnaires must be fully completed by the (5x1) (5)
respondents. You will earn marks for the full completion of the five
questionnaires.
3.2. Summarise the findings by indicating the meaning of each
question in the completed questionnaires.
For example, if three (3) out of the five (5) respondents indicated (5x2)(10)
that their siblings expect them to always engage in risky behaviour.
The summary could then be:

• 3 out of 5 respondents indicated that they are always forced

to engage in risky behaviour by their peers (✓) which could
explain why they always feel helpless to fight off the temptation to
engage in such behaviours. (✓)

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ACTIVITY 4: Brochure (group activity)

• Based on the challenges you have discussed in Activities 1 and 2

and data collected in Activity 3 above, complete a group activity in
which you develop a brochure with the aim of discussing different
views about the challenges of youth risk behaviour by following the
instructions and questions below.
• Learners will work in group to brainstorm answers to the questions;
however, each learner will be awarded marks for their individual
completion of this activity.
• Learners will not share marks.
• State the benefits of educating young people about risky behaviours. (5x1) (5)

• Give strategies that may assist young people to make healthy (5x1) (5)
lifestyle choices.

• Suggest TWO tips to be considered by young people for the (2X2) (4)
promotion of healthy behaviours.

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ACTIVITY 5: RECOMMENDATIONS (individual)

• What evidence-based strategies could be implemented as part of

improving your project to mitigate risky behaviour among young
people, considering potential effects on career outcomes. (1x2) (2)
• Assess how an advocacy campaign to create a supportive
environment for young people to prioritise their long-term career
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goals could be successfully done. (3x2) (6)
• Critically discuss ways in which young people could be assisted to
make informed career decisions through their participation in this
project. (2x4) (8)
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ACTIVITY 6: REFLECTION 9 (individual)

• Evaluate how your participation in this project has impacted your

perspective on issues of youth risky behaviour. (1x4) (4)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Acknowledge all sources used for the completion of the project.:

• Grand Total 90

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1. Books.
Author's surname and initials, year of publication, title (underlined), edition, place of
publication, and publisher.

Example:
Marais, B.V.C. and Horne, K.W.W. 2011. The influence of the media on public
opinion, Pretoria: Juta

2. Journals.
Author's surname and initials, year of publication of the journal, title of the article,
title of the journal (underlines), volume, and pages.
Example:
Wobbe, T. 2001. How to organize the unorganized, Human Resource Management,
12(8), 8-9.
3. Chapters in books.
Author’s surname and initials, the title of the chapter, title of the book (underlined),
editor of book, place of publication, publisher, pages.
Example:
Gericke, H.B. The place democracy has in our country, in South Africa, the
democratic ideal edited by J.J. Matthews. London: Benton: 44-45.
4. Newspaper articles.
Author surname and initials, year, title, newspaper (underlined), date and month
,page.
Example:
Louw, S.2002. Water crisis, what’s next? Daily news. 29 January: 7
5. Internet Referencing.
Author surname and initials, year, title (online) Available: (full web address) Date
accessed.
Example:
Unknown (2004) Sentient microfilaments: A tempest in a tubule (Online). Available:
http: somecomputer.printer.edu/pub/harnad/psyc.95.3.26/consciousness/11/bixley
Date accessed: 5 May 2011.
6. Personal Interview.
Surname and initials. Year. Personal Interview. Date, Place.
Example:
Malan, B.D. 2011. Personal Interview. 5 May, Stellenbosch.

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ANALYSIS GRID

ACTIVITY LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3

1 2
2
4
4
4
2 2
5
2
4
4
8
3 5
10
4 5
5
4
5 2
6
8
6 4

TOTALS 27 26 37

COGNITIVE LEVELS ACTUAL EXPECTED

LOW 30 27
MID 24 26
HIGH 36 37

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