ASSESSMENT TASK 2: REFLECTIVE PERSONAL COMMENTARY
In this assessment task you will reflect on the Catholic social thought principles with reference to or
consideration of your course of study to explain the interrelatedness of self and community.
You will do this using the format of stand-alone, medium-length paragraphs that respond to four
statements below (300 words for each of the four statements):
1. Describe how the CST principles of human dignity and the common good, respectively, balance
the importance of individual persons with the importance of communities.
2. Describe the ways the CST principles of human dignity and the common good, comparatively,
support and inform each other.
3. Explain how the CST principles of human dignity and the common good are relevant to key
themes or ideas in your course of study.
4. Explain how the CST principles of preferential option for the poor and promotion of peace are
relevant to key themes or ideas in your course of study.
Course of study: the degree program you are enrolled in at ACU.
It is a requirement that you:
a) cite at least the following five readings/resources:
i. Lisa Sowle Cahill, “Catholic Social Teaching,” in The Cambridge Companion to Christian
Political Theology, ed. Craig Hovey and Elizabeth Phillips (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2015) 67–87, in relation to your responses to at least two of the statements.
ii. Motsamai Molefe, “Ubuntu and Development: An African Conception of Development,” Africa
Today 66 (2019) 96–115, in relation to your responses to at least two of the statements.
iii. one resource (e.g., LEO book, a linked article, reading (other than Cahill, 2015), a YouTube
video, etc.) that is included in the LEO folder/tile for Module 1: Catholic social thought
principles, in relation to your responses to at least two of the statements.
iv. one resource (e.g., LEO book, a linked article, reading (other than Molefe, 2019), a YouTube
video, etc.) that is included in the LEO folder/tile for Module 2: Ubuntu, in relation to your
responses to at least two of the statements.
v. one Faculty-specific unit reading from Module 1: Catholic social thought principles or one
Faculty-specific resource/website (refer to ‘Texts and References’ section towards the end of
the Extended Unit Outline), in relation to your responses to statements 3 and 4.
b) identify your course of study in your responses to statements 3 and 4.
Due date: Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 11:00pm AEST
Weighting: 35%
Length and/or format: 1,200 words
Purpose: This assesses the students’ ability to describe and analyse the
Catholic social thought (CST) principles in relation to the degree
program they are studying, by explaining how the concepts of
self and community are interrelated.
Learning outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2
How to submit: This assessment task must be submitted electronically via
Turnitin on LEO.
Return of assignment: This assessment task will be graded electronically, and you will
receive your mark and written feedback via Turnitin. An
announcement will be posted on LEO when your mark is
available.
Assessment criteria: Please refer to Appendix B at the end of the Extended Unit
Outline for further details on the assessment criteria/rubric for
this assessment item.