Humanities and Social Sciences

The Humanities and Social Sciences promotes a wise use of water

On Thursday 22 February, a group of Year 7 students had the opportunity to help the Water Corporation understand the future of our community in regard water usage. The 'Tap In' is the Water Corporation’s largest ever customer research program to help identify what is important to West Australian environment and society, including young people. The Water Corporation’s consumer and social research partner, Painted Dog, has conducted a research workshop with a group of Year 7 students at St Norbert College. This provides some insight into the role of market research as relevant to the Economics unit that students are currently studying.

Students participated in various individual and group activities, centred around the following questions:

·         What does water mean to you?

·         Have you ever experienced or seen any problems relating to water?

·         What would Perth look like if all these problems were fixed?

The session was audio recorded, allowing the Painted Dog facilitators to refer to the recording at a later time for analysis and reporting. The recording will be used for internal purposes only and will only be accessible to the project team at Painted Dog Research. All recordings will remain entirely confidential and anonymous. 

The students had a great time responding to the questions, receiving prizes and making some amazing posters. They all hope theirs will be used in the final report.

Dr A Runco (Head of Learning Area - HASS)