The cultural autobiography is an essay (500 – 1250 words) or a video (3-4 minutes) about your culture and your cultural development and gives you the opportunity to reflect on your own culture by exploring and defining who you are, culturally speaking, including your cultural background, cultural beliefs, how your cultural background impacts your world view and your interaction with individuals from other cultures.
Rubric
Cultural Autobiography
Cultural Autobiography
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCultural Autobiography
70.0 pts
Full Marks
The cultural autobiography clearly, concisely and insightfully describes cultural background, beliefs and critically analyses how this has made you who you are today. The autobiography excellently analyses, with reference to theories and literature, how your cultural background and beliefs influence your current worldview, as well as how you interact with individuals from other cultures. The autobiography also looks at how this can be modified.
56.0 pts
Good
The cultural autobiography clearly describes cultural background, beliefs and insightfully describes how this has made you who you are today. The autobiography analyses, with reference to theories and literature, how your cultural background and beliefs influence your current worldview, as well as how you interact with individuals from other cultures.
49.0 pts
Adequate
The cultural autobiography begins to describe cultural background, beliefs and begins to describe how this has made you who you are today. The autobiography begins to analyse how your cultural background and beliefs influence your current worldview, as well as how you interact with individuals from other cultures.
42.0 pts
Inadequate
The cultural autobiography poorly describes cultural background, beliefs and shows limited understanding of how this has made you who you are today. The autobiography lacks analysis of how your cultural background and beliefs influence your current worldview, as well as how you interact with individuals from other cultures.
0.0 pts
Fail
Insufficient or no work.
70.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganisation, clarity, presentation and referencing
30.0 pts
Full Marks
Paper demonstrates concise and consistent writing. Transitions between ideas are handled well. Formatting is appropriate and writing is free of grammar and spelling errors. Paper is well structured. References are clear and correctly created. Paper is presented to an excellent aesthetic standard.
24.0 pts
Good
Paper is organized and clear. Errors do not detract from overall ideas. Could have used better transitions between ideas. Some grammar or spelling errors. Paper is well structured. References are passable but could be more complete. Paper is presented to a high aesthetic standard.
21.0 pts
Adequate
Paper is organized and clear. Errors do not detract from overall ideas. Could have used better transitions between ideas. Some grammar or spelling errors. Report conforms to structure set out in the syllabus. Basic references. Paper is presented to an acceptable aesthetic standard.
18.0 pts
Inadequate
Writing needs outside support. The main ideas are getting lost as a result of the grammar and spelling errors. Report is poorly presented with no structure. Referencing is poor, incomplete and/or not done correctly. Little consideration of aesthetics is taken.
0.0 pts
No Marks
30.0 pts
Total Points: 100.0
