Code: HED111/ HED123
Title: Senior Health Education
Pre-requisites: Nil
Coordinator: Mr John Cronin

Health is a quality of life that is influenced by the interactions between individuals and their socio-cultural, physical, political and economic environments. Health Education is an academic subject. It combines learning experiences and assessment procedures that mirror objectives for developing a socio-culturally educated individual. Through a study of health, you will develop a number of skills, such as interacting, problem solving, decision making, researching, critical thinking and valuing.

Topics

• Introductory concepts for health
• Body image
• Stress
• Family health
• Alcohol misuse
• Global warming
• Our older population
• Domestic violence

Assessment

A variety of assessment procedures will be used throughout the course. These will involve:

• Investigative Reports
• Knowledge based exams
• Oral Presentations
• Research and assignment tasks
• Response to stimuli
• Integrated task

Students’ achievement is assessed on the basis of two criteria: Criterion A (with dimensions of knowledge and simple familiar application) and Criterion B (with dimensions of analysis, synthesis, evaluation and communication).

• Introductory Module IM: Basic Health - Journal Entries
• Personal Health A1: Body Image - Interactive Oral
• Personal Health A2: Body Image - Essay (Exam)
• Peer & Family Health B1: Stress - Integrated Task
• Peer & Family Health B2: Stress - Journal Entries
• Peer & Family Health B3: Domestic Violence - Essay (Exam)

The following assessment items can be downloaded :

Year 11

• Personal Health Oral Task Term 2 Task 1 (45.13kb)
• Peer Health Research Report Term 3 Task 3 (64.95kb)
• Peer Health Integrated Task Term3/4 Task 4 (53.97kb)

Year 12

• Community Health Response to Stimuli Term 1 Task 6 (94.50kb)
• Community Health Research Assignment Term 1 Task 7 (106.33kb)
• Environmental Health Integrated Task Term 2 Task 8 (80.28kb)

Assignment guidelines

Please refer to the Assignment Guidelines on how to set out bibliographies and references.

Resources

No specific textbook is required for this subject.

1 lined notebook, display folder, USB & CD/DVD.

Related Links

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