Year 11 Health Education Studies (11HES)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs C. Simpson.
The aim of this course is to provide students with a broad understanding of the foundations of well-being. It builds upon work covered in the junior school covering units on improving well-being, sexuality, drug issues and food choices. This course is ideally suited to students who have an interest in personal well-being and the well-being of the wider community, leading to employment in social work, nursing, education, as well as the medical field.
The course offers 20 credits via a range of assessment standards which are a mix of both internally and externally assessed standards.
This course offers students the opportunity to:
Develop further knowledge and skills to explain how hauora/well-being is impacted.
Develop an understanding of factors that influence decision making.
Understand factors which can impact on the health of individuals and New Zealand society, e.g. drugs, mental health issues, sexuality, and food & nutrition.
Develop a toolbox of strategies that can be used in a range of health-related situations.
There is a $25 to cover the cost for a guest speaker.
Pre-requisites
None.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
$25 to cover the cost of a workbook .
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Health Studies 1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of hauora in a health-related context through the application of a model of health
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Health Studies 1.2 - Demonstrate understanding of decision-making in a health-related situation
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Health Studies 1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of factors that influence hauora
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Health Studies 1.4 - Demonstrate understanding of strategies that enhance hauora
Disclaimer
Owing to teachers responding to individual students' needs, courses and NCEA standards taught in a subject maybe different to those displayed.