12HEA

12HEA - Health - NCEA Level 2

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr A. Venter.

Y12 Health (12HEA)

Level 2 Health extends on the principles and key concepts developed in Year 11 such as personal, interpersonal and societal influences, making health-enhancing decisions and developing action plans to promote well-being for themselves, others and in the wider community.

Course 

Leads To

Aimed at

Assessment

12HEA

13HEA (NCEA Level 3)

Mainstream students

Exams and assignments

 

Topics covered:

- Adolescent Health Issues

- Managing Change

- Enhancing People's Well-being

- Analysing an Interpersonal Issue

Achievement Standard 2.1: Analyse An Adolescent Health Issue
This is an end of year exam that requires students to analyse a health issue. They explain the influences on the issue, consequences for Hauora, health enhancing strategies that promote well being.

  • Stress management
  • Adolescent alcohol use and misuse 
  • Enhancement of relationships 
  • Influences of body image 
  • Cannabis or other drug use
  •  Food related issues 
  • Maintenance of sexual/reproductive health

Achievement Standard 2.2: Evaluate Factors That Influence People’s Ability To Manage Change
This internally assessed standard required students to interview role models and explain how resiliency enables people to cope with life changes (either positive or negative). 

  • Resilience
  • Personal, interpersonal and societal influences on resilience
  • Protective and risk factors of resilience
  • Managing change
  • Strategies use to cope and be resilient

Achievement Standard 2.3: Take Action To Enhance People’s Well-Being Within The School

This internally assessed standard will require students to develop a SMART goal that enhances Hauora of the students in our school. They will develop an action plan and then implement health promotion activities within our school and evaluate how effective their plan was through a written evaluation.

  • Health Promotion Models
  • Ottawa Charter
  • Action Planning
  • Teaching Techniques
  • Mental Health
  • Data Analysis

Achievement Standard 2.5: Analyse issues related to sexuality and gender to develop strategies for addressing the issues.

This is an internally assessed standard where students will examine a variety of influences on how gender and sexual identity are formed and expressed. They will review music videos, media and other influences that can impact how we understand gender and sexuality in a modern world.  

  • Media
  • Politics
  • Family Influences
  • Stereotypes
  • Pop Culture
  • Culture

Recommended Prior Learning

Open Entry.

Course Skills

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

Total Credits Available: 20 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 5 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 15 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91235 v2
NZQA Info
Health 2.1 - Analyse an adolescent health issue
5
5
5
Level: 2
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91236 v2
NZQA Info
Health 2.2 - Evaluate factors that influence people's ability to manage change
5
5
5
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91237 v2
NZQA Info
Health 2.3 - Take action to enhance an aspect of people's well-being within the school or wider community
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91239 v2
NZQA Info
Health 2.5 - Analyse issues related to sexuality and gender to develop strategies for addressing the issues
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 20
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Disclaimer

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