Health and Physical Well-being Physical education teaching, health sciences, coaching, corporate health and wellness, counselling, event management, nursing, occupational health and rehabilitation, outdoor education instructing, physiotherapy, sport and exercise medicine, sport and fitness education, sports management, health promotion agencies,public health, medical education and counseling.
Health
NZQF
Career Opportunities Include:
Qualification: NZQF Level 2 Number of credits offered: Assessment: Internal: External:
14 credits 9 credits
23 from Achievement Standards Type: Written report and essay style Type: Written examination
Prerequisites: 10 credits in Level 1 English and to include at least two of the externally assessed Achievement Standards. Course Description: In health education the focus is on the well-being of the students themselves, of other people, and society through learning in health related contexts. Students will explain personal, interpersonal and societal influences on health and relate these ideas to the relevant determinants of health. They will describe the relationship between factors influencing well-being and the short- and long-term outcomes for individuals, groups and society. Students will discuss discrimination within communities and suggest health-enhancing action(s) that will promote social justice for self, others and society. They will need to use relevant research as evidence to support claims made about health related issues, express opinions and justify points of view. Students will take collective action to enhance an aspect of well-being within the school or wider community and evaluate the effect of this action.
Health Qualification: NZQF Level 3 Number of credits offered: Assessment: Internal: External:
14 credits 10 credits
24 from Achievement Standards Type: Written report and essay style Type: Written examination
Prerequisites: Achieved grades in all of the Level 2 Health Achievement Standards or 16 credits in Level 2 English and to include as least two of the externally assessed Achievement Standards. Course Description: The focus in health education is on the well-being of the students themselves, of other people, and society through learning in health related contexts. 37