HEALTH EDUCATION ONE SEMESTER

Year 10 students must select Health Education for entry into VCE Health & Human Development

Health Education is a pre-requisite subject for students intending on studying

VCE Health & Human Development Units 1 & 2

Health Education

Year 10 Health Education takes a broad and multidimensional approach to defining and understanding health and wellbeing. Health Education is an introduction to VCE Health and Human Development and explores concepts covered in the VCE curriculum to develop student’s health literacy and knowledge prior to their VCE Journey.

In Year 10 Health Education, students participate in a range of assessment including structured questions, research tasks, multimedia presentations, extended responses and data analysis.

About Health Education

Health Education provides students with broad understandings of health and wellbeing that reach far beyond the individual. Students learn how important health and wellbeing is to themselves and to families, communities, nations and global society. Students explore the complex interplay of sociocultural factors that support and improve health and wellbeing and those that put it at risk. The study provides opportunities for students to view health and wellbeing, and development, holistically – across the lifespan and the globe, and through a lens of social equity and justice.

Health Education is designed to foster health literacy. As individuals and as citizens, students develop their ability to navigate information, to recognise and enact supportive behaviours, and to evaluate healthcare initiatives and interventions. Students take this capacity with them as they leave school and apply their learning in positive and resilient ways through future changes and challenges.

Pathways

It is a pre-requisite that students study Health Education in Year 10 before commencing Health and Human Development Units 1 and 2. Health Education provides students with a pre-knowledge of aspects covered in Unit 1 Understanding Health and Wellbeing.

Learning Focus:

Topic 1: Health and Wellbeing

• Students examine definitions of health and critique their effectiveness. They explore the five dimensions of health and wellbeing, physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual, and evaluate how they contribute to an individual’s overall health and wellbeing.