| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2 |
| Old unit code |
310.492, HMES8492 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to recognise and interact with students at risk; understand why and how to differentiate their teaching; develop and present curricula/content on health promoting school activities, virus, relationships and school-based health education; and develop a personal education philosophy and mission statement. |
| Content |
This unit studies societal health issues; the knowledge, values, skills and behaviours that promote a healthy lifestyle. The issues covered concentrate on adolescent health problems that affect Western Australian secondary school students. As such, some of the topics include interviewing and listening, healthism and physical activity, HIV, suicide, and relationships. |
| Assessment |
This comprises the presentation of differentiated interactive teaching strategies and evaluation of real health education curriculum, and the creation and presentation of a debate.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Dr Peter Whipp |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: enrolment in the Graduate Diploma in Education |
Contact hours—lectures: 3 hrs per week; field work/labs: 2 hrs per week; 1 debating night.
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
- Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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