Course Summary

Are you interested in health and wellbeing locally and globally? Do you wish to pursue a career in health promotion, health, humanitarian aid, policy etc? By studying Health & Human Development you will examine health and wellbeing, and human development as dynamic concepts. You will develop an insight into the complex interplay of biological, socio-cultural and environmental factors, and how these can be modified by health care and other interventions. This will include considering the Australian and global contexts as they investigate variations in health status between populations and nations.

VCE: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3 & 4 sequence available

Learning Activities & Assessment

• Explore the complex nature of health and wellbeing, and human development
• Examine how health and wellbeing may be influenced across the lifespan by the conditions into which people are born, grow, live, work and age
• Develop health literacy to evaluate health information and take appropriate and positive action to support health and wellbeing and manage risks
• Apply social justice principles to identify health and wellbeing inequities and analyse health and wellbeing interventions
• Propose and implement action to positively influence health and wellbeing, and human development, outcomes at individual, local, national and/or global levels

Course Summary

Do you like interacting with the natural environment? Are you adventurous? Studying Outdoor and Environmental Studies will enable you to make critically informed comments on questions of environmental sustainability, as well as, you’ll understand the importance of environmental health, particularly in local contexts. Through both passive and active outdoor activities, you will develop experiential knowledge of outdoor environments. This is further enhanced through the complex interplay between outdoor environment and humans including environmental history, ecology and the social studies of human relationships with nature.

Unit 1 examines some of the ways in which people understand and relate to nature through experiences of outdoor environments.

Unit 2 focuses on the characteristics of outdoor environments and our impacts on them.

• What motivates individuals towards outdoor environments and experiences?
• How have people interacted with outdoor environments? What happens now? How does the natural environment impact on humans and what impact are humans having on outdoor environments?

Unit 3 looks at the ecological, historical and social effects of people on the Australian environment. Unit 4 explores the sustainable use and management of outdoor environments.

• What ecological, historical and social contexts help us think about relationships between humans and outdoor environments in Australia?
• What about conservation? How can outdoor environments be maintained?
• Can human needs and the needs of outdoor environments be balanced?
• Adventure activities include bushwalking, white water rafting and other activities chosen to meet student and course requirements.

VCE: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3 & 4 sequence available

Learning Activities & Assessment

• Explore some of the ways in which people understand and relate to nature through experiences of the outdoor environment
• Explore what motivates individuals towards outdoor environments and experiences, how people interact with the outdoor environment
• Develop adventure skills in rock climbing, snow camping, skiing and boarding, bushwalking, horse riding or surfing including termly overnight/s outdoor activities
• Investigate the ecological, historical and social effects of people on the Australian environment
• Explore the sustainable use and management of outdoor environments

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Do you love playing sport and learning about movement? Are you interested in health, wellbeing and the human body? Studying Physical Education will equip you with strong communication skills and provides you with practical activities to examine the core concepts that underpin movement and that influence performance and participation in physical activity, sport and exercise. You will also examine how behavioural, psychological, environmental and sociocultural factors influence performance and participation in physical activity.

VCE: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3 & 4 sequence available

Learning Activities & Assessment

• Explore physical activity, sport and exercise, and the enablers and barriers to movement
• Investigate the musculoskeletal system
• Participate in a range of physical activities
• Participate in and understand a range of fundamental movement skills (FMS)
• Write a report on an activity analysis