Level 3 Health Education 2025
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ginny Peek.
Level 3 Health Education provides students with the opportunity to critically analyse and evaluate a range of current and relevant Health issues. Students will critically analyse societal attitudes and practices and legislation influencing contemporary health issues in relation to the need to promote mentally healthy communities. Students will critically analyse the impacts that conceptions of personal, cultural and national identity have on people’s wellbeing. Students will establish and justify priorities for equitable distribution of available health resources and advocate change where necessary
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Recommended Prior Learning
Level 2 Health Education, or at the discretion of the Head of Department for Physical Education.
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.
External
NZQA Info
Health 3.1 - Analyse a New Zealand health issue
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Health 3.2 - Analyse an international health issue
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Health 3.3 - Evaluate health practices currently used in New Zealand
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Health 3.4 - Analyse a contemporary ethical issue in relation to well-being
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 19
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
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Disclaimer
- Availability of all courses is subject to student numbers and staffing
- Some courses will not be available if numbers are too small
- Some classes may be combined by Year level (e.g. Year 11 and 12 in one class) if numbers do not make separate classes viable
- It may not be possible to accommodate all choices and combinations of subjects
- Parents/Caregivers and students need to satisfy themselves that a chosen course meets the student’s goals for the following year and beyond