FIELD                        HUMANITIES

 

Review of Health Education Level 3 achievement standards

 

Subfield                        Health and Physical Education

Domain	Id	Subject reference
Health Education	90708-90712	Health 3.1-3.5

 

The Ministry of Education and the Secondary Education Group Assessment business unit of NZQA have completed a review of the achievement standards listed above that were registered in October 2003.

 

New Registration date                        October 2005

 

Date new versions published                        October 2005

 

Planned review date                        March 2008

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

This review is part of the planned cycle of review that takes place after the first year of use of the achievement standards.

·        Initial feedback and comments were collated from teachers/schools, moderators, examiners, markers, material developers, and other stakeholders.

·        This information was reviewed by a subject expert panel and recommendations were made in March 2005.

·        The recommendations were sent out for full consultation to secondary schools, tertiary institutions, and others in the education sector, in April/May 2005.

·        Following evaluation by NZQA, the Health subject working group (SWG) was re-called and recommendations were made in August 2005.

·        The taxonomy across the health achievement standards was considered in light of the evaluation report and changed to better reflect the requirements of Level 3 achievement standards and to bring them broadly in line with other subjects.

·        Feedback from this full consultation has informed the changes described below.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

AS90708 Health 3.1

·          In the first criterion for achievement withmerit, comprehensively has been replaced by in-depthfor consistency across standards and to give a clear scaffolding across the levels.  In-depth has also been added to the achievement withmerit criterion for the second outcome to allow consistent judgements between levels.  Perceptively has been added at the achievement with excellence level to clarify the difference between achievement withmerit and achievement withexcellence.

·          Page numbers have been added to Explanatory Note 1 for all the achievement standards.

·          A third criterion has been added at achievement level to better reflect the intent of the achievement standard.  Explain has replaced provide in this criterion as this better describes the level of performance required at Level 3.

·        Explanatory Note 3 has been added to define an identified health issue.

·        Explanatory Note 4 provides a list of topics that have been changed to better meet the demands of the subject in an ever-changing health environment.

·        Explanatory Note 6 provides a definition for explain that has been used consistently across the achievement standards at this Level.

·        Explanatory Note 7 provides a definition for analysis that has been used consistently across the achievement standards at this Level.

·        Explanatory Note 8 provides a definition for in-depth that has been used consistently across the achievement standards at this Level.

·        Explanatory Note 9 provides a definition for perceptively that has been used consistently across the achievement standards at this Level.

·        Explanatory Note 10 provides a definition for comprehensive that has been used consistently across the achievement standards at this Level.

·        Explanatory Note 11 has been augmented by a sentence that clarifies the relationship between the recommendations and the factors.

·        Explanatory Note 12 has removed the assertion that suicide is not a health issue.

 

AS90709 Health 3.2

·         The changes in this achievement standard are the same as for Health 3.1.

·         There was a suggestion of combining the first two criteria in an attempt to reduce the amount of time required to respond to assessment in an external examination.  This suggestion also made the point that having two different achievement standards (3.1 and 3.2), one internal and the other external, assessing much the same skills might not be necessary.  However, this change was not implemented as there was not significant feedback in support of this.

·         The definitions of in-depth, comprehensively, analyse and perceptively were changed in line with Health 3.1.

·         The list of health topics was changed to better meet the demands of the subject in an ever-changing health environment.

 

AS90710 Health 3.3

·         In the title explain has replaced investigate to more accurately describe what is required to now achieve this achievement standard.  The purpose statement has been adjusted accordingly.

·         The credit value has been increased from 4 to 5 to reflect the breadth of coverage required to explain each health practice.  See Explanatory Note 5.

·         In criterion 1 at the achievement level explain has replaced identify and describe, at achievement withmeritit is replaced by explain in-depth and at achievement withexcellenceby explain comprehensively.  This is consistent with changes in Health 3.1 and 3.2 and better reflects expectations of performance at Level 3.

·         In criterion 2 examine has been replaced by explain to standardise expectations for achievement at Level 3.  In-depth has been replaced by perceptively at achievement withexcellence.  This is consistent with changes in 3.1 and 3.2.

·         There has been an addition to Explanatory Note 8 to clarify the requirements of the explanation for each health practice.

·         Explanatory Notes 3-6 have been amended to define explain, in-depth, perceptively and comprehensively to be consistent with Health 3.1 and 3.2.

 

AS90711 Health 3.4

·         In the title explain has replaced examine to more accurately describe what is required to now achieve this achievement standard.  The purpose statement has been adjusted accordingly.  There is now only one issue or ethical dilemma to be considered.  Hauora has been removed due to a new ruling that well-being and hauora are not interchangeable concepts.

·         The credit value has been decreased from 5 to 4 to reflect the new requirement to cover only one dilemma or ethical issue.

·         In the first criterion examine has been replaced by explain to standardise expectations for achievement at Level 3.  In addition to this, it was considered that the requirement for more than one issue or dilemma was excessive for a time-bound examination.  Accordingly, the requirement is limited to one.  At achievement withmerit level the criterion has been changed to explain in-depth and at achievement withexcellence level to explain comprehensively for consistency across achievement standards and to clearly scaffold the requirements at each level.

·         In the second criterion at achievement level examine has been replaced by explain to standardise expectations for achievement at Level 3.  At achievement withmerit and achievement withexcellence, analyse in-depth and analyse perceptively has replaced examine with supporting evidence to better describe the expectations at these levels.

·         In Explanatory Note 3, the list of topics has been changed to better meet the demands of the subject in an ever-changing health environment.

·         Explanatory Note 4 has been added to give a definition for explain.

·         Explanatory Note 5 gives a definition for analysis.

·         Explanatory Note 6 gives a definition for in-depth.

·         Explanatory Note 7 gives a definition for perceptively.

·         Explanatory Note 8 gives a definition for comprehensive for consistency across achievement standards.

·         Explanatory Note 9 has been changed to clarify that students must present a balanced view, but must not give a personal opinion.

·         Explanatory Note 10 explains that the response must reflect ideas present in the current health debate on the specified issue.

 

AS90712 Health 3.5

·         In the title, in relation to well-being has replaced their application to a school or community situation in line with changes to the definition paragraph and the achievement criteria.  The introductory statement has been adjusted accordingly.

·         Examineis used in the first criterion, and at achievement withmerit it is changed to examine in depth and at achievement withexcellence it is changed to examine comprehensively.

·         The second criterion has been deleted as this is assessed more appropriately at Level 2.

·         In the third criterion at achievement level describe has been replaced by analyse.  After consideration it was decided that describe did not adequately reflect the level of performance required for achievement at Level 3.  In addition to this, wording has been changed to reflect what is being required of the student.

·         Explanatory Note 3 has been amended to reflect new developments in Health.

·         Explanatory Notes 4, 5, 6 and 7 have been amended to better define the terms used in the achievement criteria and for consistency across achievement standards.

·         Explanatory Note 9 clarifies the importance of using concepts from the Health curriculum.

·         Explanatory Note 10 explains that only one model will be required.

 

Impact of changes on NCEA Exclusions List

 

None.

 

Summary of main changes to achievement standards' Ids, classification, titles, levels, and credits

 

The following summary shows the changes made to the achievement standards as a result of the review.  All changes are in bold.

 

Key to review category
A	Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number
B	Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number
C	Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement achievement standard with a new Id
D	Achievement standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Subfield            Health and Physical Education

Domain            Health Education

Id	Title	Level	Credit	Review Category
90708	Analyse a health issue for a particular group within New Zealand society	3	5	B
90709	Analyse an international health issue	3	5	B
90710	Investigate a range of health practices in contemporary New Zealand society Explain a range of health practices currently used in New Zealand	3	4   5	B
90711	Examine contemporary dilemmas or ethical issues in relation to hauora/well-being Explain a contemporary dilemma or ethical issue in relation to well-being	3	5   4	B
90712	Examine models of health promotion and their application to a school or community situation Examine models of health promotion and their implications for well-being	3	5	B