Scholarship Health and Physical Education
SSPHED Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Ms M. Ogilvie.
Recommended Prior LearningStudents do not need to have taken Health Education, Physical Education or Outdoor Education before to enter and achieve Scholarship, but it could be advantageous. A curious mind and the desire to read and integrate wider research and trends within society will help immensely.
To achieve at scholarship level candidates must demonstrate their ability to:
- Challenge assumptions and taken-for-granted points of view. Involves reflecting on own experiences, examining pros and cons, and drawing parallels with research. Positionality and bias will be examined to make informed, valid judgements supported with evidence.
- Present a report that is fully integrated, fluent and precise presentation to demonstrate elegance / style / flair / refinement, complexity, and originality.
- Use analysis and evaluation to demonstrate new understanding. Synthesis of information will lead to coherent judgements, suggestions or modifications will be justified.
- Examine and critique material in detail. To look for patterns, and to evaluate information by comparing and contrasting.
The Scholarship Health and Physical Education class is run as a separate course to regular classes and gives students the opportunity to address knowledge and contexts that may not be covered in level 3 courses. Scholarship classes provide an opportunity to extend students knowledge in a topic area that they are passionate about. Many students find that committing to Scholarship classes also helps improve their performance at level 3 in the subject area due to the increased levels of critical thinking it promotes. Often a passion for an area of learning is enough to make a scholarship course a worthwhile commitment.
The scholarship course would take place outside of normal class time to be determined by the staff and students involved. Students need to attend regularly in order to reap the benefits of the preparation programme as well as making sure they are doing the extended learning for the theme provided.
The course has been designed to challenge students perceptions further, drawing on knowledge of health and physical education concepts to critically evaluate information related to health and physical activity. Through the application of underlying concepts, threshold concepts, bio-physical and socio-cultural knowledge, drawn from learning experiences in, through and about, health-related and human body movement contexts students will create a report that reflects critical evaluation.
Format of the assessment
Candidates will be required to produce a report, that does not exceed 26 pages, that critically evaluates one or more aspects of a document selected from a list given by NZQA. The documents are all significant to New Zealand and are underpinned by knowledge, theories, and concepts that are embedded in the Health and Physical Education curriculum. Candidates are expected to use the selected document as a platform for analysis and critical thinking of broad and relevant themes.
Submission instructions for NZ Scholarship Health and Physical Education will be available to schools in Term 3. Submission date is early in term 4.
Departments:
Physical Education & Health, Scholarship