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Unit overview
Title of Unit: Mental and Emotional Health.
This unit will focus on the option study 6 mental and emotional health with the idea of how it influences
health.
Students will undergo a variety of assessment and under the SACE standards will complete Assessment
one of the required three tasks to complete stage 1. This unit will delve into the ideas surrounding these
concepts under the SACE guidelines and will prepare the students for their issue response.
This unit will incorporate a range of different range of different teaching strategies to engage students
promote learning. Structure, Collaboration, Game-based learning and constructivism are some that will be
explored during this unit to enable students to easily gain, retain and apply content knowledge.
Six weeks has been allocated to this mental and emotional health unit. There will be one 50 minute lesson
to allow for the introductions of concepts throughout the unit and one 110 minute double to enable
application, critical/deeper thinking and largely engaging activities that can struggle to be brought across
in a 50 minute lesson.
Differentiation
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Students require a variety of different strategies even those without learning difficulties, as education
needs to address the needs of all students. Blooms taxonomy will be largely used for differentiation
throughout this unit using vocabulary to differ the challenge and difficulty.
Student with Autism As this student has ASD this enables him to receive special education services to
Spectrum Disorder help cater for their needs.
Strategies that will need to be used to allow this student for inclusive practice are
that;
- Need to work with SSO to tailor a specific program for this student and provide
same work as other students where possible.
- Structure. Provide lesson layout and maintain schedule
- Find personal interest or preferred learning style. Use this to engage student to
promote learning.
- Clear student instruction.
A student with an This Student is originally from India and uses English as his additional language
English as an or second language. This student understands most of what is produced by the
additional language. teacher but as he progresses to SACE learning key terms and vocabulary are
(EAL/D) or English becoming difficult to understand. Strategies to facilitate learning and provide for
as a second language inclusion includes;
(ESL) - Use of Ipad which includes the App Lectio which allows students to take
images of words that they do not understand and have it read aloud through the
app, this allows the student to work independently and promotes individual
learning.
- Clear instructions and simple writing.
- Allow for negotiation of oral or other adjusted format which is included in
Assessment 1 of SACE.
- Incorporate visual learning.
- Collaboration of work.
- Highlight essential words and information or Frontload vocabulary to allow
students to recognise key concepts and terms.
Student with This student suffers from a low case of dyslexia however still requires a majority
Dyslexia of the same strategies that one would use for high levels of dyslexia. Strategies
that can be used to facilitate her learning and provide inclusion include;
- Use of Ipad which includes the App Lectio which allows students to take
images of words that they do not understand and have it read aloud through the
app, this allows the student to work independently and promotes individual
learning.
- Multisensory classroom. Videos, Game-based learning collaboration.
- Highlight essential words and information or Frontload vocabulary to allow
students to recognise key concepts and terms.
- Reduce distraction to enable student to have full attention on task.
- Clear instructions and simple writing.
- Use google docs or similar online platforms to allow for student to go over
work in their own time or even revisit during class.
- Allow for negotiation of oral or other adjusted format which is included in
Assessment 1 of SACE.
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Links to SACE
Content Descriptors
SACE Investigation
The specific features are as follows:
I1 Understanding of issues affecting personal and community health and
(Australian well-being.
Curriculum, I2 Access to, and organisation and use of, information about health.
Assessment and I3 Investigation of the roles and responsibilities of individuals, communities,
Reporting Authority and governments in addressing health issues and priorities.
(ACARA), 2017)
Analysis
The specific features are as follows:
An1 Analysis of current health trends and issues.
An2 Analysis of health-promoting strategies and the role of education in
promoting and enhancing health outcomes.
Reflection
The specific features are as follows:
R1 Reflective thinking on personal and social actions to promote improved
health outcomes for individuals and communities.
R2 Reflection on personal attitudes and values about a specific health issue.
Citizenship –
- Students will understand how mental health can impact personal and
community health and wellbeing through collaboration with programs and
research
- They will recognise that groups can foster change in societal attitudes and
recognise that stigma starts with the individual. This will be evident in their
issues responses.
- How interactions of sociocultural, economic, physical, political and spiritual
environments influence mental health.
Personal Development –
- By working collaboratively students can develop their decision making abilities
for the positive management of physical and mental health.
- Build positive relationships during school and outside in wider community
- Relationships with students, community and teachers enhance options for
healthy living and how students develop their skills for managing and promoting
mental health.
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Learning -
- Students will develop their capacity to learn (TFEL domain) through some
inquiry based activities and assessment such as Assessment 1.
- The Assessment requires investigation, analysis and reflection which will need
to apply the knowledge and skills that they have started to build.
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Literacy
- Students will understand the language surrounding health
- Students will analyse and respond to texts/information, readings and programs.
- Completing a variety of different activities such as mind-maps and written tasks
- Viewing and analysing current Australian data and policies surrounding mental
health in the form of documents, speeches articles or videos.
Numeracy
- Students will work closely with numerical data and statistics surrounding
mental health.
- view trends in this data and discuss potential these potential trends with the idea
of mental health.
Aboriginal and Torres strait islander (ATSI) health is an important aspect health
education in Australian. ATSI people have a variety of health problems similarly
to that of white Australians particularly that in the Northern Territory.
Incorporating the knowledge, cultures and perspectives of ATSI people into
health can allow student to begin to see health from their perspective, seeing
health from their eyes. This allows for appropriate health analysis and promotion.
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References
Department for Education and Child Development. (2017). Teaching for Effective Learning
framework guide. Decd.sa.go.au. Retrieved 19 October 2017, from
https://www.decd.sa.gov.au/teaching/teaching-effective-learning/teaching-effective-learning-framework-guide
New South Wales Department of Education and Training. (2016). Students with Disabilities in Regular Classes.
Retrieved from
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/media/downloads/schoolsweb/studentsupport/programs/disability/guidelines.pdf
Owens, A. (2007). Supporting children with additional needs. National Childcare Accreditation Council, 6-8.
This Unit includes several learning approaches and methodologies to facilitate the learning. Structure,
collaboration game based learning and constructivism help lay the foundations for students to achieve the
SACE standards.
Structure – is used to maintain flow and ensure students remain on task. This is created by using a visual
lesson outline to allow students to see what you as the teacher want them to learn and students know what
is expected of them in the lesson. This is particularly helpful for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
as they are included in the learning process and are kept in routine of a lesson outline (Owen, 2007).
Collaboration – This is used to promote a community of learners (Tfel 2.2) and allows students to feed of
each other in the learning process. By working collaboratively enables students to receive ideas that they
may not have originally thought of themselves and produces higher order thinking within the classroom.
This also helps students with dyslexia and ESL to become included in the lesson as this involves different
methods of teaching other than reading and writing.
Game-based learning – promotes high levels of engagement and offers an exciting and powerful
opportunity to stimulate collaboration, problem solving, and creativity and can help satisfy current
curriculum goals and approaches to student learning (Education Department of Victoria, 2011). Game-
based learning helps explore the construction of knowledge (Tfel 3.3) and provides a unique formative
assessment that builds on student understanding (Tfel 4.1).
Constructivism – As health is a real life context it is important to engage students and build on their prior
learning and experiences. By using students real life experiences helps them become engaged and their
learning becomes worthwhile.
Methodology that this unit is attempting to implement is brainstorming or mind maps, discussion,
research, community involvement, multimedia such as videos or interactive activities online and build
upon a community of learners (Tfel 2.2) by involving the students in the lesson process allowing them to
negotiate their learning (Tfel 2.3) and allow for some student instructed teaching. This can be seen in the
group activities that require presenting.
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Blooms Taxonomy is used during assessments and activities to allow for differentiation as said above and
help promote some high order thinking within the classroom to maintain appropriate challenge for all
levels of students.
Understand
- Why mental health has such an influence in health.
- How attitudes help shape the stigma surrounding health.
- How why some people may be at greater risk to develop mental health
problems.
- How lifestyle choices such as physical activity influence health.
- Why community involvement is important for effective mental health
promotion.
Do
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1.6 design, plan and organise for teaching and learning, this is met through the
creation of this unit plan.
Domain 2: Create This unit plan in comparison to Tfel domain 2 links to;
safe conditions for 2.2 building a community of learners is an important aspect of creating a safe and
rigorous learning respectful environment for health practice. Collaboration also builds this standard
to positively build the relationships during learning.
2.3, negotiating learning is seen in the assessment task 1 which enables students
to choose between a written piece or and oral, this helps students how struggle
with writing particularly those with dyslexia and ESL to complete the assessment
competently.
Domain 3: Develop
expert learners 3.1 teach students to learn is incorporated through the activities during the unit,
by completing singular, group task and other assessment enables the students to
complete different forms of work and understand what works best for them.
Domain 4:
Personalise and 4.1 building on learners’ understandings incorporates the constructivist theory
connect learning used in the implementation of this lesson by 4.2 connecting learning to students’
lives and aspirations by engaging with the community. 4.4 communicating
learning through multiple modes is implemented through providing information
in videos, research and text to build engagement and exposes students to
differing types of information. This also includes ICT use.
Assessment Pre-assessment
Entry Card
This pre-assessment is aimed to acknowledge student knowledge for the
upcoming unit. This will be implemented at the end of the previous unit in health
and should give the teacher insight into what students actually know.
Formative
Kahootz
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The Kahootz quiz will be used to recap from the previous lesson and provide
repetition of the core concepts. This does not require being done every week but
in this unit will be used most weeks to ensure students are grasping content. Then
teachers can discuss points that students have struggling in or just take home
without discussion to save time for the lesson then recap in the next lesson.
Investigation
(I1, I2, I3) Group task
Students in groups of three will research (In practice to Summative Task) analyse
Application data and produce a health promotion strategy/program and with the community
(AP1, such as Headspace Adelaide can in theory implement their program inside their
AP2, AP3) service. This will help prepare students for the SACE assessment task later in the
unit and help achieve the learning outcomes in this unit. Students will then
Reflection individually reflect upon their program and critique
(R1+R2) - What went well?
- What could have been done better?
- Do you think this will influence the community? Discuss
As a formative task this is more about learning about strategies, policy and
programs rather than the assessment and students will be provided with a non-
graded pass when completed.
Exit cards
This exit card will be conducted at the end of most lessons. These exit cards
allow the teacher to see that they understand the content from that lesson and are
used for the Kahootz quiz each lesson.
The Exit card follows this format:
This enables the teacher to first-hand view how the students are thinking and
provides some teacher feedback for some professional development.
Summative-
Investigation Assessment 1
(I1, I2, I3)
Students undertake at least one issues response. They evaluate and respond to a
Application current health issue and reflect on their attitudes to the issue and on the values
(AP1, that influence those attitudes.
AP2, AP3) The responses may be in written, oral, or multimodal form. Students may choose
personal and confidential issues for their responses. They must be informed that
Reflection teachers will maintain confidentiality and respect their responses where possible,
(R1+R2) but that teachers have legal responsibilities in the area of mandatory reporting.
A response should be a maximum of 1000 words if written or a maximum of
6 minutes for an oral presentation, or the equivalent in multimodal form.
For this assessment type, students provide evidence of their learning in relation to
the following assessment design criteria:
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- Investigation
- Application
- Analysis
- Reflection.
Self-Assessment-
The exit cards will included to enable reflection for formative purposes as stated
above, this allows students to improve and become involved in the learning
process.
Students receive regular feedback on their exit cards as they are returned to the
students to view each week during the lesson. Students will also gain instant
feedback through the Kahootz quiz as it is an instant answer. By completing a
variety of different assessments gives the teacher a range of data to track progress
during this unit. Through the Exit cards display how students are tracking along
with Kahootz quizzes, group work throughout the semester along with the group
task and the summative task allows for appropriate measurement of student
progress. This can be kept in personal files for progression which can be referred
to when used with other teachers and parents.
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Lesson
no.
(50min Link to
per Big question/ Lesson objectives/Know, Teaching and
Resources
single Lesson theme tasks Understand and Do learning
100 and Assessment for strategies
minutes learning.
per
double)
1 Definitions of Entry Card completed. Know: Teacher - Butchers paper
(Single) Mental Health What is mental health instructed - Markers
Class discussion. and emotional health? learning. - Exit Cards
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Group discussion of Understand issues discussion
video affecting personal and around video.
community health and
Lesson Closure/Exit wellbeing.
Cards.
Do:
Understand issues
affecting personal and
community health and
wellbeing.
Reflect on personal
attitudes and values on
a specific health issue
(Mental Health)
Analyse health
promoting strategies
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and the role education
has on promoting and
enhancing health
outcomes.
4 Mental health Opening of class and Know: Kahootz quiz
(Double) strategies Kahootz. Positive emotional and Kahootz for ice
mental health breaking into Family Feud resources
Discussion of last week’s strategies. content.
class. Previous summative works for students.
Understand: Teacher
Teacher facilitated Why mental health has facilitated Exit Cards
Family Feud. such an influence in discussion of
health. exit card.
Summative Task How lifestyle choices
Research/Work. such as physical Gam-based
activity influence learning for
Lesson Closure/Exit health. content
Cards. retention and
Do: break up usual
Understand issues format.
affecting personal and
community health and Exit card for
wellbeing. reflection and
Reflect on personal Teacher
attitudes and values on understanding
a specific health issue
(Mental Health)
Analyse health
promoting strategies
and the role education
has on promoting and
enhancing health
outcomes.
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5 Relationship Class discussion of exit Know: Teacher
(Single) of physical cards from previous Relationship between facilitated Markers
activity and lesson. physical activity and discussion. Exit Cards
mental health physical, mental and
Discussion of how emotional health. Mind map on
Physical activity is white board to
beneficial. Understand: promote
How lifestyle choices communication
Mind Map on such as physical and sharing of
Whiteboard Class activity influence ideas. Building
facilitated. health. the community
of learners.
Lesson Closure/Exit Do:
Cards (10 Min) Understand issues Exit card for
affecting personal and reflection and
community health and Teacher
wellbeing. understanding
Analyse current health
trends and issues.
- Analyse health
promoting strategies
and the role education
has on promoting and
enhancing health
outcomes.
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that promote healthy activity influence (May struggle
mental health. health. with student
with ASD)
Begin group task Do:
(Students placed in Analyse current health Multimedia
groups) Begin research. trends and issues. approach.
Analyse health
Lesson Closure/Exit promoting strategies Beginning
Cards (10 Min) and the role education collaborative
has on promoting and assessment.
enhancing health
outcomes. Exit card for
reflection and
Collaborate with others Teacher
in a group activity on a understanding
health issue
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7 Mental Health Class discussion of exit Know:
(Single) in adolescents cards from previous Mental health concerns Student lead Video
and adults lesson. of adolescents and discussion, this
adults in contemporary week one Exit Cards
White board discussion. society. student write .
and idea on the
Examples. Understand: board.
How attitudes help
Video of adolescent for shape the stigma Examples for
real life context. surrounding health. real life context.
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Bring group back for Teacher
discussion Do: understanding
Reflect on thinking on
Last hour group task personal and social
actions to promote
Lesson Closure/Exit improved health
Cards outcomes for
individuals and
communities.
9 Current social Class discussion of exit Know: Teacher
(Single) policies cards from previous Current social policies facilitate class Markers
lesson in relation to mental discussion Exit Cards
health and equity.
Identify State Grid up of
Government policies on Understand: different
health on whiteboard How why some people services on
and research a variety may be at greater risk whiteboard for
of different services to develop mental comparison.
(Federal, State). health problems.
Provide some
Mock group Why community feedback for
presentation handed up involvement is group tasks
to ensure ready or important for effective
nearly ready for mental health Exit card for
presentation. promotion. reflection and
Teacher
Lesson Closure/Exit Do: understanding
Cards Analyse current health
trends and issues.
Analyse health
promoting strategies
and the role education
has on promoting and
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enhancing health
outcomes.
Analyse health
promoting strategies
and the role education
has on promoting and
enhancing health
outcomes.
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11 Effects of Class discussion of exit Know: Teacher Exit Cards
(Single) negative cards from previous Effects of negative facilitated
behaviour lesson behaviour such as discussion.
such as bullying and prejudice
bullying and Value walk of negative on mental and Student value
prejudice on and positive behaviours. emotional health. walk, building a
mental and community of
emotional Questions surrounding Understand: learners and
health Summative Task. How lifestyle choices builds on
such as physical students’
Lesson Closure/Exit activity influence experiences and
Cards health. expectations and
Why mental health has potential
such an influence in confronting
health. their ideas in a
How attitudes help safe and
shape the stigma respectful
surrounding health. environment.
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health and Further detail into main How lifestyle choices
main lesson to concept. such as physical
work on activity influence
Summative Give a majority of time health.
Task. for students to finish Why mental health has
Summative Task such an influence in
health.
Lesson Closure/Final How attitudes help
Exit Card shape the stigma
surrounding health.
Do:
Reflect on thinking on
personal and social
actions to promote
improved health
outcomes for
individuals and
communities
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