Course Outline
Course Description
This course focuses on helping students understand the individual and group factors that contribute to healthy relationships. Students will examine the connections between their own self-concept and their interpersonal relationships. They will learn and practise strategies for developing and maintaining healthy relationships with friends, family, and community members, as well as with partners in intimate relationships. Students will use research and inquiry skills to investigate topics related to healthy relationships.
Prerequisite: None
Evaluation
· Term Work 70%
· Culminating 30%
Units of Study
Personal Growth and Development
· Personal Well-Being: demonstrate an understanding of the components of personal well-being, how to achieve and maintain it, and its importance throughout the life course
· Self-concept and Self-esteem: explain how self-concept and self-esteem influence personal well-being
· Self-concept and Healthy Relationships: demonstrate an understanding of how self-concept influences an individual’s interactions with others
Healthy Relationships
· Healthy Relationships Over a Lifetime: demonstrate an understanding of the range of relationships people experience over a lifetime and of the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships
· Social and Cultural Influences: demonstrate an understanding of various social and cultural influences on relationships
· Dynamics and Challenges That Affect Relationships: demonstrate an understanding of various dynamics and challenges that can affect relationships
· Building Healthy Relationships: demonstrate an understanding of skills and strategies that help people to develop and sustain healthy relationships
Rights and Responsibilities
· Individual Rights and Responsibilities: demonstrate an understanding of the nature of individual rights and responsibilities in human interactions;
· Rights and Responsibilities in Community Context: demonstrate an understanding of the extent of individual rights and responsibilities within the wider community
Interpersonal Skills
· Making Decisions: demonstrate an understanding of effective decision-making processes in a variety of social contexts;
· Communicating Effectively: demonstrate an understanding of effective communication skills and their role in maintaining healthy relationships;
· Resolving Conflicts: demonstrate an understanding of effective strategies for resolving conflicts in human interactions;
· Enhancing Relationships through Community Involvement: analyse and assess social-action initiatives that support or contribute to healthy relationships and/or healthy communities, and design and implement an initiative of their own.
This course focuses on helping students understand the individual and group factors that contribute to healthy relationships. Students will examine the connections between their own self-concept and their interpersonal relationships. They will learn and practise strategies for developing and maintaining healthy relationships with friends, family, and community members, as well as with partners in intimate relationships. Students will use research and inquiry skills to investigate topics related to healthy relationships.
Prerequisite: None
Evaluation
· Term Work 70%
· Culminating 30%
Units of Study
Personal Growth and Development
· Personal Well-Being: demonstrate an understanding of the components of personal well-being, how to achieve and maintain it, and its importance throughout the life course
· Self-concept and Self-esteem: explain how self-concept and self-esteem influence personal well-being
· Self-concept and Healthy Relationships: demonstrate an understanding of how self-concept influences an individual’s interactions with others
Healthy Relationships
· Healthy Relationships Over a Lifetime: demonstrate an understanding of the range of relationships people experience over a lifetime and of the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships
· Social and Cultural Influences: demonstrate an understanding of various social and cultural influences on relationships
· Dynamics and Challenges That Affect Relationships: demonstrate an understanding of various dynamics and challenges that can affect relationships
· Building Healthy Relationships: demonstrate an understanding of skills and strategies that help people to develop and sustain healthy relationships
Rights and Responsibilities
· Individual Rights and Responsibilities: demonstrate an understanding of the nature of individual rights and responsibilities in human interactions;
· Rights and Responsibilities in Community Context: demonstrate an understanding of the extent of individual rights and responsibilities within the wider community
Interpersonal Skills
· Making Decisions: demonstrate an understanding of effective decision-making processes in a variety of social contexts;
· Communicating Effectively: demonstrate an understanding of effective communication skills and their role in maintaining healthy relationships;
· Resolving Conflicts: demonstrate an understanding of effective strategies for resolving conflicts in human interactions;
· Enhancing Relationships through Community Involvement: analyse and assess social-action initiatives that support or contribute to healthy relationships and/or healthy communities, and design and implement an initiative of their own.