1. SCHOLARSHIP 2015 WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR?

2. WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR? NO MORE EXTERNAL EXAM YOU NOW PRODUCE A REPORT ON A TOPIC OR COMBINATION OF TOPICS FROM LEVEL 8 OF THE NZC (LEVEL 3 NCEA) YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN A DECLARATION FORM THAT STATES THE WORK YOU SUBMIT IS YOUR OWN TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP GUIDE YOU WHEN PRODUCING YOUR REPORT

3. WHAT ARE YOU MARKED AGAINST? OVERALL JUDGEMENT WILL BE PRIMARILY BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION FROM THE STANDARD (93501): “THE STUDENT WILL USE KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE INFORMATION RELATED TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF BIOPHYSICAL PRINCIPLES AND SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS DRAWN FROM LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN, THROUGH AND ABOUT HUMAN BODY MOVEMENT”

4. SO HOW WILL YOU BE MARKED? YOU WILL RECEIVE A MARK OUT OF 8 (TOTALLING A POSSIBLE 24) FROM THE FOLLOWING THREE AREAS: COMMUNICATION: LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, PRECISION AND CLARITY OF IDEAS (SCHOLARSHIP) CONVINCING COMMUNICATION (OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP) APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION, SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF HIGHLY DEVELOPED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX SITUATIONS (SCHOLARSHIP) SOPHISTICATED INTEGRATION AND ABSTRACTION (OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP)

5. CONTINUED…. CRITICAL THINKING ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL THINKING (SCHOLARSHIP) INDEPENDENT REFLECTION AND EXTRAPOLATION EMPLOYING PERCEPTION AND INSIGHT (OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP)

6. PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT THE REPORT MAY BE SUBMITTED AS A HARD COPY, OR AS A DIGITAL SUBMISSION OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH HARD COPY OR DIGITAL. IT CAN ALSO INCLUDE DIAGRAMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE REPORT MAY BE DRAWN FROM ONE MAJOR UNIT OF WORK OR MULTIPLE UNITS OF WORK FROM YOUR LEVEL 3 PROGRAMME. THIS WORK NEEDS TO BE LINKED AND INTERRELATED TO GENERATE A COHERENT BODY OF WORK. NOTE A UNIT IS NOT A LEVEL 3 ACHIEVEMENT STANDARD THE NUMBER OF WORDS IN THE REPORT IS LIKELY TO BE 2000 – 3000. THIS IS EQUIVALENT OF 30 SINGLE SIDED A4 PAGES FONT IN REPORTS IS TO BE EQUIVALENT OF ARIAL 12 MATERIAL IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM PAGES WILL NOT BE MARKED

7. SUBJECT SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS CRITICAL EVALUATION MEANS TO CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS AND TAKEN-FOR-GRANTED POINTS OF VIEW, THROUGH REFLECTING, EXAMINING PROS AND CONS, BIAS AND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO MAKE INFORMED, VALID JUDGEMENTS SUPPORTED WITH EVIDENCE. ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL THINKING MEANS TO EXAMINE AND CRITIQUE MATERIAL IN DETAIL TO EVALUATE INFORMATION, UNDERSTANDINGS, DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES / VIEWPOINTS AND PRACTICES, LEADING TO VALID AND SUBSTANTIATED JUDGEMENTS. SUSTAINED MANNER MEANS TO DEMONSTRATE ACROSS A RANGE OF CONTEXTS. PERCEPTION AND INSIGHT MEANS USING ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION TO DEMONSTRATE NEW UNDERSTANDING. INTEGRATION AND ABSTRACTION REQUIRES IDENTIFICATION, EXPLANATION, AND ANALYSIS OF LINKS AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS FROM A RANGE OF RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OPINIONS.

8. DEFINITIONS CONT… CONVINCING COMMUNICATION REQUIRES A FULLY INTEGRATED, FLUENT AND PRECISE PRESENTATION TO DEMONSTRATE ELEGANCE / STYLE / FLAIR / REFINEMENT, COMPLEXITY, AND ORIGINALITY. BIO-PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES REFER TO THE PRINCIPLES OF ANATOMY, BIOMECHANICS, EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY, SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY, AND NUTRITION AS THEY RELATE TO HUMAN BODY MOVEMENT. SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS RELATE TO THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND CONTEXTS IN WHICH HUMAN BODY MOVEMENT TAKES PLACE.

9. POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR YOUR REPORT… A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE BIOPHYSICAL (BP) AND SOCIOCULTURAL (SC) TENSION THAT ARISES FROM TREATING THE BODY AS A “MACHINE”. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE BP AND SC TENSION BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE IN PE. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE BP AND SC OUTCOMES OF TAKING ACTION THROUGH A HEALTH-PROMOTION PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO LIFELONG WELL-BEING. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE INTEGRATION OF BP AND SC FACTORS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AS PART OF A BALANCED, ACTIVE, AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. SAMPLE SKELETON REPORT AVAILABLE. (1) A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF CURRICULUM LEVEL 8 LEARNING IN PE / HEALTH IN RELATION TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF, AND UNDERSTANDING OF, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE. SAMPLE SKELETON REPORT AVAILABLE. (2) A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF AN ISSUE OF SIGNIFICANCE WITHIN THE FIELD OF PE / HEALTH. EXAMPLES INCLUDE MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY; PERFORMANCE AND PARTICIPATION; SAFETY AND RISK; COMPETITION AND COOPERATION; FITNESS FADS; NATURE VS NURTURE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE BP AND SC SIGNIFICANCE OF “PERSONALISATION” IN PA PROGRAMMES.