PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN STATE HIGH SCHOOL 

Health Education

STUDENT:  ………………………………

TEACHER: Roberts

ITEM

12D1

12

Semester 2  2009

Assessment Issued:

Monday 7^th Sept

Draft Checked/Check Date:

nil

Notes Checked:

nil

Due Date:

Tuesday 15^th Sept

SUBJECT DETAILS

Mode/Technique:  Exam

Unit:  D: Health of Specific Populations - Organ and Tissue Donation

Literacy Elements

{Common Curriculum elements

Or

Essential Learnings}

Objective Purpose:

To discuss and inform

Audience:

General public

Genre:

Blog (Essay under exam conditions)

Using correct spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Using vocabulary appropriate to a context.

Summarising written text.

Expounding a viewpoint.

Criticising.

Length:

Not specified

Conditions:

Minimum of 4 blog entries over the exam week.

Minimum of 10 comments on other blogs over the exam week.

4 lessons in class time allocated, computer access provided.

Open resource.

Embedded Competencies

Criteria

A

B

C

D

E

Overall

C1: Knowledge and Understanding

C2: Application and Analysis

C3: Synthesis and Evaluation

IMPORTANT

You must adhere to the school assessment policy.

This cover sheet must be attached to your assignment.

Where applicable, submit this assignment through

turnitin.com

Student Declaration:

I declare:

• No part of this assessment has been copied from any other person’s work, except where due acknowledgement is made in the text;
• No part of this assessment has been written for me by any other person except where such collaboration has been authorized by the teacher/assessor concerned;
• The portfolio of work has not been submitted for any other studies at PBC or any other institution;
• If any of the above statements are found to be false it will be regarded as misconduct and will be subject of disciplinary action.

Student Signature:              ______________________________________ Date:  _________________

Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School 

Health and Physical Education Department

Head of Department: Mr Shane Roberts

Organisational Information: Task 12D1.

Issue statement:

How do policy decisions and community values influence the quality of life and health outcomes of potential organ and tissue recipients?

Task Information:

Stimulus:

Potential Australian transplant recipients are a unique group whose improvement of health relies on the death of another person, and that person's planning for death whilst still alive.  The rate of organ donation in Australia is dependent on both policy decisions and development of community values, which inform planning for death.

Task:

Present conclusions on how current specific policy directions influence community values in regards to organ and tissue donation.  (To allow depth of thought and evaluation in your response, focus on one specific policy direction.  Policy directions can refer to government policy, official health promotion campaigns or perceived official agendas).

Directions:

Your blog posts must:

1. Clearly present your conclusions.
2. Validate your conclusions.  This could include any of the following;
• Argument supporting identification of a specific relationship between policy, community values and organ and tissue donation.
• Exploration of a specific relationship and its impact on end of life planning.
• Discussions about the significance of the identified policy direction as an effective enabler of organ and tissue donation.
• Discussions about the significance of the identified policy direction as a barrier to organ and tissue donation
• Clearly evaluating the policy or action against an existing Health Promotion framework.
• Distinguishing use of supportive evidence.
3. Respond to comments and questions relevant to exam posts during the exam week by;
• Further supporting your conclusions
• Debating with opposing points of view
• Directing readers to other sources of evidence
4. Accurately link to all cited evidence.

Your comments on others’ blogs must:

1. Clearly demonstrate your understanding of the conclusions they are presenting.
2. Encourage further entries by either;
1. Disagreeing with their conclusions,
2. Linking to similar articles or blogposts, or
3. Directing them to a response on your blog.

Examples of evidence could include:

• Primary data (surveys, interviews, case studies etc)
• Secondary data (statistics, reports, white papers, etc)
• Policies (national and international)
• Cultural characteristics
• Predictions of barriers to sudden increase in donation
• Health Education Virtual Classroom
• Blogs

Examples of community values could include:

• End of life planning
• Beliefs / religion
• Perceptions of international policy
• Family relationships
• Perceived value of organ and tissue donation
• Community awareness
• Age of consent

Unit D: Health of Specific Populations

Task 12D1: Essay under exam conditions

A

B

C

D

E

C1

Knowledge

and

• Recalls significant and relevant facts and describes injustices relevant to current policy directions and community values.
• Identifies and describes significant complex relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Locates and identifies a range of significant and relevant primary and secondary information from sources other than those presented by the teacher.
• Consistently uses accurate textual features of persuasive exposition and relevant language / terminology to enhance the presentation of information (including accurate citation and referencing of sources).

• Recalls relevant facts and describes injustices relevant to current policy directions and community values.
• Identifies and describes complex relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Locates and identifies a range of relevant primary and secondary information from sources other than those presented by the teacher.
• Consistently uses accurate textual features of persuasive exposition and relevant language / terminology to present information (including accurate citation and referencing of sources).

• Recalls facts and describes injustices relevant to current policy directions and community values.
• Identifies and describes simple relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Locates and identifies primary and secondary information from sources presented by the teacher.
• Uses acceptable textual features of persuasive exposition to present information (including accurate citation and referencing of sources).

• Recalls facts and  injustices relevant to current policy directions
• Identifies simple relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Identifies information from sources presented by the teacher.
• Uses textual features of persuasive exposition to present information.

• Recalls related facts.
• Identifies aspects of relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Identifies information.
• Uses textual features that impede presentation of information.

C2

Application and

• Distinguishes relevant information from guided and independent research and applies significant findings to validate the conclusions.
• Applies health education concepts to determine significant complex relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Critically analyses and interprets the significant complex relationship to determine the logical, realistic and valid consequences of current policy directions and community values.
• Constructs communications that thoroughly respond to all task requirements and adhere to structural and grammatical guidelines.

• Distinguishes relevant information from guided and independent research and applies findings to validate the conclusions.
• Applies health education concepts to determine complex relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Analyses and interprets the complex relationship to determine the consequences of current policy directions and community values.
• Constructs communications that address all task requirements and adhere to structural and grammatical guidelines.

• Uses acceptable information to apply findings to validate the conclusions.
• Applies health education concepts to determine simple relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Analyses and interprets the simple relationship to determine the consequences of current policy directions and community values.
• Constructs communications that address most task requirements and adhere to structural guidelines.

• Uses acceptable information.
• Applies concepts to determine simple relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Interprets the simple relationship to determine some consequences of current policy directions.
• Constructs communications that adhere to some structural guidelines.

• Uses information.
• Applies concepts.
• Interprets the simple relationship.
• Constructs communications.

C3

Synthesis

and

• Thoroughly evaluates ideas, strategies and concepts, drawing conclusions in the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Formulates a well reasoned response to the stimulus statement and comments added to blogposts.
• Validates conclusions through thoroughly supported and accurately cited argument in the context of current policy direction relative to organ and tissue donation.
• Coherently and logically communicates ideas and information through discriminating use of structure and vocabulary.

• Evaluates ideas, strategies and concepts, drawing conclusions in the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Formulates a plausible response to the stimulus statement and comments added to blogposts.
• Validates conclusions through supported and accurately cited argument in the context of current policy direction relative to organ and tissue donation.
• Coherently and logically communicates ideas and information through use of structure and vocabulary.

• Evaluates ideas, strategies and concepts, drawing conclusions in the context of organ and tissue donation.
• Formulates a response to the stimulus statement and comments added to blogposts.
• Provides arguments for conclusions in the context of current policy direction relative to organ and tissue donation.
• Logically communicates ideas and information through use of structure and vocabulary.

• Attempts to evaluate concepts.
• Formulates a response.
• Provides arguments in the context of current policy direction relative to organ and tissue donation.
• Lapses in use of structure and vocabulary make ideas difficult to comprehend.

• Describes concepts.
• Attempts to formulate a response.
• Provides inconclusive.
• Ideas are not apparent through use of structure and vocabulary make ideas.

Task Results

C1 (Knowledge and Understanding):

C2 (Application and Analysis):

C3 (Synthesis and Evaluation):

Comments:

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Knowledge and Understanding

Recalls significant and relevant facts and describes injustices relevant to current policy directions and community values.

• Facts provided directly support analysis of policy and community values.
• Facts provided support claims made in blogposts and comments.
• Facts provided support construction of policy as a barrier or enabler to organ and tissue donation.
• Responses are relevant to the comments posted on the blog.

Identifies and describes significant complex relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.

• Outlines a specific complex relationship relevant to policy or community values.
• Aligns the specific relationship with discussions of barriers and enablers to organ and tissue donation.

Locates and identifies a range of significant and relevant primary and secondary information from sources other than those presented by the teacher.

• Selectively uses collaborative research from class collaboration.
• Researches information to support analysis presented.

Consistently uses accurate textual features of persuasive exposition and relevant language / terminology to enhance the presentation of information (including accurate citation and referencing of sources).

• Presents response as a blog.
• Accurately cites evidence by hyperlinking to original sources.
• Utilises health education terminology.

Application and Analysis

Distinguishes relevant information from guided and independent research and applies significant findings to validate the conclusions.

• Researched and cited facts are selectively applied to the critical (makes a judgement) evaluation of current policy direction relative to organ and tissue donation process.
• Links to similar blogposts or articles online.

Applies health education concepts to determine significant complex relationships within the context of organ and tissue donation.

• Social Justice, Ottawa Charter and health promotion principles are effectively utilised in critical evaluation of the current policy direction relative to organ and tissue donation process

Critically analyses and interprets the significant complex relationship to determine the logical, realistic and valid consequences of current policy direction and community values.

• Forms and clearly states a judgement on the complex relationships contributing to the barriers and social justice issues present.  Judgement stated in own blog plus comments on other blogs.
• Infers consequences from the contributing complex relationships that are credible.

Constructs communications that thoroughly respond to all task requirements and adhere to structural and grammatical guidelines.

• Responds to all task directions.
• Structures response as blogposts and comments.
• Grammar, including spelling, contributes to the impression of quality in the response.

Synthesis and Evaluation

Thoroughly evaluates ideas, strategies and concepts, drawing conclusions in the context of organ and tissue donation.

• Uses opinion and evidence to support personal judgement on influence of policy and community values on organ and tissue donation.
• Comments on other blogs demonstrate understanding of posts and indicate research conducted.

Formulates a well reasoned response to the stimulus statement and comments added to blogposts.

• Conclusions are supported by valid and relevant research.
• Conclusions clearly outline the barriers and social justice issues relevant.
• Blogposts clearly respond to comments from previous postings.

Validates conclusions through thoroughly supported and accurately cited argument in the context of current policy direction relative to organ and tissue donation.

• Conclusions are supported by research into current practice, values, concepts, attitudes, ethics and knowledge.
• Cited arguments (opinion or fact) are directly related to the complex relationships contributing to the barriers or social justice issues.

Coherently and logically communicates ideas and information through discriminating use of structure and vocabulary.

• Ideas, opinions and conclusions are clear through the essay.
• Vocabulary utilised contributes to the impression of quality.