Year 11 to 12 Subject Based Programs

Samples

• Stress Management in Health Education
• Psychology of Rock Climbing in Physical Education
• Biomechanics and White Water in Physical Education
• Biology Field Studies

Stress Management in Health Education

This program has been designed and implemented in collaboration with a school that has selected Stress Management and Adventure Therapy as an area of focus within their Senior Health Education program. The Maroon OEC component of the program provides opportunities for students to:

• practice rational-emotive therapies in stress inducing environments,
• develop relaxation techniques in unique settings,
• apply learnings relating to stress management in real life situations,
• gain first hand experience in the process of adventure therapy
• observe and critically evaluate the stress management techniques of themselves and others

Psychology of Rock Climbing in Physical Education

This program has been designed and implemented in collaboration with a school that has selected rockclimbing as one of the four physical activities undertaken by students in the Senior Physical Education program. The Maroon OEC component of the program provides opportunities for students to:

• display safe and competent rockclimbing and belaying skills,
• evaluate the suitability of locations for safe rockclimbing and belaying,
• implement minimal impact camping strategies,
• apply psychological principles to enhance rockclimbing performance of themselves and others, and
• select knots, equipment and procedures for safe practice in a variety of situations.

Biomechanics and White Water in Physical Education

This program has been designed and implemented in collaboration with a school that has selected canoeing as one of the four physical activities undertaken by students in the Senior Physical Education program. The Maroon OEC component of the program provides opportunities for students to:

• apply and adapt their flat water canoeing skills to a moving water environment,
• develop a greater understanding of the biomechanical principles associated with white water paddling,
• demonstrate safe paddling strategies in a moving water environment, and
• apply theoretical principles of hydrology and white water paddling in a moving water environment.

Biology Field Studies

This program has been collaboratively designed with a high school to provide students with the compulsory field study component of their Biological Science work program. The Maroon OEC component of the program provides opportunities for students to:

• observe and experience, at first hand, the operation of basic biological principles in real situations,
• enhance the understanding of basic biological principles through the study of natural ecosystems, and
• develop skills in the use of keys and other methods to identify organisms, to use sampling techniques and to measure environmental data.