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are 3 AS modules (Year 12): » Effective Caring: students will be tested in an examination of one and a half hours on their ability to choose and justify appropriate sevices for clients and their ability to evaluate the appropriateness and the quality of treatments described. » Effective Communication: students will choose a topic inb health and social care and gather information about the topic, design and produce a leaflet/poster, prepare and deliver a 10 minute talk to a small group and evaluate the materials and presentation. » Health, Illness and Disease: students will produce a questionnaire on attitudes to and understanding of concepts of health and ill health, and two articles suitable for printing in a newspaper. |
The A2 course also consists of 3 modules (Year 13): » Working in Health and Social Care: students will write a report in which they decribe and evaluate job roles in health and social care. These could include the following: social worker, care assistant, GP, health visitor, radiotherapist, hospital nurse, etc. » Understanding Human Behaviour: students will complete a two-hour examination on Factors affecting development (biological and socio-economic). Theories of Cognitive development (Piaget, Skinner and SLT) and Theories of Personality Development (Freud, Maslow and Bowlby). » Research methods and Perspectives: students will design, implement and report a practical investigation such as investigating the effects of age on recall of everyday information.
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