Non-infectious Diseases

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1 Exemplar...17 Non-infectious Diseases Level: S6-7 Emphasis: Project learning Introduction This project aims to provide learning experiences for students to connect knowledge, skills, values and attitudes, and to construct knowledge through their own choices of project titles or topics. It also provides opportunities for students to incorporate cross-curricular topics or issues in their learning processes. Objectives Skills and Processes Students should: 1. develop a deeper understanding of some non-infectious diseases. 2. be aware of the ethical and social issues associated with diseases. these 3. be aware of the importance of health to both the person and the society. 1. Collaboration 2. Communication 3. Critical thinking 4. Information handling 5. Informed decision making 6. Problem-solving

2 18...Exemplar Step 1: Preparation phase Use brainstorming to explore the main theme. Within the main theme, students are encouraged to suggest ideas and at the same time commenting or criticisng others ideas in a constructive way. Ask students to connect ideas with lines to build a mind map. For example: Insulin Diabetes Genetic diseases Genetic screening Asthma Down syndrome Allergies Non-infectious Diseases Cancer Pollution Living styles Skin cancer Eating habits Cardiovascular dis eases Health foods Sunscreen products Lead students to think of any idea they are interested, and ask them to suggest hypotheses or problems around these ideas. For example: Can health food prevent cardiovascular diseases? Are there any higher incidences of allergies in polluted area? Can sunscreen products protect us from skin cancer? Is there any causal relationship between asthma and air pollution? Help students decide the type of project according to the hypotheses set. It could be a survey or an investigation.

3 Exemplar...19 Step 2: Planning phase Explain clearly to the students the requirement of the project. Help students to establish an action plan which may include financial budget, division of work and responsibility, and work schedule. Step 3: Implementation phase Allow sufficient time for students to: review articles / search for information / test hypotheses. handle information. interpret and analyse data. write the project report. prepare the presentation. Ask students to keep a log book for: keeping track of the progress. facilitating self-reflection. assessment. Give students support and advice when they get lost or when they start to lose interest. If necessary, help students to compute or to perform statistical analysis, and to determine any cause-and-effect relationship.

4 20...Exemplar Step 4: Final phase Written report A project report should include the following: 1. Introduction 2. Hypothesis (if any) 3. Experimental method (if it involves experiments) 4. Data collecting method 5. Data analysis 6. Results 7. Conclusion 8. Suggestions 9. Comments (personal feeling and reflection) 10. References (reference books, articles, websites or organisations visited) 11. Acknowledgements 12. Appendix (record of interviews, samples of questionnaire) Oral presentation 1. Oral presentation helps assessing the efforts, collaborative work, communication skills of the students. 2. Oral presentation can be done in a variety of formats, e.g. PowerPoint presentation, role-play, dialogue, interview or speech. 3. Assessors, either teachers or students, should challenge the ideas, findings and conclusions of the projects in equal status. These would facilitate the exchange of knowledge in a non-judgmental manner, hence creating a culture of dialogue and self-learning.

5 Exemplar...21 References 1. The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society 2. Department of Health 3. Hong Kong Medical Association 4. World Health Organisation