Vg1 Healthcare, child and youth development (HSF01‑03)
Competence aims and assessment

Examples of connections

Explanation

Competence aims after professional healthcare, child and youth development

The pupil is expected to be able to

  • To explain something means to give a well-grounded explanation of a subject, an issue or something we wish to examine or implement.

     how the healthcare, child and youth development sector is organised and

    To reflect means to examine and consider different aspects of your own and others’ actions, attitudes and ideas. We may also reflect on a subject, practical activities or our own learning. Reflection means testing out our own thoughts and attitudes to develop better insight and understanding.

     on their own career choice
  • demonstrate how user impact can be exercised in the healthcare, child and youth development sector

  • To describe means to portray or recount an experience, situation, work process or a topic. To describe something may also refer to using relevant terminology to systematise knowledge of a topic.

     what is required and expected of a professional and

    To reflect means to examine and consider different aspects of your own and others’ actions, attitudes and ideas. We may also reflect on a subject, practical activities or our own learning. Reflection means testing out our own thoughts and attitudes to develop better insight and understanding.

     on their own practice
  • describe applicable health, safety and environment regulations

  • To assess means to consider different aspects of an issue or point of view. It may also include judging the quality of a product or process. An assessment often results in a decision, a judgement or a conclusion.

     how technical aids, welfare technology and other technology can be used in occupational practice

  • To discuss means to consider different ideas and opinions related to sides of an issue, and to argue for and against. A discussion can be ended with a conclusion. We can discuss independently and in dialogue with others. A debate among several persons on a subject can mean the same as to discuss.

     how social changes may impact occupational practice, and point out the possibilities and challenges of the changes
  • explain and give examples of ethical dilemmas in occupational practice and how they can be managed

  • To explain something means to give a well-grounded explanation of a subject, an issue or something we wish to examine or implement.

     why interdisciplinary cooperation is important and give examples of the involved occupational groups

  • To explain something means to give a well-grounded explanation of a subject, an issue or something we wish to examine or implement.

     the main regulations governing work in the healthcare, child and youth development sector, as well as general workplace rules

  • To plan means to set up a course of action to reach a goal. The plan describes how we intend to reach the goal, and may show the link between activities, implementation and the goal.

    , carry out,

    To assess means to consider different aspects of an issue or point of view. It may also include judging the quality of a product or process. An assessment often results in a decision, a judgement or a conclusion.

     and

    To document is to demonstrate what we have done, preferably also how and why. There are different types of documentation to show the quality of a work process, a product or a service.

     their own work

  • To explain something means to give a well-grounded explanation of a subject, an issue or something we wish to examine or implement.

     and

    To assess means to consider different aspects of an issue or point of view. It may also include judging the quality of a product or process. An assessment often results in a decision, a judgement or a conclusion.

     how social partners cooperate to

    To develop means to design, create, model or shape a new method, a product or a service.

     a better workplace

Formative assessment

The formative assessment should help promote learning and the development of competence. The pupils demonstrate and develop competence in professional healthcare, child and youth development when they use knowledge, skills and critical thinking to solve assignments in the programme subjects.

The teacher facilitates pupil participation and encourages the desire to learn through a variety of assignments. The teacher can give assignments that cover multiple or all the programme subjects. The teacher shall have conversations with the pupil regarding their development within professional healthcare, child and youth development. The pupils shall have the opportunity to express what they believe they can accomplish and reflect on their own academic development. The teacher provides guidance on further learning and adapts the education to enable the pupils to use the guidance provided to develop their competence in the programme subject.


Assessment of coursework

The grades awarded for coursework reflect the overall competence of the pupil in professional healthcare, child and youth development at the end of the education in the programme subject. The teacher plans and facilitates the pupils in demonstrating their competence in various ways. Using the competence aims as a starting point, the teacher shall assess how the pupil demonstrates understanding, reflection and critical thinking, and how the pupil masters challenges and solves assignments in various contexts. The teacher awards grades in professional healthcare, child and youth development based on the competence the pupil has demonstrated by planning, completing, assessing and documenting their own academic work.