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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Health and Physical Education
Students who choose to take a two-credit cooperative education program with a health and physical education course as the related course are able, through this package of courses, to meet the Ontario Secondary School Diploma additional compulsory credit requirements for Groups 1, 2, and 3.
Policies and guidelines regarding workplace opportunities, including job shadowing, work experience, and cooperative education, are outlined in Cooperative Education and Other Forms of Experiential Learning: Policies and Procedures for Ontario Secondary Schools, 2000, which is available on the ministry website, at www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/ curricul/secondary/coop/cooped.pdf.
For guidelines to ensure the provision of Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage for students who are at least fourteen years of age and are on work placements of more than one day, see Policy/Program Memorandum No. 76A, “Workplace Safety and Insurance Coverage for Students in Work Education Programs” (September 2000), at www.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/76a.html. Teachers should also be aware of
the minimum age requirements outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act for persons to be in or working in specific workplace settings.
PLANNING PROGRAM PATHWAYS AND PROGRAMS LEADING TO A SPECIALIST
HIGH SKILLS MAJOR
Health and physical education courses are well suited for inclusion in Specialist High Skills Majors (SHSMs) or in programs designed to provide pathways to particular apprenticeship, college, university, or workplace destinations. In some SHSM programs, courses in this curriculum can be bundled with other courses to provide the academic knowledge and skills important to particular economic sectors and required for success in the workplace and postsecondary education, including apprenticeship training. Health and physical education courses can also serve as the in-school link with cooperative education credits that provide the workplace experience required not only for some SHSM programs but also for various program pathways to postsecondary education, apprenticeship training, and workplace destinations.
ETHICS IN THE HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
The health and physical education curriculum provides varied opportunities for students to learn about ethical issues, explore ethical standards, and demonstrate ethical responsibility. As students learn and apply the principles of fair play – through concepts such as inclusion and respect for all – in a variety of settings and activities, they are
developing an understanding of ethics. This understanding deepens as they develop living skills – as they learn about themselves and their interactions with others, and as they practise thinking critically and creatively. The health and physical education program also provides opportunities to explore ethical issues related to topics such as violence in sport, the use of performance-enhancing substances, and the notion of winning at all costs. Similarly, students can explore how sports and physical activity can be used to build community, and they can consider ethical questions related to health promotion and the use of human subjects in research. The website of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, at www.cces.ca/en/home, provides numerous other examples.
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