Clarification about the Human Development Index The following clarification has been provided in response to enquiries about VCE Health and Human Development Unit 4 Area of Study 1 key knowledge:
• definitions of sustainability and human development according to the UN, including the human development index. It should be noted that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has changed the data used to determine the Human Development Index (HDI). The UNDP now identifies components of the HDI as three dimensions with four indicators as described in the table below.
Human Development Index Dimensions Indicators:
Health Life expectancy at birth
Education Mean years of schooling
Expected years of schooling
Living Standards Gross national income per capita
The changed data does not have any impact on the definition of the HDI, as outlined in the glossary on page 35 of the VCE Health and Human Development Study Design 2010-2013.
The VCAA requires this change to the calculation of the HDI to be incorporated into the teaching of Unit 4 of VCE Health and Human Development for 2012 and for the remainder of the accreditation period of the study design (2010-2013). More information on the HDI can be accessed from the UNDP website at: www.hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/hdi/VCE Health and Human Development Study Design 2010–2013 As previously notified in the June 2011 VCAA Bulletin VCE,VCAL and VET No. 88, teachers are reminded of the following change to the VCE
Health and Human Development Study Design 2010–2013 On page 24 in Unit 3, Area of Study 2:
Promoting Health in Australia, the word values’ should be deleted and replaced with the word, mission’ in the following points of key knowledge and key skills.
Key knowledge
• the role of VicHealth in promoting health including its mission priorities and how it reflects the social model of health
Key skills
• describe the role, mission and priorities of VicHealth and the potential health outcomes of a VicHealth funded project for promoting health
• definitions of sustainability and human development according to the UN, including the human development index. It should be noted that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has changed the data used to determine the Human Development Index (HDI). The UNDP now identifies components of the HDI as three dimensions with four indicators as described in the table below.
Human Development Index Dimensions Indicators:
Health Life expectancy at birth
Education Mean years of schooling
Expected years of schooling
Living Standards Gross national income per capita
The changed data does not have any impact on the definition of the HDI, as outlined in the glossary on page 35 of the VCE Health and Human Development Study Design 2010-2013.
The VCAA requires this change to the calculation of the HDI to be incorporated into the teaching of Unit 4 of VCE Health and Human Development for 2012 and for the remainder of the accreditation period of the study design (2010-2013). More information on the HDI can be accessed from the UNDP website at: www.hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/hdi/VCE Health and Human Development Study Design 2010–2013 As previously notified in the June 2011 VCAA Bulletin VCE,VCAL and VET No. 88, teachers are reminded of the following change to the VCE
Health and Human Development Study Design 2010–2013 On page 24 in Unit 3, Area of Study 2:
Promoting Health in Australia, the word values’ should be deleted and replaced with the word, mission’ in the following points of key knowledge and key skills.
Key knowledge
• the role of VicHealth in promoting health including its mission priorities and how it reflects the social model of health
Key skills
• describe the role, mission and priorities of VicHealth and the potential health outcomes of a VicHealth funded project for promoting health