Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum

Glossary

affective learning environment	the emotional environment in which students learn, which affects their feelings of being safe, supported, trustful, and positive (or otherwise) in the learning situation
attitude	a disposition to think or act in a certain way
awhina	helping, assisting, befriending, providing moral support
beliefs	principles, propositions, and ideas accepted as true (especially without positive proof)
co-curricular programmes	all those learning activities that are part of the total school curriculum but do not necessarily take place in scheduled class time, such as school sport and drama or dance productions
critical thinking	examining, questioning, evaluating, and challenging taken-for-granted assumptions about issues and practices
critical action	action based on critical thinking
ethics	a set of moral principles providing a reason or justification for human conduct
healthism	a set of assumptions, based on the belief that health is solely an individual responsibility, that embrace a conception of the body as a machine that must be maintained and kept in tune in a similar way to a car or motorbike
Hippocratic oath	an oath that doctors take, before beginning medical practice, to affirm their obligations and intentions of proper conduct
kanikani	dance
kawa	protocol
mahi a ngakau	work of the heart
mana	prestige, influence, and authority
manaakitanga	hospitality and generosity
mau rakau	the art of using weapons such as taiaha
motor skill	a physical act (requiring movement) through which a person successfully achieves a pre-determined goal; performing a motor skill involves a quality component, body control, and a decision-making process
movement skills	a term that can be used to classify body movements; for example, movement skills where the body moves from one place to another are called locomotor skills, and movement skills that are performed on the spot are called non-locomotor skills
multi-sports events	events that include a variety of sports, some of which are generally competitive sports in the outdoor environment
ngā mahi a rehia	all Māori recreational and leisure interests and physical activities, including te reo kori
rangimarie	tolerance; being at peace with oneself and the environment
selective attention	the process of directing attention to the specific task at hand; through selective attention, a person excludes all variables that are not relevant to successfully completing the required task
self-reflection	thinking about one's own values, attitudes, behaviour, learning, or performance in order to assess their effectiveness, validity, or appropriateness in a specific context
socio-ecological perspective	a view of health and physical education that includes the interdependence between individual, group, societal, and environmental factors that affect well-being
taiaha	a single-pointed spear; the art of using this weapon
takaro-a-ringa	hand game(s)
te reo kori	the language of movement; a programme used to develop basic movement skills using equipment such as poi, rakau, and whai
tikanga	custom, rule, way of doing things
tititorea	short sticks used for stick games
values	a person's principles or standards; judgments of what is valuable or important in life
waiata-a-ringa	action song(s)
whai	string games
whanaungatanga	family relationships, kinship
whole and part learning	a method of learning where either the whole task is learned at once (whole learning) or a complex movement pattern is broken down into parts that are practised separately (part learning)