Undergraduate - UnitEDF1171 - Sociocultural foundations of health and physical education

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Peninsula First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Dawn Penney

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the sociocultural foundations of health and physical education. Using the sub-disciplines of history, philosophy, and sociology, students examine the role of these areas in shaping and determining contemporary practices in health and physical education. Students learn that personal and contextual factors, together with individual and group actions, shape health, wellbeing, safety and participation in physical activity. Students develop their understandings through the application and critique of historical and contemporary practices within health and physical education.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

identify and describe historical, philosophical, sociological, cultural and political drivers of knowledge and practice in health and physical education, health, physical activity and sport
critically evaluate the influence of sociocultural factors on historical and contemporary policies and practices in health and physical education, health, physical activity and sport contexts
understand how sociocultural factors shape wellbeing, safety and participation in health and physical education, health, physical activity and sport
analyse how varied and changing personal and contextual factors shape understandings of, and opportunities for, health and physical activity locally, regionally and globally.

Assessment

Online journal (1600 words or equivalent, 40%)
Examination (2 hours, 2400 words or equivalent, 60%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

2 hours per week

(b.) Additional requirements:

10 hours of independent study per week

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Dawn Penney

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Primary and secondary health and physical education
Secondary health and physical education