Undergraduate - UnitEDF4024 - Health and physical education for wellbeing in the primary curriculum

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	Not offered in 2015

Synopsis

This unit develops and advances students' understandings of health and wellbeing and physical education and the application of AusVELS and the Australian Curriculum. It provides opportunities for students to critically analyse and engage with health and physical education (HPE) curriculum and pedagogy in the primary years so they can apply this knowledge to their practice. The unit increases students' knowledge, skills and understanding of teaching and learning strategies that ensure student health, wellbeing and physical education. Students use initiative and judgement in demonstrating their professional practice in ways that are developmentally appropriate for the primary years.

Outcomes

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

critically analyse health and wellbeing and physical education curriculum and practice
demonstrate their capacity to develop, design and plan lessons, units and approaches that are developmentally appropriate for the primary years
understand, utilise and experience a variety of physical education specific pedagogies, e.g. fundamental motor skills, sport education, thematics, game-centred approaches, that promote physically educative experiences
understand and apply concepts and information about health and wellbeing and education, e.g. emotional and social health and learning, drug education, sexuality education
successfully apply strategies for health and wellbeing and physical education appropriate for diverse learners in schools.

Assessment

Essay: critical analysis of curriculum and policy in the fields of health and wellbeing and physical education (can include individual and/or group work) (2000 words or equivalent per student, 50%)
Portfolio of exemplars of pedagogy and practice for health and wellbeing and physical education (can include individual and/or group work) (2000 words or equivalent per student, 50%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

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

24 hours per semester

(b.) Additional requirements:

independent study to make up the minimum required hours per semester

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

Early years and primary education
Primary education