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ECM312 - Secondary Health and Physical Education 2

2025

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Education

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

Prerequisites

Must have passed 1 unit in (ECM211, ECM311, ECM511)

Incompatible

ECM512 -OR- Incompatible with achievement in ECM212

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

This unit aims to enhance and extend preservice teachers' theoretical understandings and practical applications of the Australian Curriculum for Senior Secondary Health and Physical Education. Preservice teachers will gain pedagogical and practical skills in the area of health and physical education for Year 11 and Year 12. Preservice teachers will investigate and evaluate effective teaching and coaching practises for a variety of sports and physical activities. This unit will provide opportunities to explore and critique individual, family, and community values and beliefs, as well as the socio-cultural and physical environment in which we live, in order to provide reasons for health and sustainable solutions for better health. The utilisation of contemporary technology is central to this unit.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Critically review the theory and practice of teaching including research on the role of explicit teaching, modelling and scaffolding in senior school health and physical education.
2.	Apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and skill acquisition to teaching and learning of health and physical education relative to senior secondary learning development.
3.	Reflect on teaching practices to promote leadership and teamwork in the classroom.
4.	Critically evaluate and assess teaching and learning resources, including software and a range of text and non-text materials for teaching health and physical education in senior secondary.
5.	Appraise a range of effective teaching and coaching strategies for a range of sports and physical activities, to plan a sequence of lessons using knowledge of student learning development.
6.	Evaluate strategies that assess and support reporting on students' achievement of learning outcomes, including technologies while preparing students for secondary school exit level examinations.
7.	Apply a range of literacy and numeracy strategies in the teaching of health and physical education.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Online test (2 x 30 minutes)	10%	1,2,3,4,5,6,7
2.	Critical analysis (5-minute presentation and 1,000 words)	40%	2,4,5,7
3.	Critical reflection (10-minute presentation and 1,000 words)	50%	1,3,4,6

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2025	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2025	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR

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OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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