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ECU101 - Health and Physical Education in Educational Settings

2023

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Education

Unit Description

This unit is designed to develop preservice teachers' theoretical and practical understanding of teaching Health and Physical Education from preschool to the primary stages of schooling. It focuses on developing an integrated understanding of the personal, social and community aspects of health and physical activity, and how these factors influence health and physical activity in a range of contexts. Preservice teachers will build and apply specialist knowledge of: physical, mental and emotional health; physical growth, movement and motor development; models of health and physical education pedagogy; inclusive teaching practices; management of the health and physical education learning environment; and planning, analysing and evaluating teaching.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Apply the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, and the Early Years Learning Framework to the construction of learning experiences in health and physical education.
2.	Evaluate strategies for creating an effective learning climate for health and physical education instruction.
3.	Critically reflect on teaching and learning practices in health and physical education.
4.	Identify, retrieve and evaluate a range of resources to inform the planning of health and physical education activities.
5.	Design learning activities that accommodate diversity in teaching and learning of health and physical education.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Online quizzes (3 x 20 minutes)	30%	1,2,3
2.	Critical reflections (2 x 500 words or equivalent)	20%	1,3,4,5
3.	Lesson sequence (1,500 words or equivalent)	50%	1,2,3,4,5

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2023	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2023	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View
2023	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2023	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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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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