EDF1073 · Introduction to health and physical education

Overview

This unit provides you with essential knowledge, skills and understandings related to the curriculum area of Health and Physical Education (HPE). With a focus on primary HPE, you will be introduced to a range of approaches including Fundamental Movement Skills, skill themes, physical literacy, game-centred approaches, experiential learning, and rhythmic and expressive movement. You will be introduced to key curriculum concepts and foundational pedagogical content knowledge and skills that will be further developed in subsequent units. You will begin to develop competency in planning for and implementing effective teaching, learning and assessment within safe and supportive HPE environments. The unit is delivered via a series of workshops that weave theory and practice throughout.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. articulate a socio-critical perspective of Health and Physical Education (HPE) as a curriculum area
2. draw upon a range of sources to articulate the aim and rationale of HPE
3. demonstrate an understanding of the content and structure of the Australian/Victorian Curriculum: HPE, and use it to plan for learning and assessment
4. demonstrate an ability to apply and evaluate the use of different pedagogical models and approaches in Health and Physical Education, including High Impact Teaching Strategies
5. identify and apply basic classroom management strategies
6. identify, source and use relevant academic literature to support ideas.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.