EDF2085 · Sport education

Overview

This unit brings theory and practice together to support you in an exploration of pedagogical practices associated with the provision of sport and movement education. You will learn about, experience and critique a range of pedagogical approaches such as Cooperative Learning, and Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility. You will also have the opportunity to plan, deliver and evaluate a sequence of lessons utilising Siedentop’s Sport Education model. You will be supported to differentiate your planning and teaching to support learners across a spectrum of abilities, and consider how to provide meaningful feedback and assessment to support learning.

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

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. articulate the aims, rationale, and defining characteristics of the Sport Education model
2. identify, source and utilise relevant academic literature to explain the advantages and challenges associated with applying the Sport Education model in schools
3. demonstrate an understanding of the need for, and nature of, scaffolding within the context of Sport Education
4. plan and teach a unit of work, underpinned by the Sport Education model, which supports learning for students with a diverse range of abilities
5. provide meaningful feedback and assess learning through a range of authentic assessment opportunities
6. evidence your learning throughout the Sport Education season via a portfolio of artefacts collected weekly.

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.