EDF5858 · Primary health and physical education

Overview

This unit examines the importance and challenges of education and curriculum in health and physical wellbeing and the sustainability of people, places and communities locally and globally. You will engage with a range of theoretical perspectives related to health and wellbeing including the social determinants of health. This unit will engage learners in a range of teaching strategies and include designing assessment for learning techniques in in health and physical education. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches to HPE curriculum and pedagogy, you will develop competency and confidence in valuing movement and providing developmentally appropriate health and physical education in outdoor and indoor learning environments. A variety of government, educational and community settings and partnerships are examined in relation to sensitive topics, social media practices, sustainability and critical and creative thinking.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

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. demonstrate a critical understanding of recent trends in health and physical education curriculum and health and wellbeing initiatives across educational environments both within Australia and internationally
2. communicate concepts and information about current HPE curriculum and health and wellbeing policies to a variety of audiences including curriculum leaders, parents and caregivers and community members
3. explore a range of case studies in relation to health and wellbeing including sustainability, social determinants of health, social media, diverse cultural knowledge and sensitive topics in HPE curriculum and pedagogy enactment
4. apply understandings of contemporary curriculum to select appropriate teaching strategies and plan inclusive learning sequences
5. embed an assessment for learning task in relation to specific curriculum planning and teaching and learning strategies.

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.