Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Education

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• Unit Title

  Physical Activity, Body, Culture and Identity

• Unit Code

  HPE2112

• Year

  2019

• Enrolment Period

  2

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Donna Michelle BARWOOD

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Description

This unit introduces students to the sociocultural foundations of health and physical education by socio-critically examining constructions of physical activity, the body, culture and identity in contemporary society. Through a comprehensive exploration of history, philosophy and sociological theory students in this unit contemplate the HPE teachers privileged position as creator, constructor and enactor of knowledge and understandings in health education and physical education. Students learn that personal, cultural and contextual factors shape and impact safer, healthier and more active living. Through reflective practice, research and collaboration with others, this unit prepares students with understandings to support and strengthen the health and wellbeing of young people in Australian schools.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. The nature of how human movement can be studied and understood through the 'lenses' provided by the social sciences.
2. The uses of sociocultural research in studies of selected physical activities.
3. Research methods employed in sociocultural research.
4. The notion of the body in culture.
5. The changed forms and significance of physical activity as a cultural practice throughout history.
6. How schools, gyms, sports, the media and other cultural players, locally and globally, do ideological work that focuses on physical activity and the body.
7. How individual pursuits in selected areas such as aerobics, weight training, eastern movement forms and martial arts affect personal meaning.

Unit Content

1. Sociocultural health and physical education.
2. Introductory social theory - barriers, challenges and opportunities.
3. Identity, social class, culture and health.
4. Physical activity and health.
5. Body image and health.
6. Contemporary health inquiry (selected issue).

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, practical sessions, student presentations and web-managed instruction.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• Cliff, K. (2012). A sociocultural perspective as a curriculum change in health and physical education. Sport, Education and Society, 17(3), 293–311. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.608935 Retrieved from http://ezproxy.ecu.edu.au/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.608935

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