Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Education

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Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

• Unit Title

  Health and Physical Education in Primary Schools

• Unit Code

  HPE2240

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Mr David Charles MACDONALD

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Description

This unit presents the area of school based health promotion and physical education, with an emphasis on the development of appropriate knowledge, skills and processes for achieving outcomes in the Health and Physical Education Learning Area. This includes planning and program structure, organisational models of delivery, principles of effective teaching, and teaching and assessment strategies necessary to promote confident participation in sport and recreation.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HPE1010, PHE2105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Advocate the need for health and physical education in school settings.
2. Apply health and physical education learning area outcomes to an educational context with a focus on primary school environments.
3. Demonstrate and analyse development of fundamental and specialised movement skill patterns.
4. Demonstrate effective teaching and management strategies in health and physical education lessons and different learning environments.
5. Describe and evaluate current health and physical education principles, issues, models, practices and resources in primary schools.
6. Describe assessment principles and practices in the health and physical education learning area.
7. Describe the link between active whole school promotion of health and positive health and educational outcomes in young people.
8. Work effectively and collaboratively to plan appropriate health and physical education learning experiences that involve integrating knowledge and skills across other curriculum learning areas to meet the health, movement and physical activity needs of learners.

Unit Content

1. Assessment of student learning and performance in the health and physical education learning area.
2. Developing principles of leadership, teamwork and collaboration.
3. Development, analysis and evaluation of fundamental and specialised movement skill patterns.
4. Examination of contemporary primary school health and physical education issues, programs, models of teaching, practices, and resources.
5. Exploration of the concept and benefits of health promotion in relation to schools and the links between health and education.
6. Health and physical education learning area outcomes and supporting curriculum documentation.
7. Health education, health promotion and physical education: current research and practices.
8. Management and supervision of health and physical education learning experiences.
9. Planning, exploration and evaluation of a variety of health and physical education learning experiences and teaching models.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

May include lectures, tutorials and participation in practical workshops, collaborative group work and directed reading.

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)

• McMaster, N. (2019). Teaching health and physical education : In early childhood and the primary years. Oxford University Press, Docklands, VIC. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5762174

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