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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Advanced Studies of Teaching Physical Education

  • Unit Code

    PHE4304

  • Year

    2024

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    4

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Eibhlish O'HARA

Description

Observation, application and evaluation of the teaching, learning and assessment process in physical education. Current research and findings on the effectiveness of the teaching of physical education will be applied during practical teaching experiences. Innovative and alternative planning and teaching approaches, considering the needs and interests of students and the outcomes to be achieved, will be developed, implemented and evaluated. Strategies for the advocacy of physical education as a major learning area in the curriculum will be outlined.

Prerequisite Rule

Must pass 1 unit from HPE2240

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the concept of academic learning time (ALT-PE), the instrument and observation methods used to collect data in physical education lessons.
  2. Implement appropriate management and teaching strategies relating to research findings to improve the quality of teaching, the learning environment and the level of learner involvement and achievement.
  3. Implement appropriate strategies to advocate physical education as a major learning area in the curriculum.
  4. Observe and analyse the teaching, learning assessment process in a practical environment.
  5. Outline a rationale for the inclusion of physical education within all school curriculum and programs.
  6. Plan and implement learning experiences to meet the needs and interests of all students and allow progress towards and the achievement of appropriate outcomes.
  7. Select appropriate observation methods and develop instruments to observe and record data on certain variables operating in the teaching and learning process.
  8. Transfer from a tertiary institution into a school environment with strategies to maintain and improve one's effectiveness in teaching.

Unit Content

  1. The benefits of reflection and planning on the teaching of physical education. Implementation of traditional and systematic methods of observation to observe, analyse and evaluate the teaching and learning process.
  2. The compilation of various strategies to advocate physical education as a major learning area in the curriculum.
  3. The concept of academic learning time (ALT-PE), the methods and instruments used to observe and record data. Implementation of the modified versions of measuring ALT-PE.
  4. The critical variables and findings as a result of research on the teaching of physical education.
  5. The design and implementation of innovative and alternative methods of teaching and learning certain content areas in Physical Education. The design of learning experiences aligned to the needs and interest of participants and that allow for progress towards and the achievement of appropriate outcomes.
  6. The development of a rationale for the inclusion of physical education in all schools.
  7. The history, development and methods of research on the teaching of physical education.
  8. The selection and use of observation methods measuring instruments to record data on the teaching process involving areas of concern and interest relating to teacher and student behaviours.
  9. The use of research findings in the planning and implementation of teaching content to improve the quality of teaching, the learning environment and the level of learner involvement and achievement.
  10. Transition from student to teacher and into a school environment. How to survive, maintain and improve one's effectiveness in the early years of teaching.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered8 x 4 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, practical workshops, curriculum clinics and teaching episodes.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectPlanning, data collecting and reflecting55%
PresentationAssignment and Essay45%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectPlanning, data collecting and reflecting55%
PresentationAssignment and Essay45%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Advanced Studies of Teaching Physical Education

  • Unit Code

    PHE4304

  • Year

    2024

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    4

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Eibhlish O'HARA

Description

Observation, application and evaluation of the teaching, learning and assessment process in physical education. Current research and findings on the effectiveness of the teaching of physical education will be applied during practical teaching experiences. Innovative and alternative planning and teaching approaches, considering the needs and interests of students and the outcomes to be achieved, will be developed, implemented and evaluated. Strategies for the advocacy of physical education as a major learning area in the curriculum will be outlined.

Prerequisite Rule

Must pass 1 unit from HPE2240

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the concept of academic learning time (ALT-PE), the instrument and observation methods used to collect data in physical education lessons.
  2. Implement appropriate management and teaching strategies relating to research findings to improve the quality of teaching, the learning environment and the level of learner involvement and achievement.
  3. Implement appropriate strategies to advocate physical education as a major learning area in the curriculum.
  4. Observe and analyse the teaching, learning assessment process in a practical environment.
  5. Outline a rationale for the inclusion of physical education within all school curriculum and programs.
  6. Plan and implement learning experiences to meet the needs and interests of all students and allow progress towards and the achievement of appropriate outcomes.
  7. Select appropriate observation methods and develop instruments to observe and record data on certain variables operating in the teaching and learning process.
  8. Transfer from a tertiary institution into a school environment with strategies to maintain and improve one's effectiveness in teaching.

Unit Content

  1. The benefits of reflection and planning on the teaching of physical education. Implementation of traditional and systematic methods of observation to observe, analyse and evaluate the teaching and learning process.
  2. The compilation of various strategies to advocate physical education as a major learning area in the curriculum.
  3. The concept of academic learning time (ALT-PE), the methods and instruments used to observe and record data. Implementation of the modified versions of measuring ALT-PE.
  4. The critical variables and findings as a result of research on the teaching of physical education.
  5. The design and implementation of innovative and alternative methods of teaching and learning certain content areas in Physical Education. The design of learning experiences aligned to the needs and interest of participants and that allow for progress towards and the achievement of appropriate outcomes.
  6. The development of a rationale for the inclusion of physical education in all schools.
  7. The history, development and methods of research on the teaching of physical education.
  8. The selection and use of observation methods measuring instruments to record data on the teaching process involving areas of concern and interest relating to teacher and student behaviours.
  9. The use of research findings in the planning and implementation of teaching content to improve the quality of teaching, the learning environment and the level of learner involvement and achievement.
  10. Transition from student to teacher and into a school environment. How to survive, maintain and improve one's effectiveness in the early years of teaching.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered8 x 4 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, practical workshops, curriculum clinics and teaching episodes.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectPlanning, data collecting and reflecting55%
PresentationAssignment and Essay45%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectPlanning, data collecting and reflecting55%
PresentationAssignment and Essay45%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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