School: Education

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  • Unit Title

    Advanced Studies of Teaching Physical Education
  • Unit Code

    PHE6304
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • 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. This unit aims to extend practical and theoretical knowledge and understanding in teaching, coaching and performing in a range of physical education activities.

Equivalent Rule

Equivalent to PHE4304

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the concept of academic learning time (ALT-PE), instruments and observation methods used to collect data in physical education (PE) lessons.
  2. Observe and analyse the PE teaching, learning and assessment process in a practical environment.
  3. Select appropriate observation methods and develop instruments to observe and record data on certain variables operating in the teaching and learning process.
  4. Demonstrate competency and inclusive practices in planning, teaching, assessing and reflecting upon a sequence of PE lessons.
  5. Demonstrate development of personal skills and understanding of strategies, tactics and knowledge of a selection of sports.
  6. Examine and analyse a variety of physical activity curriculum models in relation to Health and Physical Education (HPE) learning outcomes.
  7. Analyse the use of information technology in Physical Education.

Unit Content

  1. The concept of academic learning time (ALT-PE), the methods and instruments used to observe and record data.
  2. Observation and analysis of the PE teaching process in a practical setting.
  3. Implementation of traditional and systematic methods of observation to observe, analyse and evaluate the teaching and learning process. Selection and use of observation methods to record data on the PE teaching process relating to teacher and student behaviours.
  4. The design and implementation of inclusive PE learning experiences aligned to the needs and interest of participants and that allow for progress towards the achievement of appropriate learning outcomes. Designing assessment tools in PE, linked to current curriculum requirements.
  5. Involvement in practical, sports-specific teaching-coaching methodology.
  6. Contemporary and traditional PE curriculum models.
  7. Technology in PE: Investigation of the range, uses, merits and challenges.

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 28 x 4 hour seminar8 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 presentation45%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectPlanning, data collecting and reflecting55%
PresentationAssignment and presentation45%

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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