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

  Secondary Health and Physical Education

• Unit Code

  PHE6712

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  10

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  A/Prof Andrew Charles JONES

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Description

This unit explores curriculum and task design in Health and Physical Education (HPE) with a specific focus on courses of study for senior schooling, including Physical Education Studies and Health Studies. The unit furthers the exploration of assessment tasks, quality instruction and feedback to improve achievement, class management and inclusive ecology, and the selection of learning activities. Models of appropriate teaching and learning in HPE will be observed, analysed and implemented, including the examination of organisational and teaching strategies for the conducting of tournaments, tabloids and carnivals, and philosophies and pedagogies to support learning for health.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have completed PHE6711

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PHE4263

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Analyse Senior Schooling curriculum, assessment and reporting in HPE, in particular the implementation and appropriate delivery of Physical Education Studies and Health Studies.
2. Plan and develop teaching and learning in HPE, including: needs analysis, outcome scoping and sequencing, content identification, philosophies and pedagogies, meaningful, differentiated and engaging tasks, and accountability.
3. Monitor and assess student performance and products within HPE lessons for the purpose of improving student achievement and reporting.
4. Observe and evaluate across a range of HPE environments, including peer teaching episodes, lessons at schools and during practicum, to establish effective task communication, quality learning experiences and their alignment to educational outcomes, active supervision, effective teaching strategies to modify behaviour, and quality and quantity of feedback to support student performance.
5. Analyse the provision of extra-curricular programmes in different schools, systems and sectors, including the examination of duty of care, regulatory requirements and models of delivery.

Unit Content

1. Senior schooling courses in the HPE learning area.
2. Instructional design of HPE lessons, including the identification of appropriate outcomes, contexts for learning, philosophies and pedagogies, and appropriate models of delivery.
3. Monitoring, evaluation and reporting of student performance across the HPE learning area.
4. Reflective practice in HPE, including peer teaching episodes, lesson planning and preparing for practicum.
5. Extra-curricular programmes in different schools and systems and sectors.

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, practical workshops, peer teaching episodes, school teaching experiences.

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.

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