Health and Physical Education (EDUC90378)

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject teacher candidates should be able to:

Graduate Standards refers to the Graduate-level Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

• Explain the relevance of Health and Physical Education knowledge in the Victorian Curriculum (Graduate Standard 2.1)
• Demonstrate familiarity with debates concerning physical activity, sport and Health and Physical Education (Graduate Standards 2.1, 2.2)
• Demonstrate familiarity with the contribution of the Health Promoting Schools framework to development of units of work in Health and Physical Education (Graduate Standards 2.1, 2.2, 3.2)
• Design high quality units of work in Health and Physical Education (Graduate Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6)
• Evaluate units of work in Health and Physical Education (Graduate Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6)
• Teach component parts of a pre-planned unit in Health and Physical Education (Graduate Standards 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4)
• Identify policies relevant to teaching Health and Physical Education in Victorian schools (Graduate Standard 7.2)

Generic skills

This subject will develop the following set of key transferable skills:

• Clinical reasoning and thinking
• Problem solving
• Evidence based decision making
• Creativity and innovation
• Teamwork and professional collaboration
• Learning to learn and metacognition
• Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
• Reflection for continuous improvement
• Linking theory and practice
• Inquiry and research
• Active and participatory citizenship.