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Health and Physical Education (EDUC90378)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online

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This subject readies the generalist classroom teacher for the teaching of Health and Physical Education. It does so by drawing on the skills of high quality classroom teaching and applying these in the conduct of Health and Physical Education, both inside and outside the classroom. While Health and Physical Education is an integrated Learning Area within the Victorian Curriculum, the subject is structured via two parallel paths, taken by all Teacher Candidates, one of which emphasizes teaching of the Personal, Social and Community Health strand, the other the Movement and Physical Activity strand. Both of these paths focus on unit development in order to situate the curriculum content in activities that are meaningful to the children involved.

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.

Last updated: 10 February 2024