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Health and Physical Education (EC&P) (EDUC91002)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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February
Overview
| Availability | February - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject is designed to prepare Teacher Candidates in the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) for the teaching of Health and Physical Education as a generalist classroom primary teacher. 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
- 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
- Linking theory and practice
- Inquiry and research
- Active and participatory citizenship
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC90892 | Clinical Teaching Practice (EC) 1 | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC90378 | Health and Physical Education | February (Online) |
6.25 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Teaching Physical Education Essay
| Week 9 | 50% |
Planning Health Education Essay (due after block placement)
| End of semester | 50% |
| Hurdle requirement: Minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: Unit Plan 2000 words (Group task: 4-5 per group) | Mid semester | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: Successful completion of the two essays each with a minimum 50% pass grade is required to achieve an overall pass in this subject | N/A |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- February - Online
Coordinator Lee Anton-Hem Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 18 hours Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 12 February 2024 to 3 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 28 February 2024 Census date 8 March 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 April 2024 Assessment period ends 10 June 2024 February contact information
Time commitment details
85 hours
What do these dates mean
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Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary)
Last updated: 10 February 2024