EDPR2016

EDPR2016: Health and Physical Education

Humanities

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About this Unit

This unit introduces students to health and physical education in the contemporary Australian primary school curriculum, where emphasis is on developing children’s health and physical literacies within safe and lifelong learning frameworks so they are able to flourish as healthy and active citizens. With attention to diversity and social justice, children’s rights to develop health and physical literacies within their personal, physical and socio-cultural contexts are explored, and relevant teaching approaches identified. Given the emphasis on evidence-based curriculum design, students will investigate the research that underpins the contemporary curriculum rationale and focus. This unit reviews ongoing, developmentally appropriate and explicit teaching about health and movement, where children participate safely to develop the knowledge, skills, dispositions and understandings to make healthy and active choices for the wellbeing of themselves and others. In this regard, the importance of physical skills in the early childhood years, including observation and practise of fundamental motor skills (FMS), assessment of FMS and appropriate interventions, is addressed. Advanced movement skills and strategies, components of personal, social and community health, fitness, spatial awareness and games-based teaching models are also explored.

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Unit Details

Credits25

Contact Hours2 Weekly

Result TypeGrade/Mark

AreaSchool of Education (1084)

Field of Education070103 Teacher Education: Primary

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Tuition Pattern

Workshop1 x 2 hours weekly

Prerequisites

Prerequisites group 1Select One

B-EDEC100 credits100.0000000000 Credit Points in spk(s): B-EDEC - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
B-EDPR100 credits100.0000000000 Credit Points in spk(s): B-EDPR - Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)
B-EDUC100 credits100.0000000000 Credit Points in spk(s): B-EDUC - Bachelor of Educational Studies
B-EDSC100 credits100 Credit Points in spk(s): B-EDSC - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education)

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