EDUC4053

EDUC4053: Teaching Health Education in Primary Schools

Humanities

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About this Unit

This unit introduces students to primary health education in the contemporary Australian primary school curriculum, where emphasis is on developing children’s health 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 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 Health Education curriculum rationale and focus.The unit reviews ongoing, developmentally appropriate and explicit teaching about health, where children participate in developmentally appropriate learning activities to develop the knowledge, skills, dispositions and understandings so they can be empowered to make healthy choices for the wellbeing of themselves and others. Given the importance of health literacy skills in the primary years, effective pedagogies for teaching health content are addressed. Opportunities to integrate health education with physical education and other curriculum areas will also be explored in this unit. The unit will also address the need for inclusivity in Health Education and develop in students, practical ways of approaching inclusivity in planning and implementation of the curriculum, with focus on a strength-based approach.

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Unit Details

Credits25

Contact Hours2 Weekly

Result TypeGrade/Mark

AreaSchool of Education (1084)

Field of Education070100 Teacher Education (Narrow Grouping)

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Tuition Pattern

Workshop1 x 2 hours weekly

Prerequisites

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B-EDPR100 credits100 Credit Points in spk(s): B-EDPR - Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)

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