University Handbook
2025 unit information
One of EEH217, EEH203 or HBS110
1 x 1.5-hour on-campus lecture per week in week 1-9
1 x 1.5-hour on-campus practical experience (workshop) per week/trimester in week 1-9
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
This unit will consist of online, theory and practical components. The unit will focus on the understanding of the theoretical foundation of pedagogy as well as curriculum and assessment issues in Years P-6 HPE, including the various ways in which curriculum is organized, in order to help develop understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of HPE. Students will have the opportunity to discuss and critique the work in schools in engaging in the prac-theory nexus. Specifically, policies and frameworks that guide planning, teaching and assessment of HPE that organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence to be applied in a real learning context in a primary school will be explored. The unit will also focus on the challenges of classroom management and teaching within a diverse classroom and catering for individuals’ needs, in both the physical education environment and in the health classroom.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Work with policy, framework and curriculum documents logically and creatively in planning for learning within the HPE classroom
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
Demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical work of pedagogy and its organisation and operationalisation in schools
GLO5: Problem solving
Appreciate the broader implication of the teaching of HPE in students' lives
GLO8: Global citizenship
Work cooperatively and collegially as a group in planning for learning and in operationalising that in a peer environment
GLO2: Communication
GLO6: Self-management
GLO7: Teamwork
Examine the challenges involved in teaching HPE in the primary school including the diversity of learners in any one classroom and its impact on planning and pedagogy
Effectively use online academic databases, other sources of contemporary research and other digital technologies to support their understanding of current practice
GLO3: Digital literacy
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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