ECU503 - Health and Physical Education

This postgraduate unit is designed to develop pre-service teachers' theoretical and practical understandings of teaching Health and Physical Education in the primary years. It focuses on developing an integrated understanding of the personal, social and community aspects of health and how these social factors influence health and physical activity in varied and changing contexts. Pre-service teachers will build and apply specialist knowledge of growth, movement and motor development; models of sports pedagogy; outdoor education and planning; inclusive teaching practices; effectively managing the Health and Physical Education learning environment, and; planning for and analysing Health and Physical Education teaching practices.

Unit Information

PRESCRIBED TEXT - TEACHING HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS