485-356 Learning Area:Health & Physical Ed.3 OPT

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485-356 Learning Area:Health & Physical Ed.3 OPT
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	2
Coordinator	Richard Light
Prerequisites	485-220 Learning Area: Health & Physical Ed.2 or 485-229 Learning Area:Health & Physical Ed.2 Adv
Semester	Year long (view timetable)
Contact	A total of 54 hours, and a five-day excursion out of scheduled teaching weeks
Subject Description	Semester 1 focuses on strategies for teaching, planning and management in health and physical education and their application in teaching workshops and includes teaching children with special needs. It also covers issues of organisation, safety and learning in outdoor settings. Semester 2 emphasises inquiry-based, student-centred approaches to movement learning through a focus on games and sport. Areas covered include the TGfU approach to the teaching of games, sport education and the application of knowledge from the bio-physical sciences to movement learning.
Assessment	A 2-hour examination (30%) and assigned written work totalling no more than 3000 words (70%).
Prescribed Texts	Board of Studies, Curriculum and Standards Framework II: Health and Physical Education. 2000. Department of Education, Health and Physical Education Levels 1-4 Course Advice. 1996. G Graham, Teaching Children Physical Education: Becoming a Master Teacher. Champaign: Human Kinetics, 1992.

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