485-408 Learning Area:Health & Physical Ed.4 OPT

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Stewart Dickinson

Prerequisites

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

Semester

Year long (view timetable)

Contact

A total of 48 hours, five days outside of scheduled teaching weeks, and assigned tasks in a school designated by the faculty

Subject Description

Topics will include leadership skills in outdoor settings; swimming and water safety; physical education specialist role and responsibilities; selected issues in teaching physical education and health e.g. school/community partnerships, fair play, multicultural perspectives; assessment and reporting; principles of nutrition for exercise and sport; health promoting schools; and introduction to research methods in health and physical education.

Assessment

Assigned written work totalling no more than 4000 words (100%).

To be eligible for assessment in this subject, students must produce documentary evidence of having obtained a current Austswim Teacher of Swimming Certificate.

Prescribed Texts

Detailed reading lists will be provided at the beginning of each topic.

  • Board of Studies, Curriculum and Standards Framework II: Health and Physical Education. 2000.


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