EEH401 - Professional Issues in Health and Physical Education

Unit details

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Offering information:

Commencing 2014 for Melbourne Burwood Campus students.  Commencing 2016 for Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus students.

Enrolment modes:

(B)

EFTSL value:0.125
Unit chair:L Shuck
Prerequisite:

EEH201 and EPP203

Corequisite:

Student must be enrolled in course E377.

Note:

An intensive workshop may be offered.

Content

This unit focuses on investigating professional issues critical to your needs as health and physical educators. The theoretical component is driven by a student-centred scenario planning pedagogy. Students explore this pedagogy through the development and writing of a personal professional scenario and then progress to developing a health or physical education scenario that emanates from a school context. Students will also explore what it means to teach physical education in a special school environment and explore teaching strategies that will enrich and enhance their teaching skills.

Assessment

Assessment 1:  Reflection of teaching students with special needs (equivalent to1200 words) 30%.

Assessment 2:  A scenario planning project that investigates a professional issue related to health and/or physical education (equivalent to 2000 words) 50%.

Assessment 3:  Reflection on professional engagement (equivalent to 1000 words) 20%.

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