EEH455 - Approaches to Teaching Health and Physical Education

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Dylan Scanlon
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in E377
Prerequisite:

EPP203

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with:

ESH355, ESH455

Typical study commitment:

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.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 3 hour practical experience (workshop) (weeks 1 and 9)

2 x 1.5 hour practicals weekly (weeks 2-8)

Students are required to participate as a mentor which requires a 2-hour mentoring/professional development session in weeks 6,7,8,9

Content

This unit will address topics including:

  • Critical reflection upon past and present notions of effective teaching and the comparison of these to a models based approach
  • The thorough investigation of several models based approaches to teaching HPE through participation in practical seminars and engaging with new HPE content
  • Students will be able to reflect upon their own teaching practice and that of others through the mentoring of junior colleagues
  • The opportunity to experience planning and teaching a unit of work based upon a selected pedagogical approach to teaching.
  • This unit will also focus on the use of information and communications technology in teaching and learning through models based practice.
ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Describe past and present notions of effective teaching in health and physical education and critically consider the merits and limitations of an instructional model approach

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2 Analyse research on how students learn to discuss implications for teaching

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3 Critically reflect on their mentoring experience as professional learning for implications for improved student learning

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO6: Self-management

ULO4 Use effective student focussed teaching/assessment strategies to effectively sequence learning experiences for student learning in a health and/or physical education context

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem Solving

ULO5 Apply knowledge of curriculum, assessment, a range of resources that enhance engagement in student learning (including ICT and digital technologies) in HPE, and knowledge of instructional approaches to plan an instructionally aligned learning sequence

GLO3: Digital Literacy

GLO5: Problem Solving

ULO6 Articulate the rationale for continued professional learning for teachers and the implications for improved student learning

GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Journal 1000 words 30% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 - Instructional models CRITIQUE 1500 words 30% Information not yet available
Assessment 3 - Instructional models UNIT AND RESOURCE KIT 1500 words 40% Information not yet available

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.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: EEH455 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.

Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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