EPP203 - Professional Experience in Health and Physical Education: Curriculum Study A

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:Jacqui Peters
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in E377
Prerequisite:

One of either EPP101 or EPP102

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with:

EPP207

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 2-hour seminar per week for 9 weeks, 1 x 2-hour practical for 7 weeks

In-person attendance requirements:

Students will be required to complete a 10-day professional experience (placement).

Content

This unit will consist of online, theory and practical components as well as a practicum experience. The unit will focus on the understanding of the theoretical foundation of pedagogy as well as curriculum and assessment issues in Years 7-10 HPE, including the various ways in which curriculum is organized, in order to help develop understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of HPE. Specifically, policies and frameworks that guide planning, teaching and assessment of HPE that organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence to be applied in a real learning context in a secondary school will be explored. The unit will also focus on the challenges of classroom management and teaching within a diverse classroom and catering for individuals’ needs, in both the physical education environment and in the health classroom.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Draw on curriculum and formative assessment data to plan for student learning in a health and/or physical education context

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Apply appropriate differentiated strategies that meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities to support inclusive student participation and engagement in lessons and/or learning experience/s

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Design lesson activities that demonstrate clear instructions (task and behavioural), appropriate management and teaching strategies, and physical safety considerations               

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Plan for learning experiences which demonstrate appropriate strategies for managing challenging behaviour

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO5

Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers in identifying professional learning needs

GLO6: Self-management

ULO6

Apply constructive feedback to improve teaching practice

GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Lesson Preparation 2000 words
or equivalent
50% Week 9
Assessment 2 - Contemporary issues in HPE - Portfolio task 2000 words
or equivalent
50% Week 11

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.

Hurdle requirement

Professional experience is a requirement of the Victorian Institution of Teaching for the preparation of teachers. In this unit you will complete 10 days of the required 80 days for the Bachelor of Health and Physical Education. Satisfactory completion of the professional experience is required in order to pass this unit.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: EPP203 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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