ESH403 - Senior Health and Human Development: Curriculum Study

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Ray Messer
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in D340, D342, D343, D344, D345, D346, D347, D348, D349, D350, D384, D389, E365, E377 or E455

Prerequisite:

Completion of EEH405

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with:

ESJ458

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 seminar per week (no seminars during placements)

Content

This unit aims to prepare students for facilitating learning in Health Education in senior Health curricula in Australian states and territories. The study of senior Health is based on the premise that health needs to be understood at individual, group, community and national and international levels, to maximise health and global development potential. Topics covered include: the place of Health Education senior curricula; approaches to teaching and learning of Health and Human Development; the responsibilities and obligations of the teacher in delivering the prescribed curriculum of the senior years Health; exploration of contemporary resources texts, technologies and resources; and the nature of school based and external evaluation and assessment.

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

Critique and apply the theoretical underpinnings of health models and theories to the professional practice in Health and Human development

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Demonstrate, analyse and synthesise an advanced and integrated understanding of the contested body of knowledge in health and human development utilising the effective pedagogical approaches at the senior secondary level

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

Use expert and specialised cognitive, communication and professional skills to independently and collaboratively interpret and develop new knowledge in health and human development and multimodal skills for students

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO6: Self-management

GLO7: Teamwork

ULO4

Cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesis complex information, problem, concepts and theories and apply established theories to health and human development teaching

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO5

Critically evaluate and synthesise information related to students learning, using formative and summative assessment data, taking into consideration contemporary theories of curriculum and pedagogy to make judgements about the use of appropriate teaching and assessment strategies in the development of a unit of work suitable for senior health and human development

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO6: Self-management

ULO6

Technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement and analyse a variety of resources to teach health and human development at the senior level using aspect of digital literacy

GLO2: Communication

GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Resource report 2000 words 50% Week 4
Assessment 2 - Unit plan 2000 words 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.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ESH403 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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