ESH702 - Health Curriculum Inquiry

Unit details

Year:	2024 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 1: Online
Credit point(s):	1
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit Chair:	Trimester 1: Trudy Thompson
Prerequisite:	Students commencing from 2020 who are enrolled in course E762, E763, or E765; must complete EEE754 plus one unit from EEE755, EEE756, EPR721, EPR731, EPR751 or EPR781 Otherwise, nil
Corequisite:	Students must be enrolled in course E760, E762, E763 or E765 If enrolled in E762 commencing study from 2020, any co-req unit in EPR724 or EPR784 If enrolled in E765 commencing study from 2020, any co-req unit in EPR754 or EPR784
Incompatible with:	ESH402
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 - online unit enrolment:	1 x 3-hour seminar per week for 7 weeks
Note: Sub major in health studies or equivalent E762 Internship students commencing study from 2020 should not be enrolled in this unit. Please contact Student Services to confirm your course map.

Content

This unit is designed to prepare students to plan, teach and assess in the area of health education. Drawing on contemporary research, this unit specifically is aimed at preparing students to teach engaging and inclusive health education across the primary/middle years and secondary schooling and is designed to stimulate critical thinking about contemporary school-based health education relevant to the stages of schooling you are preparingto teach in. Using an evidenced based approach, the unit will examine the health and wellbeing of young people; histories and pedagogies of health education; program, curriculum and assessment development; and health promoting schools as a school-based model. Specific pedagogical content knowledge and highly effective classroom teaching strategies for health education that are aligned to support positive student learning in health education are a key focus of this unit.

ULO	These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:	Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1	Reflect, apply and demonstrate an understanding of current health education curriculum, and practices utilising effective pedagogical approaches and teaching strategies to support student learning	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self-management
ULO2	Demonstrate and apply broad knowledge to research, critically analyse, evaluate and communicate the development of inclusive and supportive teaching and learning environments for health education individually and in groups	GLO4: Critical thinking GLO7: Teamwork
ULO3	Critically evaluate and synthesise information related to students' learning, using contemporary theories of curriculum and pedagogy to apply and justify appropriate teaching and assessment strategies suitable for primary/middle years and secondary education aligned to the Australian Curriculum	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving

ULO

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

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Reflect, apply and demonstrate an understanding of current health education curriculum, and practices utilising effective pedagogical approaches and teaching strategies to support student learning

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO6: Self-management

ULO2

Demonstrate and apply broad knowledge to research, critically analyse, evaluate and communicate the development of inclusive and supportive teaching and learning environments for health education individually and in groups

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO7: Teamwork

ULO3

Critically evaluate and synthesise information related to students' learning, using contemporary theories of curriculum and pedagogy to apply and justify appropriate teaching and assessment strategies suitable for primary/middle years and secondary education aligned to the Australian Curriculum

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO5: Problem solving

Assessment

Assessment Description	Student output	Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)	Indicative due week
Assessment 1 (Group) - Design and analyse health education activities and resources	2000 words or equivalent	40%	Week 6
Assessment 2 - Develop health education teaching and learning sequence	3000 words or equivalent	60%	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: ESH702 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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