EPP203 - Professional Experience in Health and Physical Education: Curriculum Study A
| Year: | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in E377 |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have passed EPP102 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week in non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 9 weeks) 1 x 2-hour on-campus practical experience (workshops) per week in non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 7 weeks) |
| In-person attendance requirements: | 10-days on-site professional experience (placement) per trimester. For the most up-to-date advice regarding your placement please see here. Placements for this unit are scheduled across multiple placement blocks. Students will be assigned to one of these blocks and cannot choose their preferred placement window. It is the student's responsibility to ensure they are available for placement at any time within the designated placement periods, as scheduling may occur at any point within these timeframes. Please note: Placement periods may take place during or outside standard trimester teaching dates. |
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 organised, 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.
Unit fee information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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Commonwealth Prac Payment
From 1 July 2025, the Australian Government is intending to introduce the Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) to assist eligible students with costs related to mandatory placements in higher education courses for teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work.
Hurdle requirements
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.