ESH703 - Teaching Health and Human Development: Senior Years

Year:

2026 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 2: Online
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule:

Students must be enrolled in E377, E763, E765, E779

Prerequisite:

E763 or E765 students who commenced study prior to 2020: EEE754 plus 1 unit from EEE755, EEE756, EPR731, EPR751, EPR781

E779 students must have passed ESH702

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.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - online:

1 x 3-hour online lecture per week

In-person attendance requirements:

Students who are completing professional experience (placements) are not required to attend lectures or scheduled synchronous sessions during their professional experience (placement).

For the most up-to-date advice regarding your professional experience (placement) please see here.

Content

This unit aims to prepare students for teaching, learning and assessment in Health education at senior secondary level including transition to senior years and vocational and applied health curricula. With a focus on literacy and numeracy, and assessment in health education, the unit focuses on engaging with state and territory based senior health curricula to plan teaching and assessment for senior learners. The areas covered include teaching at senior secondary level, the relationship of senior health to the HPE propositions (focusing on critical health literacy and inquiry learning), teaching strategies, assessment practices and requirements, and regulations of teaching at senior secondary/post compulsory level.

Unit fee information

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