ED2090 - Health and Physical Education for Early Childhood
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Education (pre 2015) |
External offering available only to students enrolled in the ECE major.
This subject assists students to develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary for planning, teaching, assessing and evaluating learnings in Health and Physical Education in early childhood based upon relevant and appropriate State and National curriculum texts. Students will examine the models influencing trends in early childhood (birth to 8 years) and primary Health and Physical Education, including the social view of health, personal development, social justice principles, the importance of physical activity, play-based curriculum, social sustainability and Indigenous perspectives. Approaches to developing learner-centred, integrated and inclusive curricula are emphasised.
Learning Outcomes
- develop and apply a reflective and analytical view of teaching and teaching resources, and the students own teaching of Health and Physical Education;
- develop confidence and competence in structuring inclusive learning tasks activities and planning purposeful lessons required in teaching the Health and Physical Education curriculum;
- develop an understanding of and commitment to the role of health, physical activity and personal development, maximum participation and enjoyment within social justice principles of diversity, supportive environments and equity;
- introduce issues of social sustainability and Indigenous perspectives particular to health and physical education;
- demonstrate Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at an introduced or developed level;.
| Prerequisites: | 6 credit points of level 1 ED subjects |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | ED3001 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Maree Dinan-Thompson |
| Lecturers: | Dr Lai Kuan Lim, Mrs Cath Henry. |
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| Assessment: | in-class exam (35%); performance tasks - physical activity and health (40%); professional plan (group) (25%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Maree Dinan-Thompson. |
| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | in-class exam (35%); performance tasks- physical activity and health (40%); professional plan (group) (25%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Maree Dinan-Thompson. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | in-class exam (35%); performance tasks - physical activity and health (40%); professional plan (group) (25%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.