James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2024

ED2190 - Health and Physical Education for Primary School

Mixed attendance offering available only to B Ed (RATEP) students. JCU Online offering is available only to Online B Ed Primary students enrolled in the carousel offering.

Subject Description

This subject assists pre-service teachers to develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary for planning, teaching, assessing and evaluating learnings in Health and Physical Education in primary contexts, based upon relevant and appropriate national and state curricula. Pre-service teachers will examine the models influencing trends in primary Health and Physical Education (HPE), including propositions of educative purpose, strengths-based and socio-critical approaches, health literacy, valuing movement, play-based pedagogy and Indigenous perspectives. They will also be cognisant of the role the HPE curriculum has in the development of personal and social capability in children. Approaches to developing learner-centred, integrated and inclusive curricula are emphasised.

Learning Outcomes

• 2. use curriculum, pedagogy and assessment knowledge to design an effective learning sequence for primary-aged students
• 3. design lesson plans that include a range of resources and teaching strategies (including those for the teaching of literacy and numeracy) that engage diverse learners in Health and Physical Education in the primary years
• 4. identify strategies that support inclusive student participation and engagement in Health and Physical Education, guided by social justice principles of diversity and equity
• 1. apply knowledge of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the F-6 Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education

Subject Assessment

• Written > Learning plan - (40%) - Individual
• Written > Lesson plan 1 - (30%) - Group
• Performance/Practice/Product > Multimedia production - (30%) - Individual

Note that 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.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:  ED3101

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