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This unit is only for Education students enrolled in the following courses: ABED,EBED, EBEC, EBST and HBED.
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Learning Outcomes
1. | Review approaches used to develop the health literacy of children in early and middle years; | ||
2. | Examine the Health & Physical Education and Personal & Social Capability curriculum and its associated teaching and learning principles, procedures and resources; | ||
3. | Design activities for Health & Physical Education that draw on a range of teaching strategies to cater for the diversity of children's interests and capabilities; | ||
4. | Collaboratively examine a range of frameworks for health promotion at the early and middle years of childhood; |
Assessment
Assessment type | Description | Grade |
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Report | Review individual activity (900 words or equivalent) | 30% |
Exercise | Teaching of movement skills to children. (1200 words or equivalent) | 40% |
Presentation | Group Poster Presentation (900 words or equivalent) | 30% |
Required reading
Health and physical education. preparing educators for the future. 2nd
Callcott D, Miller J and Wilson-Gahan S. 2015
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
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