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EDU779 Teaching HPE in Primary School

Course Coordinator:Natalie McMaster (nmcmaste@usc.edu.au) School:School of Education and Tertiary Access

2023Semester 2

UniSC Sunshine Coast

UniSC Moreton Bay

 Blended learning Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online.

Please go to usc.edu.au for up to date information on the
teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.

What is this course about?

Description

In this course, you will use a critical lens to analyse literature, programs and principles that underpin current Health and Physical Education (HPE) issues and initiatives, and use this analysis to plan for implementation. Through the application of advanced technical skills, you will design, plan and reflect on teaching HPE in specific primary school contexts. You will also learn to create learning experiences and solutions that ensure environments are safe and inclusive, and that encourage parental, school and wider community engagement to support the primary school learner.

How will this course be delivered?

Activity Hours Beginning Week Frequency
Blended learning
Learning materials – Online learning materials accessed in Canvas 2hrs Week 2 5 times
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Requires on-campus engagement in practical physical education tutorial/workshop 2hrs Week 2 5 times
Seminar – Online seminar 1hr Week 2 3 times

Course Topics

  • Principles underpinning HPE

  • HPE topics and Initiatives in the primary school environment

  • Socially constructed health initiates for community engagement

  • Pedagogies for student engagement in HPE initiatives

  • Australian Curriculum: HPE and General Capabilities

  • Lesson planning and risk management in HPE

  • Motor skill development for specific movement contexts

  • Inclusive approaches to HPE

What level is this course?

700 Level (Specialised)

Demonstrating a specialised body of knowledge and set of skills for professional practice or further learning. Advanced application of knowledge and skills in unfamiliar contexts.

What is the unit value of this course?

6 units

How does this course contribute to my learning?

Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... Professional Standard Mapping * Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
1 Synthesise knowledge and understanding of the HPE curriculum, theory, pedagogy and practice demonstrating academic literacies. Creative and critical thinker
Engaged 
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.3, 7.1, 7.2
2 Critically analyse initiatives that support health issues in primary education and propose socially constructed approaches to encourage authentic engagement from the whole school community. Creative and critical thinker
Empowered 
3.7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
3 Design, plan, teach and reflect on lesson sequences demonstrating mastery of age appropriate content, differentiated approaches and inclusive practices. Creative and critical thinker
Empowered 
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1
4 Interpret policy, determine risk and compose risk management assessment documentation. Knowledgeable
Ethical 
3.4, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 7.1, 7.2
5 Develop opportunities for the transfer of fundamental motor skills into movement contexts. Knowledgeable
Engaged 
1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

* Competencies by Professional Body

CODE COMPETENCY
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students and how these may affect learning.
1.2 Understand how students learn: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of research into how students learn and the implications for teaching.
1.3 Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds: Demonstrate knowledge of teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds.
1.4 Strategies for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: Demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of the impact of culture, cultural identity and linguistic background on the education of students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.
1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
1.6 Strategies to support full participation of students with disability: Demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of legislative requirements and teaching strategies that support participation and learning of students with disability.
2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area
2.2 Content selection and organisation: Organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence.
2.3 Curriculum, assessment and reporting: Use curriculum, assessment and reporting knowledge to design learning sequences and lesson plans.
2.4 Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: Demonstrate broad knowledge of, understanding of and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and languages.
2.6 Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Implement teaching strategies for using ICT to expand curriculum learning opportunities for students.
3.1 Establish challenging learning goals: Set learning goals that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and characteristics.
3.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs: Plan lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies.
3.3 Use teaching strategies: Include a range of teaching strategies.
3.4 Select and use resources: Demonstrate knowledge of a range of resources, including ICT, that engage students in their learning.
3.5 Use effective classroom communication: Demonstrate a range of verbal and non-verbal communication strategies to support student engagement
3.7 Engage parents/carers in the educative process: Describe a broad range of strategies for involving parents/carers in the educative process.
4.1 Support student participation: Identify strategies to support inclusive student participation and engagement in classroom activities.
4.2 Manage classroom activities: Demonstrate the capacity to organise classroom activities and provide clear directions
4.3 Manage challenging behaviour: Demonstrate knowledge of practical approaches to manage challenging behaviour.
4.4 Maintain student safety: Describe strategies that support students’ wellbeing and safety working within school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.
4.5 Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically: Demonstrate an understanding of the relevant issues and the strategies available to support the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching.
5.1 Assess student learning: Demonstrate understanding of assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess student learning.
7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities: Understand and apply the key principles described in codes of ethics and conduct for the teaching profession.
7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements: Understand the relevant legislative, administrative and organisational policies and processes required for teachers according to school stage.
7.3 Engage with the parents/carers: Understand strategies for working effectively, sensitively and confidentially with parents/carers.

Am I eligible to enrol in this course?

Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.

Pre-requisites

Enrolled in Program ED707

Co-requisites

Not applicable

Anti-requisites

Not applicable

Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)

Not applicable

How am I going to be assessed?

Grading Scale

Standard Grading (GRD)

High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL).

Details of early feedback on progress

Students will be provided with feedback on their academic progress in the course via the results of the online quiz.

Assessment tasks

Delivery mode Task No. Assessment Product Individual or Group Weighting % What is the duration / length? When should I submit? Where should I submit it?
All 1 Quiz/zes Individual 50% 
20 minute quizzes due fortnightly on Friday by 11:59pm
 Throughout teaching period (refer to Format) Online Test (Quiz)
All 2 Oral and Written Piece Group 50% 
2500 words and 20 minute teaching segment
 Refer to Format Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check and in class
All - Assessment Task 1:Learning material quizzes
Goal: 
To consolidate your learning of the concepts presented in learning materials as nested assessment.
Product: Quiz/zes
Format: 
Complete 5 quizzes; one in each fortnight during weeks 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. Each quiz is due by Friday 11:59 pm each fortnight.
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1 
Synthesis of knowledge of the concepts, structure and substance of the Australian Curriculum: HPE, including the propositions and focus areas.
 1
2 
Analysis of physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of children in the primary years of schooling to identify age appropriate skill development in PE.
 1
3 
Justification of why authentic assessment, moderation, reporting and feedback is important in HPE in primary schooling contexts.
 1 2 3 4
4 
Analyse initiatives that support health education in primary education utilising a whole school approach.
 2
All - Assessment Task 2:Sequence of Lessons, risk assessment and Teaching Segment
Goal: 
The goal of this task is to draw upon your knowledge of HPE pedagogies for student engagement to plan a sequence of lessons, construct a risk assessment and teach a 20 minute lesson segment.
Product: Oral and Written Piece
Format: 
Develop a sequence of 3 lessons (2500 words) in HPE for primary school aged students. The sequence should:Include school and wider community connections; be aimed at a specific year level with curriculum outcomes from both the Health and Movement strands of the Australian Curriculum;Include a documented risk assessment, within an Appendix, supporting the safety of all participants (students, colleagues, wider community members and organisations).You will then select one lesson from your lesson sequence and teach a 20-minute portion of it. Through the lesson plan and delivery you will demonstrate mastery of pedagogy to teach HPE content and engage all students in the lesson. In this task you will also plan for diverse groups using inclusive practices. This experience will also showcase your strategies for working effectively with supporting adults (colleagues, parents/carers and the wider community) and strategies for effectively reporting progress to students and parents/carers.

Submit lesson sequence to Turnitin via Canvas by Friday week 9
Presentation in practical workshop week 10.
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1 
Designs an integrated lesson sequence demonstrating age appropriate content, skills, HPE pedagogies and academic referencing of resources used to develop the lessons.
 1 3 5
2 
Alignment of curriculum outcomes from the Movement and Physical Activity strand and Personal, Social and Community Health strand, lesson objectives and assessment is evident in the lesson sequences.
 3
3 
Organisation and management skills as seen through preparation of risk management assessment documentation for a PE lesson.
 4
4 
Oral communication skills to deliver a PE teaching segment demonstrating effective teamwork strategies, differentiated approaches and inclusive practices.
 3

Directed study hours

A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.

What resources do I need to undertake this course?

Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.

Prescribed text(s) or course reader

Please note that you need to have regular access to the resource(s) listed below. Resources may be required or recommended.

Required? Author Year Title Edition Publisher
Required Natalie McMaster 2019 Teaching Health and Physical Education in Early Childhood and the Primary Years n/a Oxford University Press, USA

Specific requirements

It is compulsory for all students to wear suitable exercising clothing and covered footwear appropriate for physical activity in all practical workshops. Appropriate sun protection and hydration strategies for all outdoor and practical activities are also the responsibility of the student.

How are risks managed in this course?

Health and safety risks for this course have been assessed as low. It is your responsibility to review course material, search online, discuss with lecturers and peers and understand the health and safety risks associated with your specific course of study and to familiarise yourself with the University’s general health and safety principles by reviewing the online induction training for students, and following the instructions of the University staff.

What administrative information is relevant to this course?

Assessment: Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation.  It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline.  This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.

Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person.  You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.

In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin.  This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.

Assessment: Additional Requirements

Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment

Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:

The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%
The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale
You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct

Assessment: Submission penalties

Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: 
- 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. 
- 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. 
- A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.

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The SafeUniSC Specialist Service is a Student Wellbeing service that provides free and confidential support to students who may have experienced or observed behaviour that could cause fear, offence or trauma. To contact the service call 07 5430 1226 or email studentwellbeing@usc.edu.au.

Study help

For help with course-specific advice, for example what information to include in your assessment, you should first contact your tutor, then your course coordinator, if needed.

If you require additional assistance, the Learning Advisers are trained professionals who are ready to help you develop a wide range of academic skills. Visit the Learning Advisers web page for more information, or contact Student Central for further assistance: +61 7 5430 2890 or studentcentral@usc.edu.au.

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To book a confidential appointment go to Student Hub, email AccessAbility@usc.edu.au or call 07 5430 2890.

Links to relevant University policy and procedures

For more information on Academic Learning & Teaching categories including:

  • Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs
  • Review of Assessment and Final Grades
  • Supplementary Assessment
  • Central Examinations
  • Deferred Examinations
  • Student Conduct
  • Students with a Disability

For more information, visit https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/policies-and-procedures#academic-learning-and-teaching

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