Overview

This unit focuses on preparing pre-service teachers to plan, teach and assess Health and Physical Education in the primary classroom. In this unit pre-service teachers will gain knowledge of the principles, practices and relevant national and/or state or territory curriculum context of teaching health and physical education. An emphasis will be placed on safety (physical and emotional) as a key consideration within this learning area.

Requisites

Prerequisites
EDU10004 Theories of Teaching and Learning

Rule

50 credit points

AND

EDU10004 Theories of Teaching and Learning

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Teaching Period 1
Location
Online
Start and end dates
10-March-2025
08-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
23-March-2025
Census date
04-April-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
02-May-2025
Results released date
Teaching Period 3
Location
Online
Start and end dates
03-November-2025
08-February-2026
Last self-enrolment date
16-November-2025
Census date
28-November-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
02-January-2026
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Communicate the relevant national and/or state or territory curriculum content of Health and Physical Education, including the importance of physical exercise and the specific motor skills children should develop at different year levels
  • Analyse pedagogical approaches in teaching and learning of Health and Physical Education in the Primary classroom
  • Generate plans of lessons / units of work that reflect relevant current curriculum documentation and contemporary pedagogical approaches including the use of ICT with a focus on student engagement
  • Evaluate a range of assessment and reporting strategies and record keeping instruments within Health and Physical Education in terms of their purpose, benefits, limitations and implementation constraints
  • Evaluate appropriate methods to maintain safe and challenging learning environments within Health and Physical Education

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture		 1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Class		 3.00  8 weeks  24
Specified Activities
Various		 4.00  12 weeks  48
Unspecified Activities
Various		 5.50  12 weeks  66
TOTAL     150

Swinburne Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PortfolioGroup 60% 2,3,4,5 
PresentationIndividual 40% 1,2 

Content

  • Relevant national and or state / territory curriculum
  • Contemporary pedagogical approaches and methods of teaching Health and Physical Education, including the use of ICT
  • Principles of planning and assessing within Health and Physical Education
  • Strategies for assessing student learning, including the importance and functions of moderation and providing feedback to enhance learning
  • Sport in primary school
  • Physical education environments
  • Motor skills in primary aged children
  • Healthy lifestyles
  • Sexuality education
  • Safety education

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.