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HPE Curriculum Studies III (Senior Years)
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EDHPE3001 - HPE Curriculum Studies III (Senior Years)
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<p>Students continue to explore current Health & Physical Education (HPE) curriculum in this unit. Students will consolidate their knowledge of the integrated learning area of HPE and refine their pedagogical beliefs, professional values and identity. Working under the current curriculum framework students will continue to strengthen their knowledge and skill in planning, delivering and assessing various learning outcomes with a major focus on senior secondary schooling. Students will cater for a range of individual learner differences including cultural backgrounds, abilities and learning needs.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:<br>
• Current VCE Health and Human Development and Physical Education curriculum and planning strategies.<br>
o Planning sequential lessons informed by student learning, content requirements and effective teaching strategies.<br>
• Assessment<br>
o Role in informing lesson planning and sequencing.<br>
o Nature of assessment, including formal and informal, diagnostic, formative and summative.<br>
o Moderation process for VCE.<br>
• Pedagogical approaches in HPE<br>
• Range of teaching approaches, strategies and resources in Health and Human Development and Physical Education<br>
• Differing abilities, backgrounds and learning needs of Health and Human Development and Physical Education students and how to differentiate for a full range of student abilities.<br>
• Teaching literacy and numeracy, in and through, Health and Human Development and Physical Education.<br>
• Professional identity<br>
• Becoming a reflective practitioner</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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<p>Students continue to explore current Health & Physical Education (HPE) curriculum in this unit. Students will consolidate their knowledge of the integrated learning area of HPE and refine their pedagogical beliefs, professional values and identity. Working under the current curriculum framework students will continue to strengthen their knowledge and skill in planning, delivering and assessing various learning outcomes with a major focus on senior secondary schooling. Students will cater for a range of individual learner differences including cultural backgrounds, abilities and learning needs.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:<br> • Current VCE Health and Human Development and Physical Education curriculum and planning strategies.<br> o Planning sequential lessons informed by student learning, content requirements and effective teaching strategies.<br> • Assessment<br> o Role in informing lesson planning and sequencing.<br> o Nature of assessment, including formal and informal, diagnostic, formative and summative.<br> o Moderation process for VCE.<br> • Pedagogical approaches in HPE<br> • Range of teaching approaches, strategies and resources in Health and Human Development and Physical Education<br> • Differing abilities, backgrounds and learning needs of Health and Human Development and Physical Education students and how to differentiate for a full range of student abilities.<br> • Teaching literacy and numeracy, in and through, Health and Human Development and Physical Education.<br> • Professional identity<br> • Becoming a reflective practitioner</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
070301 - Curriculum Studies
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/edhpe3001">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
None
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
None
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Develop a sound knowledge and understanding in pedagogic practices in senior Health and Human Development and Physical Education</p>
K2
<p>Interpret and critically analyse contemporary curriculum policies and guidelines relevant to teaching and assessing of senior Health and Human Development and Physical Education</p>
K3
<p>Develop a sound knowledge and understanding of a range of resources and tools, including ICT, and how they may be drawn upon to teach and assess senior Health and Human Development and Physical Education.</p>
K4
<p>Demonstrate critical, creative, reflective and practical understandings relating to teaching senior Health and Human Development and Physical Education.</p>
K5
<p>Identify how literacy and numeracy skills can be developed among students in Health and Human Development and Physical Education.</p>
S1
<p>Develop a sequential unit plan to meet senior Health and Human Development and Physical Education curriculum guidelines for an area of study.</p>
S2
<p>Design engaging student-centred lessons that incorporate ICT, and caters for a range of abilities and learners.</p>
S3
<p>Make informed decisions on pedagogical and teaching approaches.</p>
S4
<p>Develop assessment criteria and grading procedures</p>
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<p>Apply literacy and numeracy teaching strategies in HPE teaching area.</p>
A1
<p>Deliver and critically reflect on a senior Health and Human Development and Physical Education learning activity and assessment task which meets curriculum guidelines.</p>
A2
<p>Deliver engaging student-centred curriculum that incorporates ICT, and caters for a range of abilities and learners.</p>
A3
<p>Apply assessment criteria to assess a senior Health and Human Development and Physical Education task.</p>
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<p>Display appropriate interpersonal and communication skills when working with colleagues and students.</p>
Assessment
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<p>Review and critique contemporary teaching practices of the current senior HPE curriculum.</p>
<p>Assignment</p>
<p>20-40%</p>
K1, K2, K4
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<p>Design a sequential unit plan for one area of study from the senior HPE curriculum. Include and justify teaching materials/resources to be used and an assessment with marking criteria that adheres to the current curriculum framework.</p>
<p>Assignment</p>
<p>30-50%</p>
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A3
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<p>Deliver a learning activity from the senior HPE curriculum to your peers that caters to a range of abilities and needs. Collect student work/data, assess and report back on their learning. Prepare a reflection on all aspects of this task.</p>
<p>Peer Practical/Presentation</p>
<p>30-50%</p>
K1, K2, K3, K4, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A2, A3, A4
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
070301 - Curriculum Studies
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/edhpe3001">View unit fees</a>
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