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Unit of Study HEA10003 - Foundations: Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (2015)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    This unit has a compulsory 2-day workshop if students enrol externally/distance education.

Unit description

This discipline unit provides broad and critical foundational understandings and skills relating to the study of personal development, health and physical education. Details the nature and role of PDHPE as a discipline for supporting the development of health and wellbeing.  

Unit content

Module 1: Physical Education

movement studies including competence in fundamental movement skills through areas such as dance, gymnastics, games and sports and a range of physical activities

Module 2: Health Education

health studies including history of health education, understanding children’s health, defining health and wellbeing, settings based approaches to health promotion, key frameworks informing approaches to health education, healthy eating, sexual health, safety, drug education, child protection education, interpersonal relationships and healthy choices

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour Session 2 Session 2
Gold Coast Session 2 N/A
Lismore Session 2 Session 2
Online Session 2 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 critically examine the contemporary theory and practice underpinning the study of personal development, health and physical education
2 investigate developmental factors and motor learning theories related to personal development, health and physical education
3 demonstrate fundamental movement skills through areas such as dance, gymnastics, games and sports and a range of physical activities
4 discuss key issues in health studies, including healthy eating, sexual health, safety, drug education, child protection education, interpersonal relationships and healthy choices
5 demonstrate skills in personal, academic and disciplinary literacies.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. critically examine the contemporary theory and practice underpinning the study of personal development, health and physical education
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. investigate developmental factors and motor learning theories related to personal development, health and physical education
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. demonstrate fundamental movement skills through areas such as dance, gymnastics, games and sports and a range of physical activities
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. discuss key issues in health studies, including healthy eating, sexual health, safety, drug education, child protection education, interpersonal relationships and healthy choices
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. demonstrate skills in personal, academic and disciplinary literacies.
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.