Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour | Term3 | Term3 |
| Gold Coast | ||
| Lismore | Term3 | Term3 |
| Online | N/A |
Unit description
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: Fundamental movement skills
Module 2: Coaching and learning frameworks
Module 3: Games-based approaches
Module 4: Personal health
Module 5: Australian and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Module 6: Settings-based health promotion
Learning outcomes
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: | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- critically examine the contemporary theory and practice underpinning the study of personal development, health and physical education
- investigate developmental factors and motor learning theories related to personal development, health and physical education
- demonstrate fundamental movement skills through areas such as dance, gymnastics, games and sports and a range of physical activities
- discuss key issues in health studies, including healthy eating, sexual health, safety, drug education, child protection education, interpersonal relationships and healthy choices
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
It is a requirement that all students MUST wear appropriate footwear to participate in any physical activity (this is an occupational Health and Safety requirement). It is recommended to also wear clothes that are loose fitting and to allow freedom of movement for tutorial activity (On-Campus students).
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
- Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.
Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.