埃迪斯科文大学

This course provides the opportunity for those with a passion in a particular subject specialisation and the desire to work with young people, to become secondary teachers.

Students study their preferred areas of specialisation, in addition to a suite of core education units that address key educational needs of young people. Graduates of this course will have the flexibility to take up employment in both private and government secondary schools. A central feature of this course is the range of professional practice experiences Pre-Service Teachers undertake throughout their training. This provides valuable and diverse employability skills and enables them to connect theory to practice.

Health and Physical Education Major

This major equips students with the skills and knowledge to teach Years 7-12 Health and Physical Education (HPE).

It addresses the broader field of HPE and focuses on health and well-being, and movement and physical activity appropriate for contemporary secondary schools.

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse and implement knowledge and skills in diverse contexts to create positive learning environments in health and physical education.
• Communicate knowledge and ideas clearly in both written and oral formats.
• Critically reflect using accredited standards and mentor feedback, to plan for continued collaborative and autonomous professional learning and development.
• Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge in depth regarding the Australian curriculum and teaching strategies for secondary health and physical education.
• Demonstrate initiative and exercise professional judgement and collaborate to plan, problem solves and makes decisions in health and physical education.
• Exercise critical thinking and judgement to identify and solve problems.
• Review, analyze and synthesize knowledge of pedagogical practices to plan for the delivery of health and physical education teaching.

Structure

Students must complete 10 Content units and 2 Curriculum units. Content units educate students in the subject area and the Curriculum units explain how to teach the subject area to others.

Employment Opportunities

Graduates will be eligible to seek employment in both government and non-government secondary schools teaching Health and Physical Education.

Possible future job titles

Secondary Health and Physical Education Teacher.