EDHP4002: Physical Education 4
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EDHP4002: Physical Education 4

2025 unit information

This unit of study is the final of four examining pedagogical practice and content in physical education. This unit specifically focuses on health and fitness related activities, lifelong physical activities and challenge and adventure activities. The unit explores learning beyond the school and students engage in outdoor and adventure education through a field trip experience. Using this experience, students will learn about risk management and group organisation in an outdoor setting. The unit also solidifies students' knowledge, understanding and strategies in developing inclusive physical education for diverse learners.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Arts and Social Sciences

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit Education
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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18 credit points of 3000-level EDHP coded units
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Demonstrate and implement the relevant curriculum, legislative, administrative and organisational policies and processes required for challenge and adventure activities.
  • LO2. Identify the challenges involved in implementing innovation in the form of student-centred pedagogy in areas of games and sports, health related and fitness activities and challenge and adventure activities and suggest some strategies for meeting these challenges
  • LO3. Plan and implement learning experiences for physical education, using knowledge of student learning, curriculum, content and effective teaching strategies.
  • LO4. Discuss the cognitive, social and affective dimensions of games and sports, health related and fitness activities and challenge games and how these can be emphasised with appropriate pedagogy
  • LO5. Analyse and critique various pedagogical approaches for challenge/adventure activities, games and sports and health related and fitness activities and their relationship to planning for teaching movement.
  • LO6. Design, implement and reflect on a variety of outdoor learning experiences
  • LO7. Demonstrate a standard of performance for a range of activities covered in this unit

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2024
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney

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