This unit is the first of two that focuses on the Health curriculum to be delivered by secondary teachers of Personal Development, Health and Physical Education in the NSW educational system teaching. It provides subject specific content knowledge regarding the development of health priorities for Australia and how social determinants of health help to construct very particular types of understandings about health and individuals. The unit provides instruction on a number of pedagogical approaches to teaching health including: strength based approaches, health literacy, whole school approach and how to teach sensitive issues. Students will also focus on the curriculum areas of safely and child protection. The unit provides students with skills in designing lesson plans, program scopes and assessment strategies for Personal Development, Health and Physical Education at secondary schools.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Education |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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EDMT5694 |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Claire Marvell, claire.marvell@sydney.edu.au |
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