Pre-requisites

Minor study in Physical Education as per VIT Specialist Area Guidelines
ED920 Developmental Learning and Pedagogy
ED921 Ecology and Management of Learning Environments.

Co-requisites

ED923 Information Communications, Technology and Design
ED924 Learners, Educators and Social Contexts

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Use advanced knowledge of the discipline and understanding of research into how students learn to critically analyse state and national curriculum to select and organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence, providing scope in the junior and middle years of secondary schooling to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities, including literacy and numeracy, for the development of Physical Education appreciation and skills.

• Apply expert understanding of how students learn Physical Education, curriculum, assessment, reporting, a range of teaching strategies, including differentiated, to design learning sequences and lesson plans incorporating a range of effective teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students across the full range of abilities from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds.

• Develop learning goals that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and characteristics

• Apply advanced knowledge to critically analyse the various theoretical frameworks that drive and shape the teaching of Physical Education, including from a Christian perspective.

• Create and evaluate a variety of assessment strategies to meet the full range of diverse student needs and development in Physical Education, undertake assessment of example tasks and apply assessment moderation and reporting procedures.

• Critically apply reflexive practice to their own learning process and ongoing development as a teacher including their understanding of the Christian faith in the context of Christian worldview, Scriptures and broader vocation.

• Demonstrate knowledge of a range of resources, including ICT, and apply creativity and initiative in incorporating them into the planning and teaching of Physical Education VCE appropriate to the learning and teaching context to engage students in their learning.

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of Physical Education VCE, including the organisation of classroom activities and provision of clear directions.

Unit Description

This unit covers the Physical Education (PE) learning area of State and National Curriculum VCE. The unit engages with current knowledge and understanding about best practice and about the various needs of students in the middle years, applying these to the PE discipline. This incorporates various strategies and features for developing effective lessons and assessments (both formative and summative) to engage and progress a diverse range of students in PE. Understanding of how to meaningfully integrate ICT for PE processes and for enhancing learning experiences will be cultivated. Pre-service teachers will engage in providing grading and feedback on various assessment tasks in line with content knowledge of the discipline, proficient teaching, and current research to maximise effectiveness and quality of student learning in the learning area. Pre-service teachers will foster a critical understanding from a Christian perspective of the various frameworks that have driven and shaped the teaching of Physical Education.

Topics

• Focus on VCE Physical Education (PE) content and structure. Include worldview perspectives/history of the subject.
• Sequencing curriculum in Physical Education (PE) – unit plans/ yearly plans.
• Lesson planning in Physical Education (PE) – sequencing a regular lesson/ revision lesson.
• Strategies/Activities in Physical Education (PE) – come up with 5 go-tos. Short and extended response approaches. Revision approaches.
• Differentiation and support in the VCE Physical Education (PE) classroom.
• Assessment in VCE Physical Education (PE) – General.
• Year 12 Physical Education (PE) exams – structure, types of questions, assessment reports – common mistakes etc.
• Designing VCE Physical Education (PE) SACs – tests, essays, reports etc, companies that provide SACs.
• Grading Assessment tasks – rubrics/moderation.
• VCE Data analysis for Physical Education (PE) – see VCAA workshops in this space. Other topics – to be their own weeks or blended in with other topics – Reporting to parents/carers, Homework in VCE.

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Unit offerings

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.