EHR219 Games, Sports and Contemporary Physical Activities (8)

CSU Discipline Area: Exercise Science (EXSCI)

Duration: One session

Abstract:

This subject prepares students to teach games and sports, and contemporary physical activities in Years K-10 school contexts. It focuses on the development of safe, engaging, educational movement experiences that support the principles of life long physical activity. It examines the different pedagogical approaches to teaching games and sports, and explores a range of contemporary physical activities. Students will apply the NSW K-10 PDHPE syllabii to devise games and sports, and contemporary physical activity learning experiences that develop young people's ability to adapt, transfer, improvise, refine, compose, perform and appraise movement in a variety of contexts.

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Session 2
Internal	Bathurst

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EHR219

Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Enrolment restrictions:

Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) students

Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education)(Honours) students

Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)/Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) students

Bachelor of Educationational Studies students

and as approved by Course Co-ordinator

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to analyse and apply the NSW K-10 PDHPE syllabii to develop, plan and deliver safe, inclusive, engaging and educational learning experiences in games and sports, and contemporary physical activities;

be able to support the principles of life long physical activity through games and sports, and contemporary physical activities;

be able to engage with and construct approaches and criteria for assessing, appraising and appreciating movement in games and sports;

be able to examine and employ the pedagogical approaches for teaching games and sports;

be able to identify the components and characteristics of different categories of games;

be able to identify a range of contemporary forms of physical activity;;

be able to reflect on their engagement in a diverse range of contemporary physical activities;

be able to facilitate and defend the place of culturally-significant games within school curriculum;

be able to execute pedagogical skills in authentic transcultural contexts;

be able to defend the place of contemporary physical activities in school PDHPE curriculum.

Syllabus:

The subject will cover the following topics:

- applying the NSW 7-10 PDHPE syllabus and NSW K-6 PDHPE syllabus;
- pedagogical approaches for teaching games and sports, such as: skill approach, combination, modified games approach, game sense and Teaching Games for Understanding (TGFU), Sport Education (SEPEP), non-traditional games, co-operative learning approaches to teaching games, and lifelong physical activities;
- categories of games, including target, striking/fielding, invasion and net/court;
- approaches and criteria for assessing, appraising and appreciating movement in games and sports;
- contemporary physical activities (for example, leisure activities, non-competitive activities and non-traditional physical activities);
- the place of contemporary physical activities in young people's lives and in the curriculum.

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