EHR219 Games, Sports & Contemporary Physical Activities (8)
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The aim of this subject is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and understanding for incorporating a Teaching Games for Understanding approach into their PE pedagogy. It also provides students with the practical and theoretical underpinnings for constructing educational appropriate participation in games and sports. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 2 | | Internal | Bathurst Campus |
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.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Teacher Education |
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Enrolment restrictions|
Available to students in:
Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science (Sport Management)
Bachelor of Education (Health & PE)
Bachelor of Education (HPE) (Honours)
Bachelor of Educational Studies
or as approved by Course Director |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able 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.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Direct instruction approaches;
- Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) and the games classification system;
- TGfU as a pedagogy;
- TGfU in curriculum;
- Assessing strategic and tactical thinking in games;
- Assessing skill and motor learning in games;
- Objectively assessing physical activity in games;
- Reporting game performance and learning;
- Effective TGfU teaching and learning strategies.
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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
