Health, Safety and Physical Education in Early Childhood

• • Introduction to health, well-being and physical development
  • Exploring Physical Development Across the Lifespan I
  • Exploring Physical Development Across the Lifespan II
  • Understanding the Assessment of Motor Development I
  • Understanding the Assessment of Motor Development II
  • Data Collection, reporting and making sense of the data
  • Understanding Diversity in physical and motor Development I
  • Understanding Diversity in physical and motor Development II
  • Child Protection & Mandatory Child Health Protection Policies
  • Creating quality Environments
  • Reflection

• Study resources

  • Instructional methods

    • Chat Rooms
    • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
    • Embedded Multimedia
    • Online assignment submission
    • Standard Media
    • Web links

  • Online materials

    • Online Assessment
    • Resources and Links

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-MTE-MAS-2019

Elective

• OUA-PSU-GCE-2019
• UNE-PRO-GCE-2019

Special requirements

• OtherDetails -

  Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative, Access to video creation and editing software

This subject will enable pre-service teachers to develop a sound understanding of motor skills development and links to nutrition, health and well-being of children in the early years. Pre-service teachers will investigate fundamental motors skills for both the upper and lower body. A focus of this subject is the assessment and analysis of motor skills in young children.

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• Essay (50%)
• Report (50%)

Current study term (26 Nov 18 to 24 Feb 19)

Next study term (25 Nov 19 to 23 Feb 20)