Physical Education Pedagogy
UndergraduateCUR-EDC4202026
Course information for 2026 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 May 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 1 June 2026
- Price from
- $766
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Physical Education Pedagogy
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Create learning opportunities that promote the safe development of physical literacy for a diversity of children by applying discipline knowledge about movement and physical activity that embraces understandings of socio-cultural contexts and social justice
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of motor learning and development as well as a range of evidence-based PE pedagogies and strategies to promote learning in PE and create safe and inclusive learning environment
- Demonstrate safe, effective strategies to teach the PE curriculum including the capacity to apply theoretical knowledge to assessing children’s needs, and planning interventions
- Demonstrate understanding of professional responsibilities regarding wellbeing and safety within the school, school system, curriculum and legislative requirements.
- Introduction and Overview of Unit structure, delivery and assessment
- Unit Design/Lesson planning to develop PE skills, knowledge and understandings
- Theories and Practice of Motor Learning and Development in Children
- PE Pedagogy: Mosston’s Spectrum of Teaching Styles
- FMS – Planning to teach fundamental movement skills
- TGFU & Game Sense - planning to teach games concepts
- Meeting Diverse Learner Needs in PE lessons
- Class Management and Safety in Physical Education
- Sport Education – Planning Sport Education experiences
- Sport Education – Delivering and assessing Sport Education Experiences
This subject introduces students specifically to physical education pedagogy in the contemporary Australian primary school curriculum, where emphasis is on developing children’s physical literacies within safe and lifelong learning frameworks so they are able to flourish as healthy and active citizens. With attention to diversity and social justice, children’s rights to develop physical literacies within their personal, physical and socio-cultural contexts are explored, and relevant teaching approaches identified. Given the emphasis on evidence-based pedagogical approaches, students will investigate the research that underpins the contemporary PE pedagogy.
The subject reviews ongoing, developmentally appropriate and explicit teaching strategies about health and movement, where children participate safely and enthusiastically to develop the knowledge, skills, dispositions and understandings to make healthy and active choices for the wellbeing of themselves and others. In this regard, the importance of physical skills in the primary years, including teaching and assessment of fundamental motor skills (FMS) and appropriate interventions, is addressed. The subject will also address the need for inclusivity in Physical Education pedagogy and develop in students, practical ways of approaching inclusivity in planning and implementation of lessons, including management and safety issues.
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- Critical Review and Practical Application (50%)
- Report and Practical Application (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- CUR-BED-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)
- CUR-FAST-DEG-2026 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study
Others
Completed at least 100 credit/4 subjects in the Bachelor of Education (Primary Education) course
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)
UndergraduateCUR-BED-DEG
Fast track your Curtin on campus study
UndergraduateCUR-FAST-DEG