Primary Physical Education: Curriculum & Assessment
UndergraduateCUR-EDC4252026
Course information for 2026 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 22 Feb 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 Mar 2026
- Price from
- $766
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Primary Physical Education: Curriculum & Assessment
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 critical understandings of socio-cultural contexts and social justice
- Analyse and apply knowledge 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
- Critically evaluate and apply safe, effective strategies to teach the PE curriculum including the capacity to apply theoretical knowledge to assessing children’s needs, and planning interventions
- Evaluate and apply critical understandings 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
- Exploration of theories, practices and resources that inform Primary Physical Education pedagogy, content and assessment
- The programming of Primary Physical Education in schools
- Unit Design/Lesson planning for Primary Physical Education
- Searching and evaluating PE teaching resources
- Assessment principles and practices in Primary PE
- Assessment principles and practices in Primary PE
- Designing Formative Assessment of learning in Primary PE
- Designing Summative Assessment of learning in Primary PE
- Physical Education pedagogical knowledge, understanding and skills.
- The Reflective Practitioner. AITSL/ Personal Learning Goals
- Fitness, Obesity and Health Imperatives.
This subject introduces students to physical education curriculum and assessment practices 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 and assessment approaches identified. Given the emphasis on evidence-based curriculum design and assessment practices, students will investigate the research that underpins the contemporary curriculum rationale and focus.
The subject reviews ongoing, developmentally appropriate curriculum and assessment practices relating to health and movement, where children participate safely 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 development in the primary years is addressed through in-depth study of theories and practices that inform developmentally appropriate PE curriculum design and sound assessment practices. The subject will also address the need for inclusivity in Physical Education curriculum and assessment as well as develop in students, practical ways of approaching inclusivity in planning and implementation of the curriculum, including management and safety issues.
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- Critical Review and Design (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