Physical Education, Sport and Society (9893.1)

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Physical Education, Sport and Society
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods On-campus
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Education
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Academic Program Area - Education Level 4 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
This unit is the final sequential unit relating specifically to the physical education strand. Students are challenged to examine how Health and Physical Education connects to broader issues within society. Students explore the historical, philosophical and sociological connections between physical education and sport and how this connection has influenced various discourses within Health and Physical Education. Students explore the history of various sports, with a focus on aquatics, athletics, dance and gymnastics. Themes of inequality are identified such as gender, sexuality, homophobia, segregation, and ethnicity and students consider how these themes may appear in schools. Students are challenged to develop contemporary inclusive strategies for delivery in Health and Physical Education across all physical education movement themes using the sociocultural approach.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand how HPE connects to broader issues within society;

2. Understand the historical, philosophical and sociological connections between physical education and sport;
3. Understand how historical, philosophical and sociological connections between physical education and sport have influenced various discourses within HPE;
4. Understand the history of various sports, including aquatics, athletics, dance and gymnastics;
5. Understand influencing discourses in sport and physical education;
6. Identify themes of inequality; gender, sexuality, homophobia, segregation, ethnicity;
7. Understand how themes of inequality may appear in schools;
8. Understand how the sociocultural approach can cater for diversity and inclusion; and
9. Understand how strategies bring to students and other teachers awareness, inequalities that may exist in schools.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas


Prerequisites

Must have passed 72 credit points including 9916 Sociocultural Foundations For HPE In Schools AND 9872 Health and Wellbeing AND 9861 Contemporary Physical Activities.

Corequisites

Must be enrolled in Primary Education (H&PE), 324JA OR
Secondary Education (H&PE), 330JA.


Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Dr John Williams
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Required texts

There is no required text for this unit. 

Directed reading and additional resources will be made available on the unit Canvas site and mainly in the unit Reading List.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Artificial Intelligence

Students are not allowed to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit.

Assessment Item 1: Theories and perspectives (written and mapping)

To be submitted online to the appropriate Canvas drop box. 

Assessment Item 2: Sport Study

To be submitted online to the appropriate Canvas drop box. 

Assessment Item 3: ACT School Sport Organisation and Reflection

Event organiser report and 500 word reflection both to be submitted online to the appropriate Canvas drop box. 

Assessment Item 4: Homophobia in Physical Education 

You have three choices of medium representation (see 5a and Canvas site for details). Regardless of what medium you choose, your response must be submitted online to the appropriate Canvas drop box.

When developing your lesson plans, it is encouraged that you are using your skills in lesson planning and design to create engaging and rich lesson resources. Using materials from commercial sites such as TPT, Twinkl, Sparkle Box etc. is not desirable in this unit. If you adapt resources from commercial sites and sources, please note this in your lesson planning and resource development.

Special assessment requirements

Normally an aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the unit. 

Provision of valid documentation

Please note that the University takes student conduct very seriously. All documentation provided to University staff must be valid and the provision of fraudulent documentation carries with it potentially serious consequences, including suspension and/or exclusion from the University. Note that all allegations of student misconduct will be referred to the Associate Dean for Education (ADE) as a prescribed authority for investigation.

Turnitin will be used in this unit to help you improve your academic work and to detect plagiarism. Turnitin is software that matches submitted text in your assignment submissions against material from various sources: the internet, published books and journals, and previously submitted student texts. Turnitin helps you improve your academic writing skills by helping you to identify accidental plagiarism. 

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

The workload (150 hours) breakdown for this unit is as follows:

  • 30 hours face to face teaching delivery
  • 60 hours assessment tasks
  • 60 hours student study

Participation requirements

There is a strong correlation between participation and success in higher education. Your participation in on-campus workshops and your engagement with online activities will enhance your understanding of this unit's content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items.

Successful engagement with all learning activities in this accredited Initial Teacher Education course is necessary to demonstrate that you have met the Graduate career stage of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL, 2011).

It is expected that pre-service teachers will arrive at least 5-minutes before their allocated workshop and will work through each workshop in a timely fashion. 

Required IT skills

University of Canberra entry level IT skills is sufficient.

In-unit costs

There are additional compulsory costs associated with this unit:

1. $15 AUSTSWIM presentation fee for the Week 3 aquatics workshop. Details of how to pay this fee are provided on the Canvas site.

2. $5 admission fee to Manuka Pool, again for the Week 3 aquatics workshop. 

3. $10 Athletics Australia presentation fee for the Week 4 athletics workshop

Students will not be able to complete this unit without paying the above in-unit costs.  

In addition, you will need to:

1.  Purchase a UC HPE polo shirt available from the Student Shop in Building 1 if you do not already have one. This polo shirt must be worn to the off-campus workshops in Weeks 3 and 9. 

2. Have a sunsmart hat for the outdoor practical workshops.

3. A drink bottle.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

Provision of information to the group

Notifications through the Canvas Announcements Forum or the Canvas Discussion Forums are deemed to be made to the whole class.  It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they check for announcements on the Unit's Canvas website (forum messages are also emailed to student email addresses only). Students should ensure they check their student email regularly. The Canvas discussion forums will be checked by staff regularly.

Use of student email account

The University Email policy states that "students wishing to contact the University via email regarding administrative or academic matters need to send the email from the University account for identity verification purposes". Therefore, all unit enquiries should be emailed using a student university email account. Students should contact servicedesk@canberra.edu.au if they have any issues accessing their university email account.

Students who are unfit to exercise (e.g., injury) will not be able to ‘physically' participate. However, they will still be able to engage in the workshops in other capacities as would happen in your future physical education lessons when you become a teacher.

It is a unit requirement that students are mindful of safety considerations in the practical workshops, show appropriate behaviour and follow instructions from staff. Students should also be familiar with the safety requirements in the following policy document available on the Unit Canvas site:

‘Physical Activities Mandatory Procedures'. This document can be found on the right-hand side of the following website.

https://www.education.act.gov.au/publications_and_policies/School-and-Corporate-Policies/school-activities/physical-activities-policy/physical-activities-policy

The unit has a strong theoretical foundation that underpins/informs physical education practice. Further, the unit convener is an active researcher and is able to share their passion for research, much of which is conducted in ACT schools, in engaging ways.

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