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DATE PUBLISHED: September 2015 FORMAT: Paperback ISBN: 9781107446120
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION PREPARING EDUCATORS FOR THE FUTURE
A comprehensive overview of the knowledge, understanding, skills and theoretical underpinnings required to teach health and physical education in Australian schools.
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ABOUT THE EDITORS: Deborah Callcott is Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia, and has a focus on early childhood and primary pre-service teacher education. She has taught health and physical education in a variety of settings, including secondary, primary, early childhood and children with special needs. In 1996 Deborah established Lifeplan Recreation and Leisure Inc, an agency endorsed by the Disability Services Commission in Western Australia to provide recreation and life skills for school leavers with a disability in Perth. Deborah was the CEO of Lifeplan Recreation and Leisure Inc from 1997 to 2002.
POSITIVE Health and physical education encompasses the development of movement competence and health literacies crucial to child and adolescent health and wellbeing. COMPREHENSIVE Applies to students of all ages (early childhood, primary and secondary) The book focuses on the needs of University programs that include Health and Physical Education learning for Early Childhood and Primary generalists, Secondary teachers who may have to teach or integrate Health and Physical Education into their classes, and specialist Health and Physical Education teachers.
Instructors manual Teaching notes Learning objectives Activities Essay questions
INCLUSIVE Looks beyond common misconceptions about health and physical education such as competitive sport and technical excellence and explores movement, inclusivity and diversity, with particular focus on empowering children and maximizing their exercise time through participation
Test Bank Discussion questions with solutions Multiple choice questions with solutions
NEW TO THIS EDITION Outlines the latest developments to the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, to help preservice teacher educators understand the application of these concepts in practice Encompasses the development of movement competence and health literacies for all learning ages Provides a strong focus on physical education and development in early childhood Offers broader coverage of the perspectives of culturally diverse students Updated links to further reading, end-of-chapter questions, case studies and fresh and comprehensive companion website Includes the latest literature, figures, statistics and resources
WHY CHOOSE THIS TEXT Accessible and engaging language Highlights the importance of physical skills development within the broader structure of child and adolescent maturity Considers the role of health and physical education within the wider educational experience
Provides a comprehensive overview of the skills and theory required to teach health and physical education in Australian schools Emphasis is placed on the cross-curriculum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures with sample activities and programs Based on current research literature and is enhanced by a range of valuable teaching resources and a companion website
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Introduction The foundation of movement skills Teaching inclusively: Equity and diversity in education What all teachers need to know about movement Pedagogy Planning for teaching and learning ICT and general capabilities in the Australian curriculum Assessment in health and physical education Health education
Judith Miller is Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of New England, New South Wales. After gaining her undergraduate teaching degrees from Portland State University, Oregon, where Dr Don Hellison was formulating his Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model, Judith taught physical education in a K–7 school in Oregon, before teaching in rural Australia. She then pursued higher degrees in research, with a focus on coordination and skill levels of primary school–aged children. Judith is an active contributor to the Health and Physical Education Special Interest Group of AARE, as well as BERA and AERA. Susan Wilson-Gahan is Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Education, Health and Physical Education specialisation programs, and Lecturer in the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts, School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ). She is a PhD candidate examining sociocultural infl uences on the development of elite sportspeople. Prior to entering academia, Susan was a curriculum leader and secondary school teacher of health education and physical education for 33 years. She worked at the Queensland Studies Authority on the Queensland Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting (QCAR) Framework, and as a writer for the QCAR Assessment Bank. Susan is an active contributor to ACHPER and AARE.