80238 CURRICULUM STUDIES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
97	80238 	S12 	D 	CURRIC STUDIES IN PHYS ED 	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Texts
• Recommended References
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details

STAFFING:

RATIONALE:

To  implement  an  alternative  model  of  university  (campus  bound)
teaching which goes beyond traditional expert-novice structure.
Features of the intended project:
- An  autonomous and holistic approach to learning where direction and
  outcomes are negotiated.
- A personal  responsibility for learning.
- Recognition of individual learning and learning needs.
- A faculty team approach which transcends unit and content barriers.
- Inquiry approach to university learning.
- The  centrality of field based professional experience as a site for
  theory building.
Intended outcomes:
- An exemplary model of professional practice.
- An understanding of the integrated nature of knowledge.
- An application of the nature of socially constructed knowledge.
- A  particular  and  dynamic orientation to  professional  growth  in
  students/field practitioners.
Operationalising the project:
- The  site for the project is in three independent units at the third
  year  level  of a four year Bachelor of Education degree.(Curriculum
  Studies in Physical Education, Social Education, and Pedagogics)
- The  three  units  will be dismantled as separate  entities  and  be
  reconstructed as a single offering. The academic staff of the  units
  will function as a team and act as a learning resource.
- The  academic  offering will be under the broad umbrella  of  social
  justice  and  will  focus in particular on the  notion  of  citizen,
  civic responsibility and conduct, and cultural identify.
- The  target  group  will  be required to  negotiate  their  own  way
  through  the program, determine their own learnings and in doing  so
  fulfil the unit requirements.
Non-Education Students:
- For  students from other Faculties who will not be involved  in  the
  project,  and  alternative  route  must  be  made  available.  These
  students  will  also  engage in an extended  project  of  their  own
  design  negotiated with the unit staff. Contact will be in the  form
  of   consultation  time  set  aside  each  week  during  the  second
  semester. It is during this time that the major assignment  will  be
  written.

SYNOPSIS:

As  part  of the physical education specialism, this unit will explore
pedagogical and curriculum issues that relate to the subject area.  An
analysis  of  pedagogy  and  curriculum  using  Shulman's  theoretical
framework will be undertaken. Students will be introduced to the  work
of  curriculum  and  pedagogy theorists in physical education.  Issues
that  relate to the Australian and Queensland context will be covered,
in   particular,  the  National  Statement  for  Physical  and   Sport
Education,  the Wiltshire Report and the Senate Inquiry into  Physical
and  Sport  Education (1992). In this unit students  will  ponder  the
nature of educational change in light of societal change and how  this
may effect the nature of physical education in schools.

OBJECTIVES:

On successful completion of this unit students will be able
to:

1. Have an understanding of the nature of physical education in
   Australian primary schools, historically, philosophically and
   socially.
   
2. Develop an understanding of the visions of physical education
   that exist, including sport education, movement education,
   Daily Physical Education and similar programs, health related
   fitness and how they are located within the national Statement
   for Health and Physical Education.
   
3. To develop an understanding of quality teaching in physical
   education in relation to various pedagogical models in the
   physical education literature. Further, a pedagogy of
   possibility will be explored.
   
4. To recognise, synthesise and utilise knowledge for, of and
   about physical education.
   
5. These objectives will be achieved by covering the following
   topics: The historical and social locations of physical
   education in Australian schools The National Statement and
   Profile in Health and Physical Education Shulman's
   conceptualisation of knowledge and its relationship to
   physical education Models of pedagogy in the physical
   education literature Visions of physical education including
   `Games for Understanding'(Bunker and Thorpe 1982), health
   related fitness, Sport Education, Daily Physical Education and
   other curriculum packages. A critique.
   
6. Teacher knowledge, pupil learning and the nature of quality
   teaching in physical education.
   
7. A reflective approach to teaching physical education: In
   search of socially just means and ends. PROJECT SUMMARY
   

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Journal readings to be advised.

Tinning, R. (1987). Improving teaching in physical education. Geelong:
Deakin University Press.

Sparkes, A.C. (1992). Curriculum change in physical education.
Geelong: Deakin University Press.

Tinning, R. & Kirk, D. (1990). Physical education, curriculum and
culture: Critical issues in the contemporary crisis. London: Falmer
Press.

Mosston, M. & Ashworth, S. (1986). Teaching Physical Education:
Columbus. Ohio:Merrill.

Siedentop, D. (1986). Developing Teaching Skills in Physical
Education.

Evans, J. (ed). (1990). Teachers, teaching and conrol. London: Falmer
Press.

Carr, W. & Kemmis, S. (1986). Becoming Critical: Education, Knowledge
and Action Research. Geelong: Deakin University Press.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Lectures                                      	12
Private Study                                 	110
Practical Experience                          	30

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL
1   S              MID-SEM   MID YEAR/TERM PAPER                       50.00     Y
2   S              END S2    END YEAR/TERM PAPER 3 HOURS               50.00     Y