80239 CURRENT ISSUES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
98	80239 	S12 	D 	CURRENT ISSUES IN PHYS EDU	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Pre-requisite(s)
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Recommended References
• Assessment Details
• Other Requirements

STAFFING:

PRE-REQUISITE(S)

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RATIONALE:

Specialist  teachers of physical education are called upon to  provide
leadership in physical education in schools. This requires an intimate
understanding  of the educational qualities of physical education.  It
is  important  that such experts understand the notions of  the  micro
politics  of  curriculum  change, the physical  education  teacher  as
research,   and   the   physical  education  teacher   as   reflective
practitioner.  This unit considers these issues and takes the  student
beyond  the  notion  of  pedagogy as a social practice  and  considers
pedagogy as inherently political.

SYNOPSIS:

To  understand how the discourse of physical education  is  shaped  by
contemporary cultural practices, a review of critical and post  modern
literature is essential and this will form a significant part  of  the
unit.  The  construction of conventional practice  will  be  critiqued
drawing  on  the work of those who advocate the case for  teachers  as
extended professionals underpinned by the tenets of action research.

OBJECTIVES:

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

1. recognise physical education as a marginalised subject within
   the micro-politics of school;
   
2. understand taken-for-granted social and cultural practices and
   their impact on the political process in physical education;
   
3. To become reflective practitioners in physical education based
   on an understanding of action research within physical
   education.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

Physical education and the 'ugly-isms'

Physical education, social justice and pedagogy

Corporeal  commodification, physical  education  and  the
Cult of Slenderness

Physical education, curriculum and the micro-politics  of
change

Research, action research and physical education

The   physical   education   teacher   as   an   extended
professional

The reflective physical education teacher

Humanistic physical education

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Individual readings held on reserve in main library.

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   F              MID-SEM   PRELIMINARY PAPER                         25.00     N
2   F              END SEM   EXTENDED ESSAY                            75.00     N

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

There  will  be curriculum physical education activities  attached  to
this unit.