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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Learning outcomes

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1.Provide a rationale for the provision of quality Year 7-10 Health programs in schools.

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2. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of Year 7-10 secondary school students and how they learn through Health specific lesson planning, resource design and enactment of teaching. 

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3. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of Year 7-10 Health curriculum content described by the Western Australian School and Curriculum Standards Authority (WASCSA) and how to teach it in sequenced lesson planning, resource design and enactment of teaching

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4. Create lesson plans and activities using a variety of differentiated reproductive and productive teaching strategies and resources that cater for student diversity.

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5. Proactively create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge's, literacy and numeracy strategies and the use of ICT 
through context-specific lesson planning, resource design and enactment of teaching.  

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6. Demonstrate a range of assessment strategies, ways of providing appropriate feedback, interpreting student data and reporting to students, parents and other stakeholders in the Year 7-10 Health curriculum context in assignment tasks, lesson planning and enactment of teaching. 

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7. Demonstrate knowledge of assessment strategies, a comprehensive feedback repertoire and school-based reporting of student learning in assignment tasks, lesson planning and enactment of teaching.  

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8. Engage in professional learning, critiquing a range of resources available for ongoing professional learning in the Year 7-10 Health curriculum context through unit and practicum experiences. 

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9. Engage professionally with colleagues, teachers, parents/carers and the community that can assist in planning and implementing effective teaching and learning in the Year 7-10 Health context through unit and practicum experiences.

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Additional information

Unit content:

This unit explores the SCSA Year 7-10 Health course rationale, structures, content, scope and sequence, requirements and resources. Students will evaluate and engage with a range of reproductive and productive pedagogy in a differentiated framework. Comprehensive lesson planning will evidence scaffolded programming, assessment for - and of learning, ICT and cross-curriculum initiatives. Students will explore learning experiences to develop psychologically needs supportive classrooms with a focus on metacognition, feedback, proactive behaviour management and routines. Stakeholder and professional agencies that support sustained quality teaching will be identified. The focus of this unit is summarised in five Modules with each of the 8 topics allocated.  Module I: The WA School Curriculum and Standards Authority Health Year 7-10 Curriculum requirements  Module II: The WA School Curriculum and Standards Authority Health Year 7-10 Content  Module III: Teaching, assessing and reporting Health Year 7-10  Module IV: Planning to teach Health Year 7-10  Module V: Accessing higher learning outcomes for self and others.

Other notes:

Students will be expected to apply their knowledge skills and understandings developed in this unit in EDN410 Professional Experience placement (students enrolled in B1329) or EDN340 Professional Experience placement (students enrolled in B1368).