Subject Selection iBook - St Hildas School

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SECTION 18 Physical Education Authority Subject Course outline Four physical activities will be studied over two years. Equal time and emphasis are given to each activity. The four activities studied by the cohort are selected through student and teacher consultation and may include: Content ✦ Basketball ‘THE THINKING PERFORMER AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH’ Physical Education is concerned with the study of the performance of physical activity. It focuses on the importance of physical activity in the life of individuals and on the significant role it plays in modern society and involves the study of the science underpinning sport performance. Intelligent performance of physical activity involves both rational and creative cognitive functioning. Students are involved in physical activity environments as participants, analysts and critics. ✦ Waterpolo ✦ Volleyball ✦ Softball ✦ Competitive Aerobics ✦ Track and Field ✦ Tennis ✦ Touch ✦ Rhythmic Gymnastics ✦ Biathlon ✦ Other activities may also be considered Subject matter is drawn from and organised around the following three content areas: ✦ Learning physical skills ✦ Biological bases of training and exercise ✦ Physical activity in Australian society 59 apple iBooks Author
The complex interrelationship between psychological, biomechanical, physiological and sociological factors is deconstructed and reconstructed to enable understanding. Expectations Physical activities are both a source of content and a medium for learning. To ensure the context is achieved 50% of timetabled school time is to be devoted to engagement in physical activity. Physical Education involves learning about, learning through and learning in physical activity. ✦ Learning about physical activity - Students directly acquire knowledge and understandings as a result of studying physical activity eg. physiology, biomechanics, sociology Assessment Assessment techniques are selected from a range of written, oral and physical performance items. Each term students will complete one theoretical task and one physical performance task. Three criteria are used when making judgements about student learning outcomes: Acquiring, Applying and Evaluating. These refer to students demonstrated abilities to retrieve and comprehend, apply acquired information and learned physical responses and make decisions, reach conclusions, solve problems and justify their actions in, through and about physical performance environments. ✦ Learning through physical activity - Students indirectly acquire understandings, capacities and attitudes as a result of studying and/or participating in physical activity eg. fitness values, attitudes, aesthetic appreciation ✦ Learning in physical activity - Students directly acquire knowledge, understandings and skills as a result of participating in physical activity eg. performing prerequisite skills, participating in games and sports Why study Physical Education? 60 apple iBooks Author
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