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Physical Education - Department of Education

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<strong>Physical</strong> education<br />

Projects<br />

A comprehensive study which can be<br />

practical in nature, such as a<br />

performance or display item, or<br />

theoretical in orientation, such as<br />

research on a community or personal<br />

issue. The manner <strong>of</strong> presentation<br />

may be set by the teacher or left as a<br />

matter for student choice.<br />

Gymnastics display item<br />

Personal health appraisal<br />

Research project on a health promotion initiative<br />

Self-assessment<br />

Sentence completion<br />

This strategy requires students to be<br />

self-reflective, to set their own<br />

standards <strong>of</strong> behaviour and make<br />

judgements about their own work. It<br />

is a strategy that should be used for<br />

formative purposes only.<br />

A method <strong>of</strong> gathering information by<br />

providing the beginning <strong>of</strong> a sentence<br />

as a stimulus and inviting students to<br />

complete the sentence in their own<br />

words.<br />

Video analysis <strong>of</strong> own skills performance<br />

‘I’ messages<br />

Keeping journals on social skills<br />

My favourite sport is<br />

Fair play is<br />

A good sportsperson is<br />

Fitness is<br />

This table was adapted from:<br />

Personal Development, Health and <strong>Physical</strong> <strong>Education</strong> Year 7 – 10.<br />

Support Document, Board <strong>of</strong> Studies, New South Wales 1991<br />

Reporting<br />

When the time comes for formal reporting through written reports or<br />

interviews, teachers can look at all the evidence <strong>of</strong> students’ learning in<br />

student portfolios and in their own records, and decide which outcomes<br />

individual students have achieved and report this information clearly to<br />

parents. Teachers should highlight what students have done well and how<br />

they can improve further. The National Assessment and Reporting Policy<br />

outlines what is required in formal school reports.<br />

Evaluation<br />

Assessment information can also be used by teachers to evaluate the<br />

effectiveness <strong>of</strong> their teaching. By analysing class results as a whole,<br />

teachers can identify subjects, strands, substrands and outcomes where the<br />

students have done well and those that require further or improved teaching.<br />

Similarly, a whole school can analyse results by subjects, strands and<br />

substrands or by grades, and identify areas <strong>of</strong> strength and areas which<br />

need further attention. For example, if a whole school is not performing well<br />

in Mathematics, then Mathematics could become the focus for inservice and<br />

resource development for the next year. In this way assessment information<br />

serves two purposes:<br />

• to improve students’ learning<br />

• to improve the quality <strong>of</strong> teaching.<br />

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