Course Title: Teaching for Health and Wellbeing
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Teaching for Health and Wellbeing
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
TCHE2636 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
360H Education |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
TCHE2636 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
360H Education |
Face-to-Face |
UGRDFx2020 (ZZZZ), UGRDFx2020 (All) |
TCHE2636 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
360H Education |
Face-to-Face |
UGRDFlex21 (BPRI), UGRDFlex21 (All) |
Course Coordinator: Jade Erickson
Course Coordinator Phone: 039925 7480
Course Coordinator Email: jade.erickson@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora Campus
Course Coordinator Availability: By Email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
In this course you will focus on the place of health education in the primary school curriculum. You will consider and discuss health issues such as wellbeing, grief, mental health, sexuality, drug education and nutrition. You will focus on planning of health education, curriculum design and approaches to teaching health. You will critically examine the educational policies that impact on health education and the appropriate use of health resources and working with health promoting organisations. Broader issues such as the social and cultural aspects of health education, discomfort, controversy and working with parents/guardians and the community on health issues will also be introduced. You will also explore issues and approaches to teacher wellbeing.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge in education
- Critically analyse and apply theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to your professional practice in curriculum, pedagogy and assessment across a range of disciplines, reflecting a graduate level of proficiency in teaching
- Develop deep and broad knowledge of education theory and the transformative potential of education in society in both local and global contexts
- Apply initiative, judgement, creativity, critical thinking and problem solving skills and the capacity to work responsibly, ethically and inclusively in individual and collaborative professional contexts to enhance your practice
- Demonstrate an understanding of and capacity to promote education for a sustainable future and to support diversity in all its forms
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
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AITSL Standards |
CLO1. Critically evaluate, design and develop health teaching and learning experiences using current educational theory, education initiatives and current curriculum frameworks |
2.1, 2.2, 2.3 |
CLO2. Critically analyse the discipline of health and its relationship to contemporary social and cultural issues |
2.1 |
CLO3. Articulate and incorporate an acknowledgement of diversity in your teaching of health education |
1.3 |
CLO4. Select and use a range of effective teaching and learning and assessment strategies to enhance the teaching of health education |
2.1, 3.3, 5.1 |
CLO5. Develop communication skills for working with parent/guardians and health education professionals and organisations. |
3.7, 7.3 |
CLO6. Identify issues relating to the wellbeing of teachers to develop strategies to support your own wellbeing |
6.2 |
Overview of Learning Activities
Your learning in this course will involve a range of activities including online lectures, workshops, practical activities, individual tasks, collaborative group work, discussion and individual reflection.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT University will support your access to learning resources for this course. Readings from current educational literature will be provided through your online course site and will be drawn from highly regarded academic journals, books and conferences as well as reports, websites and other online resources.
The University Library provides extensive scholarly resources to supplement your suggested readings and research and is able to request books or articles from any library in the world. Guides to the literature in your discipline area are available from http://rmit.libguides.com/sb.php?subject_id=67929
Assistance with referencing and avoiding plagiarism is available here http://www1.rmit.edu.au/library/referencing
The Library and the Study and Learning Centre are also on hand to support and assist in the development of your academic skills to make best use of such resources within your academic studies. http://www1.rmit.edu.au/library
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. Assessment will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of your learning. You will be able to develop your work in relation to your own specific areas of interest in your professional practice.
Task 1: Health Debate (40%) Research and analyse a topical issue related to health education. Developing a series of arguments based on a standpoint and formulating possible rebuttals to opposing standpoints. Identify possible strategies for discussing these issues with parents. Present your debate as a podcast or infographic. CLO2, CLO3, CLO5
Task 2: Health Unit Plan (40%) Design a unit of work Design a unit plan for Health Education in a primary school setting that uses the collaborative inquiry cycle which consists of: asses, design, implementation and measurement/reflect/change. CLO1, CLO3, CLO4
Task 3: Teacher wellbeing strategies (20%) Develop a collection of strategies you will adopt to ensure your wellbeing as a teacher. CLO6
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online: http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment