Unit of Study TCHR3012 Physical Education Studies III: Games and Sports (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Enrolment information

Gold Coast students attend a one-hour workshop and a two-hour tutorial weekly at St Andrews Lutheran College.

Unit description

Investigates pedagogical theory relating to the teaching of games and sports. Students will explore effective pedagogy in the teaching of games through a Game Centred Approach, Game Sense and Teaching Games for Understanding (TGFU). Students will explore a range of sports, how they align with the Game Sense categories and the best practice for teaching games and sports.

Unit content

Module 1: Pedagogical approaches to Games and Sports.

Module 2: Higher Order thinking in PHDPE

Module 3: Inclusivity and Differentiation

Module 4: Lesson Planning using Games Sense

Module 5: A Community for the Contemporary HPE teacher

Module 6: Towards Lifelong Physical Activity

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term4	Term4
Online	Term4	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

evaluate educational games and sports experiences in accordance with PDHPE syllabus requirements

apply the principles of movement studies through effective pedagogies in the school context

demonstrate understanding of effective assessment techniques used to evaluate performance in games based approaches

identify and demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills relating to teaching games and sports with appropriate curriculum links to the PDHPE Syllabus

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	50%
Plan	50%

Teaching method

Residential 3 hours (twice)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	50%
Plan	50%

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