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Health and Physical Education in Australia

Associate Professor Louise McCuaig

School of Human Movement & Nutrition
Sciences

WHO AM I?

• 16 years Queensland Teaching Career

– Pimlico High School, Townsville
– Cairns State High School, Cairns
– St Mary’s Catholic College, Cairns
– Clayfield College, Brisbane
• 15 years at University of Queensland
– School of Human Movement & Nutrition Sciences
– Research: Health Education & policy in schools
– National & Queensland Senior HPE Curriculum Writer

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YOUR PD CHALLENGE:
PROJECT PRESENTATION
• The Indonesian Ministry requires you to do a project - individually or in pairs.
• A reflective task:
– What did you find most interesting / surprising / valuable and why?
– What ideas are you taking back to Indonesia and how are you planning to
apply them?
• Approximately five (5) minutes
• Preparation across the PD program
– Reflect and add ideas at the conclusion of each day and according to what
you learn.
• Dedicated time will be provided to you to do individual work and consult with
staff about your project.
• We have allocated time on March 21 & 22 for your presentations and we will
provide verbal feedback.

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Education in Australia
Public education = universal access
Australian constitution
State government responsibility
 regulation & administration
 funding $$$

Australian government
 funding $$$ tied to
policy implementation
Australian Institute of Teaching & School Leadership
(AITSL)

Australia School Sectors

Government Catholic &
Independent

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Primary Schools
School is compulsory
until 16 years old

5 years – 11 years old

Secondary Schools

12 years – 17 years old

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Tertiary Education

TAFE 16 years old+

University 17 years old+

Curriculum:
What will we teach?
Pedagogy:
How will we teach?

Assessment:
How and what will we assess?

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Curriculum:
Rationale for Australian HPE Curriculum

AN OVERVIEW OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN

QUEENSLAND

Preparatory year (Prep)

Early Years Curriculum Guidelines
• Social and Personal Learning
• Health and Physical Learning

Years P - 10
Health and Physical Education
Australian Curriculum

Years 11 - 12 Years 11 - 12
Senior Health Education Senior Physical Education

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1950s

1970s

1990s

2000s

Content What we teach

English Maths

Science HPE History Geography The Arts

Technologies Economics Languages Civics

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HEALTHY BODIES
MATTER to the Australian Government

AUSTRALIAN’S HEALTH: WHAT’S

GOOD?

 Heart, stroke deaths are down

 Surviving a heart attack is more likely
 Cancer deaths down
 Cancer survival rates up
 Cigarettes burning out
 Breathing easier

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WHAT NEEDS IMPROVING?

 Obesity is growing
 Diabetes doubled
 Burden on our minds
 Chlamydia rates rising
 Kidney disease increasing
 Injuries taking their toll
 Not everyone is smiling
 Losing our senses – mental health challenges
 Low organ donation rates

Sexually Transmitted Infections:

Chlamydia
Indigenous Young People’s Alcohol Abuse
Health

Obesity related
disorders

Mental Health
Child abuse
and neglect

Eight out of ten respondents

indicated that their health was
either good (32.2%), very good
(37.8%) or excellent (23.3%),
with only 3.0% of respondents
indicating their health was
• Australian Institute of Health and poor.
Welfare 2012. A picture of Australia’s
children 2012. Cat. no. PHE 167.
• Mission Australia Youth Survey 2012
Canberra: AIHW.

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CHANGES IN PHYSICAL CULTURE:

FREEDOM AND FITBITS

• Rise of lifestyle sports

• Personalised health and fitness

Hajkowicz, S. A., Cook, H., Wilhelmseder, L., & Boughen, N. (2013). The Future of Australian Sport: Megatrends shaping
the sports sector over coming decades.

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HPE IN
AUSTRALIA…

 EDUCATIVE FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS

 PROVIDE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR
ACTIVE, HEALTHY LIVES
 DEVELOP COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DIMENSIONS
 INVOLVES ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING
X FINDING AND PREPARING WORLD CHAMPIONS FOR SPORT
AND OLYMPICS
X FIXING THE HEALTH ISSUES OF YOUNG AUSTRALIANS
X AN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY LAB – FITNESS TESTING

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AN OVERVIEW OF P-10 HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN

QUEENSLAND

Years P - 10
Health and Physical Education
Australian Curriculum

CHANGES IN SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: HPE

Strengths-
based

Movement EDUCATIVE Health

literacy

Critical
inquiry

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Educative

Focus on educative outcomes of learning area

• HPE is part of school curriculum for learning

• Cannot address &/or be accountable for all/
ever-changing health & performance
priorities
• Value knowledge,
understandings & skills that lay
a foundation for transfer
across eg. movement contexts,
health issues, building
relationships…..

Strengths-based

• Salutogenesis ─ not why are you sick/inactive but

why are you healthy and active?
• Shifts the balance of learning, resources etc from
deficit & prevention → what works well? what
assets do we have to build on?

• Individuals, communities &

societies have resources (assets)
to optimize

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Movement

Value learning in,

about & through movement
• Movement is central to HPE
• Movement is both content & a medium for
learning
• Movement competence should be acquired early
& across a range of physical activities

• Forms of movement have value beyond health

Health literacy

Develop “health literacy”

• Lifelong navigation of health information &

systems
• Skills to access, understand, apply, evaluate, communicate,
generate, … information to promote own & others health,
wellbeing & physical activity
Functional

Dimensions of
health literacy
Critical
Interactive

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Critical inquiry

Include critical inquiry approach

• Asks questions of all knowledge
• Recognises that being & staying healthy & active
is shaped by a range of factors beyond
the individual’s control
• Helps students’ empowerment & understanding
structural barriers

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Comparison of orientations to
AC:HPE Units
Traditional HPE units
•Oral health – focus on tooth
brushing & care to combat tooth
decay and gum disease
•Fitness principles and testing:
focus on teachers testing and
comparing student performance on
each fitness principle
•Food & nutrition – focus on
dietary guidelines and the energy
balance to address overweight and
obesity
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Alignment with AC:HPE
•Healthy selfies: what contributes to a great
smile for my selfies?
•Mouth Lab: how can I understand the
science of my taste buds to help me enjoy my
food?
•Fitness principles: student staking on the
role of an exercise scientist to hypothesise
and investigate personal and peer
performance in a team event eg. mini-
triathalon.
•Family picnic: design a meal that can be
enjoyed by family and carers according to a
diverse range of dietary needs and religious
faiths.
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QUEENSLAND SENIOR PHASE OF

LEARNING

Years 11 - 12 Years 11 - 12
Senior Health Education Senior Physical Education

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OBJECTIVES OF SENIOR HPE

School Sport

Active healthy
lifestyle skills

Career Pathways &

tertiary entrance

Intelligent performer

Science of Sport and

movement

School of Human Movement Studies

• 4 units of work
• Inquiry based pedagogical
approach
• Year 11 Formative; Year 12
Summative
• Year 12 Assessment
Common Features of new – 3 Internal assessments
Senior Syllabuses in
Queensland – 1 External assessment

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NEW QLD SENIOR PHASE

It can be downloaded from:

https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior/snr_assessment_intro_syllabus_subject.pdf

New QLD Senior Health

COURSE OVERVIEW
INQUIRY MODEL

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New QLD Senior Health

COURSE OVERVIEW

INQUIRY MODEL

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YEAR 12 SENIOR PE ASSESSMENT

Investigation — report
Project — folio 25% 20%
Project — folio 30%

Examination — combination response

25%

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Curriculum:
What will we teach?
Pedagogy:
How will we teach?

Assessment:
How and what will we assess?

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