(PDF) Curriculam and Pedagogy for the 21st Century
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1CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY 2Curriculum and Pedagogy 2Name of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
2CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY 2Introduction The portfolio deals with the materials suitable for teaching health and physical educationtopics. The portfolio is designed to contain the critique of the materials and resources suitablefor teachers to use for children in their early life years (schooling and preschooling).Position statement The position statement on “importance of health and physical education” or HPE hasbeen developed based on knowledge from Australian curriculum a part of the role of theAustralian Council for heath, Physical Education and Recreation. It is the leading associationcontributing towards promotion of the HPE in learning areas in schools. The curriculum of HPEfocuses on the 12 areas. It includes relationship and sexuality, health benefits of physicalactivity, food and nutrition, alcohol and other drugs, fundamental and movement skills, mentalhealth and well being, safety, challenge and adventure activities, active play and minor games,games and supports, rhythmic and expressive movement activities and lifelong physical activity,(Lynch, 2014). HPE is important as the preschool years, is the phase of important learning experience. Inthis phase the growth and development tales place rapidly. It supports the cognitive, physical,social, emotional, domains. Physical education is important as in all young children there is aninternal urge to strengthen body’s capacity for movement and become competent in the physicalskills (Lynch 2015). Physical activities are important for children as it is integral component ofeveryday life. Movements are used by children to express their feelings, learn about objects andworld. Children are found happy on physical accomplishment. Thus, physical activity occurs inmany forms in early life (Lynch 2015). According to Stork and Sanders (2008), physical
3CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY 2education helps provide children with opportunities to develop the psychomotor, cognitive,social skills. The physical education having the playful nature has been considered an effectiveoption to develop all aspects of the personality in children. Several research findings revealedthat the school education program has been effective in child development physically Therefore,school environment is effective in teaching children to grow healthy and remain active(Hyndman et al., 2017). HPE is important for assisting children in acknowledging the diversity in relation togander and sexuality. The HPE programs are thus designed by teachers to educate children aboutthe impact of diversity on social world. The importance of HPE in this regard is to providemeaningful learning opportunities to same sex and gender diverse students. HPE in Australiancurriculum is designed in the manner that the meets the needs of children in the health focus areaof relationships and sexuality. Teachers are to ensure that the activities used are inclusive. Theeducation is designed to consider the lived experience of all the students. When teaching aboutthe reproduction and sexual health, the teachers ensure that the needs of children with genderdiverse, same sex attracted or intersex are met (McKay et al., 2017). The teachers can use different pedagogical approaches For HPE. There are twoimportant strands that are interrelated and support each other. It includes “personal, social andcommunity health and movement and physical activity”. It is applicable for teaching right fromFoundation to Year 10. Teachers create opportunities for practical applications. It enhances theknowledge, skills and understanding of variety of important and meaningful health andmovement focus areas. Teachers play a vital role in assisting children to make decision related tohealth, and empower them to adopt them to make healthy behaviour. Thus, teachers designactivities where children learn about behavioural aspects associated with the physical activities
4CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY 2(Tsangaridou 2017). Teachers develop content in the curriculum that enables children tocritically think about the factors influencing the health and well being of the communities.Therefore, students are assisted to focus on range of health areas and issues. teachers use ofrange of play activities, dramas, art, music, lesson plans for child acquisition of range ofmovement skills, learn the meaning of physical activity, and importance of outdoor sports acrossculture and time. Participation in various physical and movement activities helps children learnpersonal and social skills such as decision making, communication, problem solving, creativethinking, critical analysis and cooperation. Movement experiences also teach students about theself management, self-awareness, strive for enhanced performance, and persist with challenges(Garvis and Pendergast 2017).Resources description and critique on physical health 1.Relationship and sexuality Activity- talk about sex to children 5-8 years. The tips include keeping simple languageand maintain honesty. It may be okay to say “don’t know”. May involve parents and startconversation with reference to the videos or TV shows. The rationale is increasing rate ofteenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease in Australian and Indigenous communities
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