| CODE | PHE2207 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Contemporary Issues in Physical Education | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute for Physical Education and Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit addresses specifically the curricular subject of Physical Education (PE) which is offered within Maltese Schooling. Areas of concern and challenges within the subject, such as its development, relevance and status will be dealt with, together with what pedagogies should be employed in order to make teaching PE effective. The study-unit will focus on teachers and teachers' education together with the learners and learning in PE. Other aspects which will be dealt with are the historical development of PE and the sociological and philosophical interpretations of the subject. Models-based practice, traditional activity-based curriculum and other curricula of PE together with curriculum construction and change will be explored. The local PE Curriculum, embracing the new learning outcomes (2015) will also be dealt with. Planning a quality PE Programme to ensure that such programmes are underpinned by comprehensive and coherent plans is vital for the development of the subject. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to give an overview and explore major contemporary issues in Physical Education (PE) and various matters that physical educators face in their daily professional lives. The aims of this curricular subject and what should be covered in the PE curriculum will be explored. The different existing pedagogies and models that could be adopted within teaching will also be explored. The present state and the future of PE is a commonly discussed subject, thus this study unit aims to set a critical framework for how the subject can be developed further in Malta. The nature of PE and what pupils should learn will also be explored. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Define Physical Education as a curricular subject; - Discuss and relate the different pedagogies that can be employed within the subject; - Classify challenges about the educational value of PE and how it supports wider educational goals other than focusing only on the physical domain; - Relate the role of PE to the promotion of health and healthy lifestyles; - Illustrate the implications that a learner-centred approach have on succeeding in PE; - List and explain assessment in PE and the different approaches to appraisal of the subject; - Reflect on the future of Physical Education. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Recognise and apply theoretical frameworks related to PE in order to implement them in their teaching; - Translate theory into practice by interpreting such theories into adopting their own philosophies; - Interpret the different pedagogies and apply them; Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Armour, K. (2011) (Ed) Sport Pedagogy: An Introduction for Teaching and Coaching. London: Pearson - Capel, S. & Whitehead, M. (2013) (Eds) Debates in Physical Education. Oxon:Routledge. - Kirk, D. (2010) Physical Education Futures. Oxon:Routledge. - Kirk, D., Macdonald, D., & O'Sullivan, M. (2006) (Eds) The Handbook of Physical Education. London:Sage Publications Limited. Supplementary Reading: - Jewett, A.E., Bain, L.L. & Ennis, C.D. (1995) (Eds) The Curriculum Process in Physical Education (Second Edition). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Fieldwork | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Karl Attard Kevin Joseph Azzopardi Andrew Darmanin Lara Tonna |
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