EDMP700 Master of Philosophy (F/T)

80 cp

 

EDMP701 Master of Philosophy (P/T) 

80 cp

 

EDMU101 Creative Arts Education: Music

10 cp

This unit is designed to facilitate the students' understanding of the ways in which children perceive, respond to and make music. The unit will assist students to develop music knowledge and skills related to teaching and learning in music education. The unit also examines assumptions held about the nature and value of music in the education of the child and encourages an understanding of the significance of music in a personal, social and cultural context.

 

EDMU408 Music Curriculum and Teaching 1

10 cp

This unit of study will enable students to gain an understanding of music content, skills and pedagogy in secondary education. The focus will be on junior secondary music. Students will develop an understanding of current curriculum as reflected in state curriculum documents.

 

EDMU409Music Curriculum and Teaching 3

10 cp

This unit of study will enable students to acquire an understanding of instrumental music and classroom music programs in Secondary Schools. It will enable students to learn about contemporary world systems of secondary music education. This includes information and communications technologies in music. Music and arts education philosophy and policies and syllabuses form part of this unit as well. A focus will be placed on current issues of music education at senior school level with learning areas such as music performance and music styles. Software programs for musical notation and music recording, music pedagogy texts and music for secondary school performances will form part of the program.

 

EDMU410Music Curriculum and Teaching 2

10 cp

This unit of study will enable students to develop an understanding of current trends, music curriculum policies and syllabuses. Work will focus on music education at senior school level with learning areas such as music performance and music styles. Students will be able to extend their abilities in researching, planning, implementing and evaluating music lessons and music programs. Students will encounter issues of music pedagogy pertaining to all areas of secondary schooling.

 

EDMU411 Music Curriculum and Teaching 4

10 cp

This study unit will provide a synthesis of school music programs with instrumental music and classroom music programs. The effects of current systems of music education are studied and structures for managing diverse learning situations in music are clarified. Studies in the Dalzcroze and Suzuki method form part of the work and further insights into classroom music, music lesson development at all levels of secondary schooling are provided. Resource development for a schools music program, music class management, as well as organisation of school music programs involving ensemble music as well as classroom and individual music lessons form an essential part of this unit.

 

EDMU501 Introduction to Orff Music and Movement Education

10 cp

This unit offers an introduction to Orff music education. Participants encounter the beginnings of the Orff process for teaching of the elements of music. They will practice models of music foe children ranging from early examples by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetmann to contemporary models of Orff’s followers. Skills pertaining to active group music making are introduced. Participants work with the various media used in the Orff approach to music education and will experience hands on ways to successfully lead music activities with a variety of populations.

 

EDMU504 The Orff Approach in School and Community Settings

10 cp

This unit focuses on resource development and positive leadership in education using the Orff approach. Students will study a wide variety of music examples for use in the community, in school settings, in private studios, and other contexts such as the therapeutic situation. Study and practice will focus on structures and musical content for various populations. Classes comprise a survey of existing resources and methods. Knowledge and skills of media, process and philosophy of the Orff approach is intensified. Students will be able to develop a confident and competent stance in musical leadership. They will also strengthen their musicianship skills, their sensibilities in musical improvisation and their abilities to compose and choreograph their own music for children.

 

EDPA100 Pastoral Care 1

10 cp

This unit explores the educational, theological and gospel principles of pastoral care; the place of pastoral care as seen in recent church documents; the role and function of the Catholic school in relation to church, home and wider community and the ways in which members of the school staff might respond to the needs of students. A critical knowledge of support services available and explicit and implicit elements of pastoral care are considered.

 

EDPH101 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 2 

10 cp

This unit follows directly on from the introductory unit EDPH103. The unit aims to continue curriculum development in PD/H/PE, with more emphasis on health education and personal development in the primary school and integrating the content of the 4 syllabus strands that focus primary on these issues. It will give insight into a range of curriculum materials strategies and processes and investigate the implications for personal development and health education within the key learning area of PDHPE with a strong emphasis on drug education, child protection education, sexuality education and personal health choices. Some further investigation of alternatives in teaching gymnastics will be pursued. This will provide students with the knowledge, skills and understandings to be able to plan, program and teach effectively in all facets of the PDHPE syllabus.

 

EDPH103 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 1

10 cp

This unit, through a combination of practical and theoretical experiences, will provide an introduction to the concepts of personal development and well-being. The focus on the role and relevance of health and physical education in the primary school setting, through a variety of healthy and enjoyable lifestyle activities, will also serve to reinforce the benefits of lifelong participation. Particular emphasis will be placed on the practical components of fundamental motor skills and aquatics.

 

EDPH204 Health Education

10 cp

Health education is an area of study that is continually being redefined to include all that is relevant to wellness for the individual, families and the broader community. This unit will include content related to the health of individuals and populations and address community concerns and key initiatives in health education. Students will participate in activity-based workshops that address personal and community health topics as well as health issues relevant to their future working environments.

In an effort to assist teachers to develop and deliver appropriate health content for schools, there will be opportunities to collaborate with local health agencies to produce health education resources. The production of a health teaching-learning resource will enable students to develop methods of best practice when working with other community health educators to deliver health education programs in the school environment.

 

EDPH205 Motor Function and Development for Children with Disabilities

10 cp

This unit examines issues related to motor control and activity programming for children with special needs. Knowledge of this area will be extended by undertaking a community fieldwork placement with an organisation responsible for meeting the developmental needs of children with disabilities.

The assessment of motor ability in individuals with physical impairments will provide a theoretical base for devising suitable motor experiences and establishing methods of best practice for children with disabilities.

 

EDPH306 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

10 cp

This unit aims to examine curriculum and practice in Physical, Sport and Health Education. The effective development, implementation and assessment of a comprehensive Physical Education and Health curriculum can integrate into curriculum units and be applied to professional practice.

An understanding of curricula both local and national which is specific to Catholic, State and Independent schools will provide the focus of the unit. The unit will outline the importance of Personal Development Education in the primary school highlighting the health and well-being of students.

 

EDPH401 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching 3

10 cp

This unit is designed to introduce students to the concepts of the health promoting school and health promoting classroom. The unit aims to enable students to understand the role of parents and the wider community in the construction of effective curriculum in Personal Development, Health and Physical Education. Sensitive and controversial issues relevant to this area will be examined as they relate to curriculum construction, as will Catholic education policies and other relevant policies. The relationship between Personal Development, Health and Physical Education, the teacher and the law will be analysed, as will models of effective training environments. Students will also examine the nature and impact of National Competencies and Profiles in this unit.

 

EDPH408 Health Studies K–6: Movement Education

10 cp

The introduction of Health Studies as a curriculum area of study in the primary school necessitates the investigation of notions of Health Studies and implementation strategies. Issues dealing with the implementation of the daily physical education program, dance as an art form, and the development of sport in schools and programming and organisational skills will be included in the unit.

 

EDPH411 Recreation and Outdoor Education in the Primary School

10 cp

This unit will develop skills in a variety of outdoor education settings. Outdoor activities will be undertaken both from a problem-solving and interactive perspective. In addition, students will survey curriculum materials and resources in recreation and outdoor education for primary school children. The development of school-based outdoor education programs and appropriate evaluation procedures will be a feature of this unit.

 

EDPH412 Personal Development Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching 4

10 cp

This unit is designed to enable students to understand and design preliminary and HSC courses for the 2-unit syllabus in Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE). It also aims to develop skills required in the design of examination and assessment tasks, as well as in formulating classroom strategies.

 

EDPH414 Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching 1

10 cp

This unit examines teaching and learning strategies relevant to the planning, delivery, assessment and evaluation of a comprehensive Physical Education curriculum including Health components. This unit of study is designed in accordance with the recommendations included in the state curriculum documents, which recognises the unique contribution of Physical Education and Health Studies in promoting the physical, social, mental and emotional health of individual, families and communities. Through a combination of theoretical and practical experiences, students will extend their curriculum competence and practical skills required for effective teaching in Physical Education and Health, in a secondary school environment (years 7- 10). At the completion of this unit students will be able to incorporate listening, reading and writing learning activities in the design of their learning and assessment strategies in years 7 – 10.

 

EDPH415 Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching 2 

10 cp

This unit will continue with the emphasis on developing Knowledge, practical skills, teaching competencies in both the theoretical and practical aspects of Physical Education and Health. Attention will be focused on the state curriculum documents Physical Education and Health and Human Development. There will be a close link with the subject content taught during the lecture program and the skills gained during professional experience undertaken in a range of schools.

 

EDPH418 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 1

10 cp

This unit, through a combination of practical and theoretical experiences, will provide an introduction to the concepts of personal development and well-being. The focus on the role and relevance of health and physical education in the primary school setting, through a variety of healthy and enjoyable lifestyle activities, will also serve to reinforce the benefits of lifelong participation. Particular emphasis will be placed on the practical components of fundamental motor skills and aquatics.

 

EDPH419 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching 1

10 cp

This unit examines the role and importance of physical education within Personal Development, Health and Physical Education curriculum and within the total curriculum. It reflects the focus of the Key Learning Area (KLA) on lifestyle management and the concern with the development of skills and behaviours, knowledge and understandings, values and attitudes which enable lifestyle management. This unit aims to increase knowledge of the curriculum and competence in planning and teaching physical education.

 

EDPH420 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching 2

10 cp

Human development encompasses physical, social, mental, emotional, moral and ethical areas of development. Lifestyle management is integral to individual development and the pursuit of well-being. It is the focus of the multidisciplinary area of study of personal development, health and physical education at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. This unit provides an overview of these areas and the background knowledge which will enable teachers to make more informed curricular decisions.

 

EDPH500 PDHPE Curriculum

10 cp

The emphasis of this unit is to address the multi-dimensional nature of PDHPE in the primary curriculum and also in the context of a rapidly changing society. Students will be encouraged to explore contemporary issues which impact on the overall health and well being of primary aged children now and in their future lives. There is a focus on the concepts, knowledge base, pedagogy, delivery and issues involved in providing quality teaching and learning in PDHPE in the primary school. This will extend also to the appropriate assessing and evaluating of PDHPE related programs that are aimed at ensuring that children adopt practices and make decisions that will lead to the maintenance of a healthy and active lifestyle.