Units: HPE Health and Physical Education

SS 100 Human Structure and Function (Semester 1)
Specifically, this unit will examine the structural organization of cells and tissues and the functioning of the skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory and respiratory systems in the support of life and movement. Students will also identify anatomical and physiological characteristics and features within each system that are important in understanding the control and support of movement.

HPE 100 Physical Activity and Health (Semester 1)
The issues of the relationship between physical activity and health across the lifespan, and the implications for health promotion strategies targeted at both individuals and whole of community are discussed. The course focuses on Australian health statistics, community health promotion campaigns, and inter-governmental agency collaboration in providing opportunities to be physically active.

HPE 1201 Physical Performance Laboratory I (Semester 1)
This course is designed to introduce students to those skill activities appropriate for young children, in particular. There are three streams – Aquatics, Dance, Introductory Gymnastics, and Games for Fundamental Motor Skills. The Aquatics stream covers the development of stroke technique and teaching strategies for swimming. The Games for Fundamental Movement Skills stream aims to develop the student’s skills in analytic observation, and planning of relevant minor game activities that develop fundamental movement skills in young children. The Gymnastics stream is designed to provide students with the opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge necessary for teaching beginner recreational gymnastic programs that are fun, challenging and safe. Peer teaching is involved throughout the unit. This unit is available to Health and Physical Education majors and Bachelor of Education students completing a minor in Health and Physical Education

HB 101 Applications of Functional Anatomy to PE (Semester 2)
This unit will examine the structural characteristics of the human body as they relate to performance and physical activity. Specifically the unit will examine joint and muscle architecture, body shape, size, proportionality and composition as well as flexibility, muscular strength and power, and how these variables influence human performance. Students will develop skills that will permit the accurate measurement and assessment of physical capacity and understand how these relate to the identification of strategies designed to improve physical performance. Tutorial activities will provide students with the opportunity to develop assessment skills and identify appropriate strategies designed to optimise human performance.

Prerequisites: SS 100 Human Structure and Function or equivalent

HPE 110 Exercise Physiology (Semester 2)
A fundamental area of study for teachers of health and physical education and other exercise professionals is understanding how the body adapts physiologically to the effects of physical activity. This knowledge is essential to assess current fitness levels and to plan appropriate interventions that promote fitness.

This unit will examine the body's energy sources, their provision and the increased requirements during physical activity. It will also focus on the responses of the cardiorespiratory system to an individual bout of exercise (acute responses) and the adaptations the body makes when challenged with repeated bouts of exercise (training or chronic responses). It will outline and define the components of physical fitness together with the means by which these components can be measured and improved.

Prerequisites: SS 100 Human Structure and Function or equivalent.

HPE142 Human Growth Development (Semester 2)
This unit will develop the knowledge and understanding of how age, gender and developmental stages may each influence the individual’s exercise capacity and motivation to participate in regular physical activity, and how physical activity in turn may influence growth and development. Resistance and endurance training principles for children, adolescents and the older adult will be covered. The unit will investigate changes that occur across the lifespan.

Prerequisites: SS 100 Human Structure and Function or equivalent

HPE162 Environmental Approaches to Public Health and Health Promotion (Semester 2)
This unit explores public health as the study of health promotion and the prevention of diseases and injury in whole populations and communities. The achievements of public health both globally and in Australia, along with current and future challenges to public health will be examined including obesity, mental health, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use and road traffic accidents. This unit also explores the Social View of Health, the interaction of its multiple determinants enabling students to understand that the changing nature of these interactions can have a significant affect on the health of individuals and communities. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion will be introduced as an example of best practice in the field. The focus will be on environmental approaches to health promotion with an emphasis on the role healthy public policy plays in promoting and protecting health for all.

HPE 1202 Physical Performance Lab II (Semester 2)
This course instructs students in physical activities for physical fitness - swimming, strength and conditioning, and aerobics. It enables students to develop personal skill and pedagogical techniques for a wide variety of activities appropriate for school and community programs. In some instances, students are offered the opportunity to become an accredited Level 1 coach in the activity. This unit is available to Bachelor of Health and Physical Education and Bachelor of Applied Science (HPE) students.

HPE 1500 Industry Practicum (Whole Year)
This first practicum focuses on learning about sports and recreation organisations and in particular event organisation and management. Depending on the industry networks, students will participate in a variety of activities such as sports promotion, sports development, sports management, and health promotion. The unit may be completed in a variety of ways depending on the particular placement – for example, a 2 week block in winter term or part-day periods for the whole academic year. Students complete a Reflective Journal during their placement. The unit is available only to Bachelor of Applied Science (Health and Physical Education) and Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Management degree students

HPE220 Physiology of training and environmental extremes (Semester 1)
This unit will develop an understanding of training responses and the principles of physical conditioning and the development of fitness through regular exercise. Knowledge of the training stimulus and responses related to gender and age differences will also be developed. A detailed understanding of thermoregulation and the consequences of exercise and training in environmental extremes will also be developed. Considerations and principles in developing a training calendar for athletes and coaches will be addressed. Students will also develop knowledge and understanding of the value and principles of athlete assessment in processes of performance enhancement.

Pre-requisite unit: HPE110 Exercise Physiology I

HPE241 Musculo-skeletal Kinesiology, Assessment and Strength Training (Semester 1)
Students will develop a detailed knowledge of human musculoskeletal anatomy as it relates to functional capability and economy of movement. Students will also know and understand the fundamentals of strength training, lifting techniques, and training responses and the principles of programme design for the effective application of weight training for developing strength and endurance in gymnasium and sports contexts.

Pre-requisite unit: HB101 Application of Functional Anatomy to Physical Education

HPE252 Health and Fitness Appraisal and Counselling (Semester 2)
This unit will develop the knowledge and ability to perform health risk screening and appraisal techniques specific to exercise programmes for wellness and submaximal and maximal fitness testing and athlete profiling. Students will also develop effective communication and counselling skills in the presentation of key health screening initiatives and the promotion of wellness within the community.

Prerequisite: HPE110 Exercise Physiology and HPE251 Health Disease and Risk Factors

HPE262 Population Approaches to Health Promotion (Semester 2)
This unit will compliment HPE 162 which explores the role of healthy public policy in changing health behaviours by examining how health related behaviours can be influenced through the application of behaviour change theory. Students will explore the use of individual, mass media and small group methods as tools for health promotion. The unit will place emphasis on the emerging philosophy of providing supportive environments and creating opportunities for building resilience, through which individual and population health can be optimized. Students will study and apply methods to plan, implement, manage and evaluate mass population health promotion programs. Guest lecturers will present case studies of current health promotion campaigns for critical appraisal.

Prerequisites: HPE162 Environmental Approaches to Public Health and Health Promotion

HPE251 Health disease and Risk Factors (Semester 1)
This unit considers the recently announced National Health Priorities of the Federal Government in relation to the interactions between physical inactivity, health status and disease risk factors. The unit reviews in greater depth than the introductory HPE100 unit common chronic diseases and disabilities such as obesity, insulin intolerance, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis and coronary artery disease and the implications for physical activity involvement by people with these conditions. Students will be equipped with knowledge to determine appropriate modifications to exercise interventions and the precautions to apply when assisting people with chronic conditions to adopt safe and appropriate exercise habits in maintaining health and wellness.

Prerequisite unit: HPE110 Physical Activity and Health

HPE 2895 Learning, Teaching and Assessment of Fundamental Movement Skills (Semester 1)
This unit develops the students' key understandings of issues surrounding fundamental movement skill development in children in the primary school setting. Students are introduced to a variety of learning experiences, and monitoring and assessment strategies that contribute to a well-planned teaching and learning program. In particular, the focus will be on individualising learning programs and maximising the participation of all children in physical activity. Some practical experience in primary schools will be incorporated into the program. This unit is available to Health and Physical Education majors and Bachelor of Education students completing a minor in Health and Physical Education.

HPE 2896 Learning, Teaching and Assessment of Fundamental Movement Skills Workshop
(Semester 1 and Semester 2 according to demand)
This intensive 2-day workshop develops the students' key understandings of issues surrounding fundamental movement skill development in children in the primary school setting. Through practical and theoretical approaches, students are introduced to a variety of learning experiences and monitoring and assessment strategies that contribute to a well-planned teaching and learning program. In particular, the focus will be on individualising learning programs and maximising the participation of all children in physical activity.

HPE 2203 Physical Performance Laboratory III - Modified Sports (Semester 1)
The activities included in HPE2203 (Physical Performance Laboratory 3) are those appropriate for teaching in primary school children. There are two streams –Dance, and Modified Rules.Dance – students will learn a variety of simple and more complex folk dances from different cultures and develop expressive movement through the stream of movement and music. Students will learn to interpret written instructions, to plan lessons, to teach dances to peers and to perform group-created dances. Modified Rules will introduce students to the modified versions of the major team sports of our culture. Students will practice lesson planning, and teaching peers in class. This unit is available to Health and Physical Education majors and Bachelor of Education students completing a minor in Health and Physical Education

HPE 200 Motor Development and Learning (Semester 2)
This unit will introduce students to various developmental and learning theories and their application to motor skill acquisition across the lifespan. The dynamic systems approach, which considers person, task and environmental constraints, will be presented as a practical framework for motor skills instruction. Through lectures and laboratory activities students will learn how the framework guides the teacher of motor skills to evaluate developmental constraints (person factors), to analyse the nature of skill to be learned (task factors), to manipulate practice variables (learning environment factors) to enhance skill development.

Prerequisites: PS 100 Developmental Psychology or equivalent

HPE 210 Psychosocial Aspects of Physical Activity (Semester 2)
This unit will develop an understanding of ways psychological variables such as motivation, self-efficacy, perceived competence, body image and anxiety can affect individual’s participation in, and enjoyment of physical activity. The impact of societal structures and the social significance of sport and physical activity will be examined from different theoretical perspectives.

Prerequisites: PS 100 Developmental Psychology or equivalent

HPE 2500 Sport and Recreation Industry Internship (Whole Year)
To develop industry-ready practical skills required for employment in sports associations, sports clubs, health clubs and recreation centres students studying the Bachelor of Applied Science (Health and Physical Education) and the Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Management will be required to complete this industry-based Internship during their second year. Depending on industry networks, students will participate in a variety of activities such as sports promotion, sports development, sport management, and health promotion. This experiential unit is completed in the recreation/sport industry work placement under supervision of sport/recreation/sport management professionals. Students complete a Reflective Journal during their placement. The unit may be completed in a variety of ways depending on the particular placement – for example, a 5 week block in winter term or part-day periods for the whole academic year. The unit is available only to Bachelor of Applied Science (Health and Physical Education) and Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Management degree students.

HPE 2204 Physical Performance Lab 4 (Semester 2)
This unit focuses on the Sport Education in Physical Education Program (SEPEP). It introduces a student centred, inclusive approach within situated learning theory. In this approach, the physical educator moves “off centre stage” and becomes a facilitator as pupils become engaged in the managerial and instructional leadership roles in the context of a focus sport, similar to the roles used in community sporting clubs. During the focus sport “SEPEP season”, pupils take on a variety of sports participation roles such as participant, captain, coach, referee, team manager, publicity officer, fixtures officer, first aid officer and sports trainer. This unit will enable students to learn the theory underpinning sport education, to enable them to implement the approach and to develop resources for use in a school or club setting. This relatively new curriculum approach has been successfully trialled across the nation in both upper primary and secondary schools.

Increasingly national sporting associations such as AFL football, cricket, soccer, netball, volleyball, rugby and golf are developing teacher resources using this approach. It fits well into the Western Australian Curriculum Framework and Catholic Education Outcomes and within other national and international Health and Physical Education pedagogy. This unit is available to Health and Physical Education majors and Bachelor of Education students completing a minor in Health and Physical Education.

HPE 300 Health Education I (Semester 1)
This unit will explore issues that significantly impact on the social, physical and emotional health of school aged youth in Western Australia. The unit will place emphasis on the methodology involved in the delivery of health education as well as developing a sound knowledge base about current health issues linked with the curriculum framework and student outcomes in health. Students will address broad mental health issues such as self-esteem, resilience and bullying and drug education, especially tobacco, alcohol and analgesic use. Students will be provided with the opportunity to explore and familiarise themselves with health programs, projects and resources that are available in Western Australia and that significantly influence the nature health education teaching in schools.

Prerequisites: HPE 100 Physical Activity and Health or equivalent.

HPE 310 Nutrition for Health and Physical Activity (Semester 1)
This unit will examine the function, sources and absorption of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, major minerals, water and electrolytes, and the role these play in balanced nutrition. Additionally, this unit will investigate dietary requirements through the life cycle, the requirements of athletes and those engaged in regular physical activity, the influence dietary habits may have on the onset of diseased conditions and other contemporary issues in nutrition. Tutorial activities will provide students with the opportunity to research and present a topic of their choice related to nutrition, wellness and physical performance. These topical presentations will provide a valuable resource, enhancing teaching and instruction in schools and in the community.

Prerequisites: SS 100 Human Structure and Function or equivalent, or HPE 110 Exercise Physiology.

HPE 360 Sports Event Management for Teachers (Semester 1)
This unit will provide students with both practical and theoretical exposure to the planning, promotion and administration of a wide variety of sporting events in both primary and secondary school settings. Events covered range from traditional sports carnival, whole school field days, inter-school competitions to interstate events. This unit is available to Health and Physical Education majors and Bachelor of Education students completing a minor in Health and Physical Education This unit is available to Health and Physical Education majors and Bachelor of Education students completing a minor in Health and Physical Education

HPE 361 Community Approaches to Health Promotion (Semester 1)
Environmental and mass media approaches to Health Promotion, explored in HPE 162 and HPE262 are often used as a base to set and support community based health promotion. The primary purpose of community approaches to health promotion is to empower individuals and communities to gain control over the determinants of their own health. This is achieved through capacity building, forming mutually beneficial partnerships, community organisation, community development and community participation. This unit will explore these aspects of community based health promotion with specific reference to the aged, youth and disabled. Specific community based health promotion projects such as ‘Safe Seniors’, ‘Gone Fishing’ and ‘Just Walk It’ will be drawn upon as exemplars. Skills, tools and competencies required for working in community based health promotion will also be explored.

Prerequisites: HPE162 Environmental Approaches to Public Health and Health Promotion.

HPE362 Health Promotion Research and Evaluation (Semester 1)
Evaluation is a fundamental part of any health promotion project. It provides a systematic assessment of the degree to which an intervention of meeting its objectives. In applying evaluation in an integrated manner, programs can achieve greater success in meeting desired aims and provide greater understanding about what changed and how that change came about. This unit will explore different evaluation methods and how to develop evaluations for specific purposes. It will also examine how building evaluation into health promotion activities allows the health promotion practitioner to determine how to develop an intervention best suited to the circumstances, how the intervention worked in practice, who benefited and how and what should be done differently next time. A range of health promotion research and evaluated projects such as The School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project, Leavers Live and the Gatehouse Project will be drawn upon as exemplars along with projects studied in HPE162, HPE262 and HPE361. Skills, tools and competencies required for evaluating health promotion projects will also be explored.

Prerequisites: HPE162 Environmental Approaches to Public Health and Health Promotion; HPE262 Population Approaches to Health Promotion or HPE 361 Community Approaches to Health Promotion

HPE 330 Adapted and Inclusive Practice for Physical Education (Semester 2)
In this unit students will identify and develop learning, teaching and assessment skills to support the various needs of people with sensory, physical and intellectual disabilities during physical activity sessions in educational settings. The students will participate in practical activities that require them to plan, modify or adapt physically active learning experiences, as well as develop a deep understanding of the aetiology of, and specific limitations related to different disabilities. This unit is available to Health and Physical Education majors and Bachelor of Education students completing a minor in Health and Physical Education

Prerequisites: HPE2895 Learning, Teaching and Assessment of Fundamental Movement Skills or HPE2896 Fundamental Movement Skills teacher resource workshop or ED2095.X (one of ED2095.X Teaching Method Units) or ED2623 Learning Are Studies; Health and Physical Education.

HPE 340 Exercise Biomechanics (Semester 2)
This unitwill examine the kinematic and kinetic variables that impact on movement during physical activity and sport. Additionally, the unit will examine the forces acting on and applied by the body that may determine movement outcomes and identify factors and teaching implications that promote efficiency of movement. Tutorial activities will provide students with the opportunity to relate components to applied situations that will assist in the development of teaching strategies and appropriate skills practices.

Prerequisites: HB101 Applications of Functional Anatomy and SS100 Human Structure and Function or equivalent.

HPE 370 The Australian Sports System (Semester 2)
Explores the historical, social and political aspects of the current organisational structure of sport and recreation in Australia from the national to local levels in both the non-Government and Government Sectors. Emphasis will be on understanding the key relationships within and between sectors; sport and recreation planning processes in local government; funding and sponsorship; the relationship with other stakeholders such as the media; impact of professional sport on grassroots sport; and sports policy challenges. The unit is designed to deliver outcomes that enable students to gain employment in the sport and recreation industry. Emphasis will be placed on understanding, describing, documenting, and developing planning techniques and skills expected in the sport and recreation workplace.

HPE 3205 Outdoor Education I (Semester 2)
Outdoor education involves small groups of people participating in organized adventurous activities in natural settings and who primarily use themselves as the resource for solving problems. It is education conducted in and through the outdoors based on experiential education and wilderness philosophies and concepts of group encounter, indigenous knowledge and risk and challenge. This unit is designed for teachers, youth leaders, and others who will coordinate outdoor education experiences for school or community groups. The unit will cover the philosophical, theoretical, morals, values and the contexts within which outdoor education occurs, including urban and wilderness settings. Students will identify multiple, cross-curricular outcomes in quality outdoor experiences and appropriate evaluation strategies. Students will cover planning, management and evaluation strategies; and risk assessment and management practices including the current Department of Education and Catholic Education policies for the conduct of water-based and other excursions. The student will attend theory classes, a 3-day camp experience and assist with school-based camps for primary, middle or secondary school students. Attendance at all theory classes and both experiential components is compulsory. As well as the unit enrolment fee, students will be required to pay a surcharge to cover food, transport, and equipment hire. For current surcharge contact the College of Health.

Prerequisites: Only available to School of Health and Physical Education Students

HPE 3500 Sports and Recreation Industry Internship (Whole Year)
This experimental unit comprises activities in career planning and professional development and places students in relevant recreation/sport settings under supervision of recreation and sport management professional. Compulsory seminars on career planning, resume preparation, job application and interview techniques will complement the internship experience. Students are placed in a relevant industry setting that is approved by the unit coordinator. Students complete a Reflective Journal during their placement. The internship may be completed in a variety of ways depending on the particular placement – for example, as a 5 week block in winter term or part-day periods for the whole academic year . The unit is available only to Bachelor of Applied Science (Health and Physical Education) and Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Management degree students.

HPE320 Cardiorespiratory Physiology and Disease (Semester 2)
This unit will develop the knowledge and understanding of the epidemiology of cardiorespiratory disease and the anatomy and physiology of common cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions that influence health and well-being and exercise participation. Students will also develop effective screening, communication and counselling skills associated with cardiorespiratory illness and be able to implement appropriate exercise interventions.

Prerequisites: HPE110 Exercise Physiology, HPE220Physiology of training and environmental extremes

HPE 380 Secondary Physical Education Methods (Semester 1)
This unit consolidates Physical Education teaching methods appropriate in secondary education and is compulsory for students studying the Bachelor of Health and Physical Education. Students will explore the spectrum of teaching styles that could be used in physical education, develop an appreciation of their effectiveness in varying settings, model these styles and demonstrate teaching strategies suitable for both the gymnasium and outdoor settings and with different pupils. Students will demonstrate their capacity to select and implement appropriate teaching methods for a variety of sports and physical activity through peer teaching, role play and critical self evaluation. Attendance at both lectures and teaching workshops is compulsory.

Pre-requisites: ED2894 School Experience I and either HPE2203 or HPE2204.

HPE 4206 Outdoor Education II (Semester I)
This unit consolidates information presented in Outdoor Education 1. In Unit II students will explore the concept of Journeying in the following two areas, on Land and Water. They will develop an appreciation of the importance of minimum impact travel and camping and demonstrate an understanding of the clothing and equipment required to operate safely in outdoor settings. Students will demonstrate their capacity to plan and implement journeys on land and water with particular reference to a safety management plan, an accident response kit and budgeting. Attendance at both lectures and camps is compulsory.

Prerequisites: HPE 3205 Outdoor Education I and ED 2894 School Experience I or equivalent, or by approval of Head of School. Expedition activities may incur a supplementary fee. Current details are available from the School.

HPE400 Health Education II (Semester 1)
This unit will explore the social view of health, the interaction of its multiple determinants enabling students to understand that the changing nature of these interactions can have a significant affect on the health on adolescents and respond in ways that promote and protect health for all.. This unit will also emphasise the role that health education in schools has in responding to adolescent health issues and promoting health by exploring best practice classroom based and whole of school approaches. Although this unit will promote social and emotional well being, students will address mental health issues such as loss and grief; depression, eating disorders and other mental illnesses; drug education, specifically illicit drug education; healthy relationship education; and critical consumerism. Students will explore and familiarise themselves with appropriate resources available in Western Australian schools that address these issues. They will also participate in the interactive modelling of classroom-based activities from these resources and conduct peer teaching of an activity .

Prerequisites: HPE300 Health Education I