Health and physical education : preparing educators for the future / Deborah Callcott, Judith Miller, Susan Wilson-Gahan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The Foundation Of Movement Skills -- 3. Teaching Inclusively: Equity And Diversity In Education -- 4. What All Teachers Need To Know About Movement -- 5. Pedagogy -- 6. Planning For Teaching And Learning -- 7. Ict And General Capabilities In The Australian -- 8. Assessment In Health And Physical Education -- 9. Health Education -- --

1. Introduction -- Introduction -- Context of the state to Australian Curriculum transition -- Definition of terms -- Pre-service teacher education (PSTE) student -- Teacher biography -- Learning entitlement for early childhood, primary and -- secondary students -- Outline of the text -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- Useful websites -- -- 2. The Foundation Of Movement Skills -- Introduction -- The primitive, postural and locomotive reflexive phases -- The reflexive phase and later learning -- The rudimentary phase of development -- The fundamental movement phase -- Later childhood (ages 7-12) sports skill phase -- Further considerations in teaching physical education -- in a developmental curriculum -- Conclusion -- Review activities and questions -- Useful websites -- -- 3. Teaching Inclusively: Equity And Diversity In Education -- Introduction -- Language of inclusion -- Current educational diversity practice in Australia -- Gender differences -- Students with a disability -- Indigenous students -- National origin and religion - promoting cultural equity -- Overweight and obese children -- Conclusion -- Review activities and questions -- Useful websites -- -- 4. What All Teachers Need To Know About Movement -- Introduction -- Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) defined -- What causes DCD? -- Interventions -- Identifying children with DCD -- Effects of DCD on development -- DCD in the playground and during physical education -- Conclusion -- Review activities and questions -- Useful websites -- -- 5. Pedagogy -- Introduction -- Performance pedagogy -- Decision making at the centre of pedagogy -- Students learn 'other things' in health and physical education -- Curriculum and pedagogical practices -- Conclusion -- Review activities and questions -- Useful websites -- -- 6. Planning For Teaching And Learning -- Introduction -- The curriculum -- Interpreting and planning curricula -- Dimensions of planning for teaching and learning -- Collaboration in planning -- Integration with other learning areas -- Planning in a nutshell -- Lesson plans -- Learning experiences -- Conclusion -- Review activities and questions -- Useful websites -- -- 7. Ict And General Capabilities In The Australian -- Curriculum -- Introduction -- General capabilities in the Australian Curriculum -- Information and communication technology (ICT) -- School-based ICT -- ICT, early childhood, and health and physical education -- What can we learn from the research to guide the increased -- use of ICT in health and physical education? -- ICT and students with disabilities -- Conclusion -- Review activities and questions -- Useful websites -- -- 8. Assessment In Health And Physical Education -- Introduction -- Assessment purpose defined -- Forms of assessment -- Designing assessment -- What to assess in health and physical education -- How to assess in health and physical education -- Performance product versus process -- Criteria for assessment -- Principles of assessment -- Alignment of teaching, learning, assessing and reporting -- High-stakes testing and multiple measures of assessment -- Assessment of movement and physical performance -- Issues in assessment -- Conclusion -- Review activities and questions -- Useful websites -- -- 9. Health Education -- Introduction -- The purpose and importance of health education -- Making education for health and wellbeing work in your school -- Health promotion in school settings -- Developmental needs of students -- General capabilities addressed in health education -- Addressing diverse needs in health education -- Research - the backbone of credible program development -- Integrating health education with other learning areas -- The social determinants of health and wellbeing -- Conclusion -- Review activities and questions -- Useful websites.

"Health and Physical Education empowers the health and physical education teachers of tomorrow to engage students across a wide range of learning ages. It highlights the importance of physical skills development within the broader structure of child and adolescent maturity. This well-structured and engaging text considers the role of health and physical education within the wider educational experience, and provides a comprehensive overview of the skills and theory required to teach health and physical education in Australian schools."--Publisher's website.