EDHP2008: Sports Science in HPE 2

Assessment: Early Feedback Quiz

Students will complete a multiple choice quiz on the first 3 weeks of content.

Assessment task: Debate  

As a PDHPE teacher, you will be expected to have opinions on controversial topics and to be able to back your opinions with scientific evidence and reason. As a way of developing these skills you will participate in a debate as part of your assessment. 

Students will be allocated to a topic and to either the affirmative or negative side. There will be three students per side (6 students per topic). Each team member will speak for 3 minutes on their topic. 

Where possible, all speakers should try to provide supporting evidence from the scientific literature for their arguments. 

At the completion of each team's arguments, both teams will be given time to prepare and ask the opposition 2 questions. The responding team will have 1 - 2 minutes to answer each question. These questions should probe the opposition's arguments in an attempt to rebut their position.  

To accompany the debate: 

• Each team must upload a summary paper (500 words) that outlines their arguments (with supporting references and examples) by 8am of the day of the debate i.e. one summary per team). 

• Students must then upload an individual 500 word reflection that reflects on the overall value of debates as a learning tool as well as their experiences within the debate. This should be uploaded one week after the debate.  

Assessment task: ICT Teaching and Learning Resource and Presentation  

This task is in two parts: 

Part A – ICT based teaching and learning resource (15%) (50 min lesson)

Students are required to develop an informative, engaging and student centred teaching and learning activities for an allocated area of the stage 6 Health and Movement Science syllabus. In developing the activities, the student must embed an original and creative use of ICT within the 50 mins of learning.

The teaching and learning activities MUST be original, but the use of other resources is permitted. Please ensure that external resources are referenced as per APA guidelines.  

Part B - Teaching Presentation (25 minutes) (15%) 

Students will select a couple of the teaching and learning activities and deliver these to their peers in a micro-teaching session. Within this micro-teaching students must select 2 of the following teaching/learning episodes:

1. opening whole group activity with the aim of knowledge development 

2. transition into a student centred activity with sufficient challenge for diverse learners where students are applying knowledge 

3. concluding activity where the teachers are using formative assessment to gather (and act on) evidence of learning.

Assessment: Case Study Development and Answers 

Part A: Case Study & Questions (700 - 800 words) 

In the stage 6 syllabus one of the suggested teaching strategies involves students examining two athlete case studies to analyse differing training methods. This task is designed to develop your ability to write authentic case studies whilst at the same time allowing you to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the content addressed across the unit. 

In this task, you will develop a case study of an athlete detailing a range of issues relating to the athlete. The case study should detail background information about the athlete such as their sport/event, level of competition, current training program, goals etc. The case study should then highlight at least two concerns the athlete is facing. These concerns could include anxiety, motivation, training factors such as overtraining or recovery, physiological adaptations, measurement and evaluation of fitness, supplement use etc. 

The case study should be well developed and authentic for an already ELITE athlete.

From the case study you should then develop three questions relating to the athlete. These questions would be questions the athlete could ask an expert in order to improve their performance. The questions should be logical extensions from the case study detail and must address at 3 different areas of the unit content. 

The content areas are as follows: 
• Training factors (types of training, principles of training, overtraining) 
• Planning of training 
• Physiological adaptations 
• Recovery principles 
• Psychological asepcts (motivation, anxiety and arousal) 
• Ergogenic aids 

Part B: Evidence Based Responses (1400 - 1600 words) 

You will also have to provide your answers to the questions using literature to support your responses. In providing these evidence based responses you will be required to demonstrate your depth of knowledge and understanding of the unit content. 

Full task instructions, criteria and rubrics are available on canvas.