Assessment: Annotated Lesson Plan and Micro Teaching 

This assessment will be completed in pairs and has two components:

Part A: Annotated lesson plans (20%)

In your pairs you are to devise one detailed physical education lesson plan that reflects various evidence-based principles and practices of inclusive physical education. The lesson should cater for various groups of students with a particular emphasis on those students potentially marginalised in traditional PE environments. The lesson adaptations/modifications should be clearly and explicitly identified with annotations. In these annotations you should explain how and why the adaptation/modification attempt to make the lesson inclusive and enjoyable for diverse student groups. 

Annotations need to be evidence based ie cite relevant literature. 

The focus (context of learning/content statement) of your lesson plan will be allocated in Week 1. The lesson plan should cover a 60-minute lesson.

Part B: Micro teaching (10%)

In pairs you will peer-teach an 18 minute main activity (not a warm-up or conclusion activity) from the lesson plan you have submitted as well as present a  2 – 4 minute oral justication of the entire lesson plan explaining:

1. What specific pedagogical approaches, teaching/learning activities and management strategies you have employed in planning the lesson, and how these cater towards diverse students interests and abilities;
2. What research and/or experiences has informed this lesson.

The purpose of the presentation is to equip your peers with a collection of practices and strategies that will cater to a variety of students’ interests, abilities and motivation that could be adapted and used in their own teaching. In selecting the lesson activity (from the lesson plan) you should choose the one that best demonstrates the inclusive principles and practices physical education ie avoid practices that potentially marginalise students. 

Assessment: Video Resource and Worksheet (20%)

This task invloves 2 parts:

Part A:
In small groups, students are required to create a resource video (7 – 8 minutes) focusing on a skill and/or activity that could be taught in a 7 - 10 PDHPE lesson.

In the video resource activities, progressions and games associated with the skill/physical activity should be included to ensure that sufficient challenge and progression is evident. The resource should aim to focus on pyschmotor, cognitive and social learning within the skill/activity.

The skill and/or physical activity will be allocated in week 1.

The video is NOT for remote learning.  

Part B:
In the same groups, you need to develop a 2 sided (A4) resource sheet that could accompany and compliment the video. The sheet needs to be student friendly and should integrate a relevant literacy or numeracy activity (ies) that students could complete whilst or after completing the activities. 

IMPORTANT: Part A and B should be complimentary resources and should avoid repetition where possible. 

Assessment: Stimulus Responses (50%)

Throughout this unit of study students will be given opportunities to experience a range of learning activities in games and sports, athletics and aquatics. Along with these practical experiences, students will examine research around effective and inclusive physical education. In various weeks students will be required to respond to a series of stimulus questions that will encourage them to reflect on the practical experiences and the theoretical knowledge to broadly examine their understanding and beliefs about effective and inclusive physical education in contemporary schools. 

Each set of questions will have a specified percentage mark as follows:

Set 1 - 15% (c.750 words)

Set 2 - 15% (c.750 words) 

Set 3 - 20% (c.9000 words).

In writing their responses, students are encouraged to find their 'professional voice' to articulate their knowledge, understanding and philosophy around the teaching of effective physical education. This professional voice will be essential as students move towards seeking employment and starting their physical education career. 

As third years, students will be given some choice as to submission dates for these tasks as follows

Set 1 questions – can be submitted Thursday 14h March, 11.59 pm

Set 2 questions – can be submitted Thursday 4th April, 11.59 pm 

Set 3 questions – MUST be submitted Friday 10 May, 11.50 pm

For those students who choose to not submit Set 1 and Set 2 questions by the dates above, all three sets of responses by Friday 10 May.

For students who choose to submit 'as they go' marks and feedback will be available within 7 - 9 days.