The Healthy and Active Child
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 24 hours face to face + blended + Swinburne Online
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2024 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 1 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
On campus
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
On-campus Class | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Specified Activities (Prescribed readings, Online activities) | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Unspecified Activities (Independent study, Assignment preparation, Readings) | 5.5 | 12 | 66 |
TOTAL | 150 hours/12.5cp |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning (Prescribed readings, Online activities, Independent study, Assignment preparation, Readings) | 12.5 | 12 | 150 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Report | Individual | 50% | 1, 2, 3 |
Portfolio | Individual | 50% | 4 |
Content
- Common childhood illnesses – symptoms and treatment
- Children’s growth
- Stress and the impacts of cortisol on children’s growth and development
- Brain development and the neurosciences
- Childhood nutrition, first aid, hygiene, safety
- Health related policies, procedures and legal requirements
- The role of physically active play for health and wellbeing
- Challenging and creative educational environments
- Risk aversion and benefit assessment
- Outside play environments and risk
- Physical education and teaching children about health, safety and nutrition
- Contemporary health issues
- Natural play spaces, connections with nature and links to health
- Sharing information about children's health with children, families and communities
- Mandatory reporting
- Family violence
Study resources
- Reading materials.