Overview

The unit develops knowledge and understanding of a range of health related areas that impact on the lives of children and their families. Pre-service teachers will learn about specific childhood illnesses and conditions, the importance of overall health and nutrition and how to offer a variety of opportunities for young children to engage in a range of physically active play opportunities and learning experiences that foster health and wellbeing.

Requisites

Prerequisites
EDU10026 Introduction to Academic Language, Literacy and Numeracy in Education

Rule

50 credit points 

AND

EDU10026 Introduction to Academic Language, Literacy and Numeracy in Education

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Teaching Period 1
Location
Online
Start and end dates
11-March-2024
09-June-2024
Last self-enrolment date
24-March-2024
Census date
05-April-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
26-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Teaching Period 3
Location
Online
Start and end dates
04-November-2024
09-February-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-November-2024
Census date
29-November-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
27-December-2024
Results released date
04-March-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Describe children's development and health-related conditions, and their implications for teaching and learning
  • Evaluate strategies for children to learn about nutrition, hygiene, and safety
  • Develop learning plans for physically active play
  • Identify a range of contemporary health issues that affect children, including child protection, wellbeing and resilience

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class
2.00 12 weeks 24
Specified Activities
Various
4.00 12 weeks 48
Unspecified Activities
Various
5.50 12 weeks 66
TOTAL150

Swinburne Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PortfolioIndividual 50% 1,2,3 
ReportIndividual 50% 

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

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.