Health and Physical Education (2^nd Ed.) Preparing Educators for the Future

Health and physical education encompasses the development of movement competence and health literacies crucial to child and adolescent health and wellbeing. Health and Physical Education: Preparing Educators for the Future, 2nd edition continues to offer a comprehensive overview of the knowledge, understanding, skills and theoretical underpinnings required to teach health and physical education in Australian schools. This edition outlines the latest developments to the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, to help pre-service teacher educators understand the application of these concepts in practice. Maintaining a focus on the education of all learning ages, it provides a stronger focus on physical education and development in early childhood, and broader coverage of the perspectives of culturally diverse students. Well-structured and engaging, this edition has been updated to include the latest literature, figures, statistics and resources. Learning is enhanced through further reading, end-of-chapter questions, case studies and an updated and comprehensive companion website.

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 curriculum; 8. Assessment in health and physical education; 9. Health education.

Deb Callcott is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Edith Cowan University.
Judith Miller is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of New England.
Susan Wilson-Gahan is the Program Co-ordinator of the Bachelor of Education Health and Physical Education specialisation programs in the School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education at the University of Southern Queensland.