Welcome to EDF4423 - Physical Education. This unit is taught as part of the undergraduate degree program of Bachelor of Sport & Outdoor Recreation/Bachelor of Education and the Graduate Diploma of Secondary Education. It may be taken as a unit on-campus or via off-campus modes (OCL or Open Universities Austrralia[OUA]).
This blog is all about my thoughts about teaching this unit. It is supposed to provide future teachers with insights into what it means to teach. According to Crowe and Berry (2007) "...one important aspect of...becoming a teacher involves learning to think like a teacher" (p. 32). The thoughts in this blog is a small part of 'researching' my own practice (especially as it pertains to OCL/OUA, distance learning and the space around using intergrated technologies). Furthermore, “…teacher education struggles with the contradiction in practice between imposing (perhaps unintentionally) solutions on student teachers and assisting them to develop their own responses to their own situation themselves…” (Loughran, 2004).
Importantly, also in this is the fact that I have asked you to undertake, via Assessment 4, a reflection or thoughts on your own practice and engagement in this unit, so hopefully you can see the important links about such practices. Please feel free to offer as much feedback as possible via this blog by making a posting on the process and what it has to offer student-teachers.
Please do not hesitate to contact me via email (trent.brown@education.monash.edu.au) should you require clarification about any issue related to this unit, EDF4423 Physical Education.
Enjoy this unit and the semester!
Trent
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