Wellbeing, Health and Physical Education

This subject prepares the Teacher Candidates to use evidence-informed approaches to understanding and advancing the factors that contribute to student health, wellbeing and engagement. This includes teaching Health and Physical Education, promoting social and emotional learning, enhancing healthy active lifestyles, and supporting wellbeing for students as members of schools, families and communities. The subject includes a focus on effective pedagogies for wellbeing education; strategies to cultivate positive teacher-student relationships; and use of proactive policies, practices and partnerships to advance student wellbeing. This subject references the Australian/Victorian Curricula. This subject aims to explore how the Health and Physical Education curricula can be designed to help students understand health as a crucial enabler for learning and development from Foundation to Year Six.