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The course has been designed to develop teachers who can inspire people to be healthy for life, with a primary focus on the dimensions of health and wellbeing: physical, mental, emotional, social, environmental and spiritual.
Responding to feedback from recent graduates, teachers and school leaders, we also offer several maths units so that graduates will be better prepared if they are asked to take maths classes by future employing schools
You will be required to undertake a number of Professional Experience placements totalling 80 days. This will give you the opportunity to apply the theoretical and practical skills that you have learnt in a safe and supportive environment.
The Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) is available on-campus in Launceston.
Course objectives
The program is informed by core theoretical knowledge, evidence-based practice and underpinned by a strong theory-practice nexus enacted in collaboration with appropriate employing authorities. At the core of the program is the pre-service teacher who is educated to:
- Have ownership of a reasoned and critical perspective
- Have capacity to operate inclusively in highly diverse contexts
- Have curricular and pedagogical competence
- Be appropriately collaborative and context-honouring in a community of learners
- Have capacity to be resilient learners who make evidence-based lifelong contributions to their field
The course content and practical experience provides theoretical and practical opportunities to practice what is learned in a safe and supportive environment.
Learning outcomes
1. Exhibit depth and breadth of knowledge by:
- Knowing students and how they learn across a variety of contexts;
- Demonstrating pedagogical content knowledge across the range of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary curriculum areas;
- A broad and coherent body of knowledge that is the basis for professional practice as health and physical educators in junior and senior secondary school settings;
- Providing integrated learning experiences that underpin health and wellness;
- By acquiring knowledge as the basis for further learning and professional engagement in on-going professional development.
2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of health and physical education by:
- Planning for, implementing, and assessing teaching and learning across a variety of contexts;
- Analysing teaching and learning approaches that are underpinned by evidence and inquiry;
- Exhibiting a critically informed sense of how health and wellbeing interacts with society in a two way dialectical relationship;
- Having the meta cognitive skills to critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and skills that contribute to quality health and physical education pedagogy.
3. Exhibit depth and breadth of educational knowledge and skills by:
- Creating and maintaining safe, supportive, sustainable, and inclusive health and wellbeing learning environments;
- Articulating the transformative purpose and potential of education in society;
- Demonstrating graduate level proficiency in teaching settings – notably in literacy and numeracy - and attaining the graduate professional standards relevant to education.
4. Communicate effectively by:
- Demonstrating literacy across a broad range of communication modes and technologies in educational contexts;
- Demonstrating information literacy capabilities to identify, critically engage with, and communicate ideas with coherence and clarity to range of professional stakeholders.
5. Show their commitment to professional learning by:
- Being independent, open-minded, and critically reflective learners;
- Working responsibly in individual and collaborative contexts;
- Reflecting on personal performance and feedback to identify and implement self-learning and self-improvement opportunities as the basis for independent life-long learning.
6. Exhibit the ethical, active and responsible professional practice which is central to education as a discipline by:
- Engaging professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community.
- Demonstrating the professional attitudes and values to ensure the educational needs of all children are met;
- Understand and incorporate within their pedagogy a commitment to inclusivity, cultural awareness, sustainability, and diversity, and social justice to provide the opportunity for student engagement and achievement;
- Creating and implementing teaching and learning experiences which reflect a global perspective;
- Having knowledge across the range of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary curriculum areas and professional studies units.
Practical experience
Professional Experience Placements
An integral part of your learning in the Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) are classroom placements - putting into active practice the theory and knowledge you have been studying throughout your degree.
As a student you will participate in a minimum of 80 days (16 weeks) of full-time Professional Experience. Placements are usually scheduled as continuous ‘blocks’ of time ranging from 20 to 30 days, and occur in a variety of educational settings.
- 20 day placement in second year.
- 30 day placement in third year.
- 30 day placement in fourth year.
Placements are designed to enable our students to become familiar with a variety of learners and diverse learning environments. Your placements will involve active observation, participation and engagement in teaching and learning activities. For Health and Physical Education placements, students participate in primary, secondary and aquatic settings.
During your placements you will be supervised and managed by a tertiary qualified educator (your Colleague Teacher), and be assessed against Focus Areas within the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
Overseas Exchange
The Faculty of Education has a number of exchange partnerships with Universities whose curriculum and teaching our closely aligned with our own. A full list is available at Student Exchange – Outgoing.
Find out more about the University's Exchange Programs at Student Mobility.
Career outcomes
Graduates of Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) are deemed to be qualified to teach in public and private sector schools in all states and territories of Australia by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.
Our graduates work with students from Foundation to Grade 12, throughout Australia and overseas.
Professional Recognition
The Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) course is a professionally accredited Initial Teacher Education program approved by the Teachers Registration Board Tasmania.
Course structure
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Need help choosing your first year units? Try the Unit Selection Guide.
Entry requirements
Eligibility
We encourage you to apply for the courses you most want to study. If you’re not eligible to enter your chosen course right now, the UTAS admissions team will work with you to find the best pathway option.
Enquire online for advice on the application process and the available pathways to study at UTAS.
Domestic applicants
Domestic applicants who have recently completed secondary education (completed in the past two years)
To be eligible for an offer, you must:
- have an ATAR of 65 or above. This is the minimum ATAR needed for your application to be considered. Applicants are ranked by ATAR and offers made based on the number of places available; and
- Complete the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT). This includes a personal statement and a small number of multiple-choice questions.
If you do not receive the minimum ATAR please refer to Alternative entry pathways below.
In 2019, the lowest ATAR to receive an offer into this course was 65.7. The lowest ATAR to receive an offer may change from year to year based on the number of applications we receive; and
Domestic applicants with higher education study
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
- Completed a course at Associate Degree level or higher at any Australian higher education provider (or an equivalent overseas qualification); or
- Completed at least two units of study (equivalent to 25 UTAS credit points) of a course at Associate Degree level (or an equivalent overseas qualification). If you have failed any units your application may be subject to further review before an offer is made; or
- Completed four units of study in the UTAS Associate Degree (Education Support) in a single semester of enrolment; or
- Completed the UTAS Diploma of University Studies (Education Specialisation); or
- Competed the UTAS University Preparation Program, or an equivalent enabling program offered by another Australian university.
Applicants who have completed TAFE or other Vocational Education and Training (VET)
To be eligible for an offer, you must have completed a Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma (or an equivalent qualification). All applicants must also complete the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT). This includes a personal statement and a small number of multiple-choice questions.
All other domestic applicants
If you have not successfully completed senior secondary, tertiary or TAFE/VET study, but have relevant work and life experience you can complete a personal competency statement. You may be eligible for an offer if you have sustained work experiences that demonstrate a capacity to succeed in this course. All applicants must also complete the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT). This includes a personal statement and a small number of multiple-choice questions.
If you apply based on your previous work and life experience and your application is not successful, we will work with you to find an alternative pathway into your chosen course of study.
Special consideration
If your ability to access or participate in education has been affected by circumstances beyond your control, you can apply for special consideration as part of your application. We will consider a range of factors, including economic hardship, serious medical condition or disability.
We can only approve applications for special consideration where we are confident that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in your studies. If your application is not approved, the UTAS admissions team will work with you to find the best alternative pathway to your chosen course. Special consideration is not available for international applicants.
International applicants
Admissions information for international applicants, including English language requirements, is available from the International Future Students site. You can also enquire online to check your eligibility.
Course participation requirements
This course includes compulsory work placements. All students must meet the course’s Safety in Practice Requirements before their first placement. This includes external clearances to work with children and vulnerable people. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course application.
Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT)
In addition, all applicants are required to provide a non-academic personal statement which is used to assist in the selection of students into all Initial Teacher Education (ITE) courses at the University of Tasmania.
This statement is submitted through the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT) after you have completed your application and is used in conjunction with your ATAR score (or equivalent alternative entry). All applicants must satisfactorily complete the NACAT before they will be provided with an offer into the course.
Instructions on submitting your statement and completing the NACAT are provided during the application process.
Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teaching Education
Prior to undertaking their final Professional Experience placement, Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) students are required to complete the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teaching Education (LANTITE).
Credit transfer
Credit for appropriate studies completed at another Australian or overseas University or TAFE may be granted.
Please contact us to discuss your credit options, and how applying for credit can fast-track your study and career in Health and Physical Education.
Articulation from
Students who have undertaken an appropriate course at another Australian or overseas institution of further education or TAFE college may apply to receive credit for such study. Applications for credit can be made upon application to the Bachelor of Education course.
Articulation to
Graduates of the Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) degree can advance their Education knowledge with specialised study through either a Postgraduate Coursework or a Research Higher Degree pathway.
Filter the Course list on the Education and Teaching study theme page by Postgraduate or Higher Degrees by research to view the courses currently available.
Alternative entry pathways
If you do not meet the school leaver or non-school leaver entry requirements for the Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education), you should consider enrolment in the Diploma of University Studies (Education Specialisation) (21A) as the alternative pathway to your preferred degree and career.
Students, on successfully completing the Diploma of University Studies (Education Specialisation) can then re-apply for admittance to the Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education),and may apply for credit for the units undertaken.
Detailed Admissions Information
Detailed admissions information and advice for all undergraduate courses, including comprehensive, course-level student profiles, is available from UTAS Admissions.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
International students should refer to the International Students course fees page to get an indicative course cost.
Scholarships
Domestic Students
Each year, the University offers more than 900 awards, worth an estimated $4 million, to students from all walks of life, including those who have achieved high academic results; those from low socio-economic backgrounds; students with sporting ability; students undertaking overseas study; and students with a disability.
For information on all scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit Scholarships and Bursaries.
Applications for most awards commencing in Semester 1, open at the beginning of August and close strictly on 31 October in the year prior to study.
Domestic Students – HECS Fee Waivers
Fee waivers waive the student contribution amount payable on a Commonwealth Supported Place.
They are sometimes referred to as a HECS Scholarship or HECS wavier.
A Fee Waiver can apply to an individual unit, a semester, a year of study, or the entire degree, dependent on the arrangements agreed to by the University of Tasmania with employers, State government departments, or as offered by the University in specific degree programs.
Education students are encouraged to review their eligibility for the following Fee Waiver programs, whether for personal or professional development:
- Tasmanian Education Sector
- Tasmanian Institute of Sport
- Redundancy Support Fee Waiver Program
- University of Tasmania Alumni
Refer to Fee Waivers for the complete range of Fee Waivers and your eligibility.
For all new students, the Fee Waiver application is completed as part of finalising your enrolment, after you have completed your online application for your course.
The closing date for fee waiver applications is the census date applicable to your enrolment.
International Students
There is a large range of scholarships, bursaries and fee discounts available for international students studying at the University of Tasmania. For more information on these, visit Tasmanian International Scholarships.
Additional costs
In addition to course costs, students may be subject to other costs related to study at university including:
- Text books and stationery
- Accommodation
- Student Services and Amenities Fee
- LANTITE
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