Launceston
Introduction
This unit provides you with an understanding of health information, knowledge of the nature of health and a positive attitude towards being healthy. This unit is essential for teacher education graduates who will be promoting health, both directly in health education or indirectly by incidental teaching and example. This unit also considers the application of research, theories, and concepts of behavioural science into lifestyle coaching within a variety of contexts, such as fitness, rehabilitation, and education. Aspects covered include the challenges of behaviour change, strategies that work, coaching techniques and relapse prevention, and the application of frameworks in community programs.
Summary 2021
| Unit name | Health Promotion and Behaviour Change: Perspectives and Practice |
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| Unit code | ESP340 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Arts, Law and Education Faculty of Education |
| Discipline | Education |
| Coordinator | Dr. Kira Patterson |
| Teaching staff | |
| Level | Advanced |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- Develop and justify a whole-school health promotion strategy using the Health Promoting Schools Framework.
- Explain the challenges of health behaviour change.
- Critically analyse successful coaching techniques in health behaviour change.
- Identify and justify relevant and appropriate sources of professional learning for aspects of your teaching practice that you would like to improve.
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
ESP368
Co-requisites
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | 1 x 2 hr lecture (9 weeks), 1 x 1 hour Tutorial (9 weeks) |
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| Assessment | Task 1: Professional Development Plan, 800 words (20%) Task 2: School health promotion presentation, 10 minutes (40%) Task 3: Health behaviour change blog/diary/essay, 2000 words (40%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | Refer Bookshop link |
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| Recommended | Refer Bookshop link |
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