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Kinesiology
Enrolment code: ESP132
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Examines basic concepts of anatomy and physics as applied
to the study of human movement including specific sports skills as well as
posture and safety in motor performance.
Staff: Mr S Anderson
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Coreq: CRA172
Assess: major assignment (30%), mid-sem exam (15%), lab work (15%), final
exam (40%)
Required texts, etc:
Hall SJ, Basic Biomechanics, 3rd edn, WCB McGraw Hill, Boston Ma, 1999.
Recommended reading:
Hay JG, The Biomechanics of Sports Techniques, 4th edn, Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1994
Kreighbaum E and Bathels K, Biomechanics: A Qualitative Approach for Studying
Human Movement, Burgess, Minnesota, 1981.
Courses: E3J
Human Movement Laboratory 1
Enrolment code: ESP136
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: The application of the physical principles of movement in
the context of the analysis and development of aquatics, athletics and striking
sport skills.
Staff: Mrs R Pryce-Jones (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Assess: applied movement tasks (60%), seminar presentation (20%), test paper
(20%)
Required texts, etc:
tba.
Courses: E3J
Movement Concepts
Enrolment code: ESP140
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Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Students develop a fundamental understanding of the
philosophy, history and current relevance of human movement as a discipline.
The field of pedagogy is examined in detail and practical application is made
through a variety of physical activities, including games skills, gymnastics and
dance. Academic reading and writing is also a focus of this unit.
Staff: Ms KJ Swabey
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 6 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Assess: seminar presentation (40%), 500-word essay (20%), final exam (40%)
Required texts, etc:
Kirk D, et al, The Sociocultural Foundations of Human Movement, Macmillan,
Melb, 1996
American Psychological Association, Publication Manual, 4th edn, Washington
DC, 1995.
Courses: E3J
Research Concepts
Enrolment code: ESP141
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Gives students a basic understanding of statistics and
research methods and how they are applied in the area of human movement
studies.
Staff: Dr P Rehor
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 3 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Assess: 3 exams (25% ea), 5 quizzes (5% ea)
Required texts, etc:
Thomas RJ and Nelson JK, Research Methods in Physical Activity, 3rd edn,
Human Kinetics, Champaign, Ill, 1996.
Courses: E3J
Coaching Theory & Practice
Enrolment code: ESP210
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Develops knowledge and skills in the area of sports
coaching, including the role of the coach, planning a season, practice and
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program of skill development. Practical application is made through a variety
of sports.
Staff: Mr PD Cooley
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Assess: practical coaching experience (20%), essay (20%), final exam (60%)
Required texts, etc:
Pyke FS (ed), Better Coaching – Advanced Coach’s Manual, Aust. Sports
Commission, Belconnen ACT, 1991.
Courses: E3J
Professional Experience 1
Enrolment code: ESP214
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Students, individually or in groups, are placed in a
professional experience where they can observe the total life of their chosen
profession. They are expected to observe and assist their fellow professionals in
the carrying out of their daily duties. Where appropriate, students are expected
to complete their professional work experience in their home location.
Staff: Mr PD Cooley, Mrs R Pryce-Jones
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 1 hr weekly (13 wks), 10 days school placement
Assess: practical logbook and recommendation by supervising professional, on
a pass/fail basis
Courses: E3J
Psycho-Social Aspects of Physical Activity
Enrolment code: ESP220
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Examines the key psychological and selected sociological
frameworks involved in physical activity; introduces and develops analytical
and research skills; and analyses the practice and experience of physical
education, sport and recreation at the level of individual, groups, organisations
and society, leading to an appraisal of salient issues within contemporary
Australian physical activity, sport and recreation.
Staff: Mr PD Cooley
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 5 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Assess: research project (25%), essay (25%), final exam (50%)
Required texts, etc:
Unit details (Course and Unit Handbook 2002)
Cox RH, Sport Psychology, WCB Brown, 1999
Leonard WM, A Sociological Perspective of Sport, Allyn and Bacon, 1998
Findlay B, How to Write Psychology Laboratory Reports and Essays, Prentice Hall,
Syd, 1996.
Courses: E3J
Health Fitness & Physical Activity
Enrolment code: ESP230
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Gives students an understanding of the relationship
between health, fitness, physical activity and lifestyle factors. Students also
consider preventative health care systems, lifestyle factors, and participation
profiles within Australia.
Staff: Dr P Rehor
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 3 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Assess: mid-sem exam (40%), seminar presentation (20%), final exam (40%)
Required texts, etc:
Powers SK and Dodd SL, Total Fitness: Exercise Nutrition and Wellness, Allyn
and Bacon, 1996.
Courses: E3J M3H
Motor Learning and Skill Development 1
Enrolment code: ESP233
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Develops an understanding of selected theories and
concepts which apply to the learning of motor skills and human performance,
including motor control, information processing, and factors which influence
the learning environment – in order to enable students to apply this
understanding when giving instruction and in solving problems.
Staff: Mr PD Cooley
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 3 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Assess: lab project (40%), final exam (60%)
Required texts, etc:
Magill RA, Motor Learning, WCB Brown, 1998
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Findlay B, How to Write Psychology Laboratory Reports and Essays, Prentice Hall,
Syd, 1996.
Courses: E3J
Applied Physiology and Nutrition
Enrolment code: ESP237
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Gives students a basic understanding of how the body
functions in exercise, and the role of nutrition in providing energy for the
added stresses placed on the body during periods of stress.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: CRA273
Assess: 3 sem tests (20% ea), assignments (10%), final exam (30%)
Required texts, etc:
Powers S and Howley E, Exercise Physiology: Theory and Application to Fitness and
Performance, Brown & Benchmark, 1997.
Courses: E3J
Biomechanics
Enrolment code: ESP301
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Examines the laws of applied mechanics and physics in
relation to human movement, and applies them to techniques used in sport,
gymnastics, athletics, aquatics and dance. The unit contains a qualitative
approach to movement analysis by videotape format, in addition to the
prediction and rehabilitation of injuries resulting from human movement. It
includes the relevance of biomechanics to sport scientists, physical educators,
coaches, athletes and rehabilitation advisors.
Staff: Mr S Anderson
Unit weight: 12.5%
Prereq: ESP132
Assess: lab work (20%), major assignment (30%), exam (40%), article reviews
(10%)
Required texts, etc:
Various research papers as assigned.
Recommended reading:
Bloomfield J, Fricker PA and Fitch KO, Textbook of Science and Medicine in
Sport, Blackwell, Melb, 1999
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Hall SJ, Basic biomechanics, 3rd edn, WCB McGraw-Hill, Boston, 1999.
Courses: E3J E4J
Sport Injuries
Enrolment code: ESP304
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Covers the prevention, emergency care and treatment of
injury resulting from participation in physical sporting activity. The study of
the aetiology of injury can give direction to the measures which can be taken to
prepare the athlete adequately, to influence the design of equipment, the
training process and even the modification of the rules governing sporting
activity.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 3 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: CRA273 (desirable)
Assess: practical application (60%), final exam (40%)
Required texts, etc:
Brukner P and Khan K, Clinical Sports Medicine, McGraw Hill, Syd, 1992.
Courses: E3J M3H
Adapted Physical Activity
Enrolment code: ESP307
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Examines various types of disabilities in order to develop an
understanding of what they mean in terms of meeting the needs and making
the necessary adjustments to ensure a quality lifestyle. Students interact with
people with disabilities, to enable them to develop appropriate physical activity
programs.
Staff: Ms KJ Swabey
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly
Assess: essay and seminar presentation relating to a specific disabling
condition (80%), final exam (20%)
Required texts, etc:
Willing and Able: PE and Sport for Young People with Disabilities, Aust. Sports
Commission, Tuggeranong ACT, 1995.
Courses: E3J M3H
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Exercise Assessment and Prescription
Enrolment code: ESP308
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Exercise assessment and prescription helps students
understand the basic concepts of testing the athletic and non-athletic
populations. This in turn leads them to the prescription of exercise which can be
used to improve both health and performance. The unit builds on the
theoretical concepts examined in ESP237.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 3 hrs weekly
Prereq: (desirable) ESP237
Assess: mid-sem exam (30%), assignments (40%), final exam (30%)
Required texts, etc:
Heyward V, Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Human
Kinetics, Champaign, Ill, 1997.
Courses: E3J M3H
Human Movement Pedagogy 1
Enrolment code: ESP310
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Part A: develops in the student a teaching expertise needed
to design and administer effective health and physical education lessons.
Content includes organisational skills for lesson presentation, lesson design for
various activity areas using a variety of teaching approaches, and structuring
an effective learning environment for health and physical education. This is the
first semester of the health & physical education pedagogy sequence, placing an
emphasis on K–6 levels. Part B: prepares students to teach in the specialist area
of swimming and water safety, K–8. Emphasis is given to the organisation of
swimming and water safety classes, teaching strategies for the beginner, water
orientation activities and stroke improvement. Learning experiences consist of
both theoretical and practical sessions as well as visits to observe learn-to-swim
lessons.
Staff: Mrs R Pryce-Jones, Ms KJ Swabey
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly
Prereq: ESP214
Assess: skill learning sequences, lesson plans and micro-teaching tasks (50%),
exam (50%)
Required texts, etc:
Unit details (Course and Unit Handbook 2002)
Rink JE, Teaching Physical Education for Learning, ISBN 0815184549
DECCD, Tasmanian Health and Physical Education Core Curriculum K–10,
DECCD, Fundamental Motor Skills, 1997.
Courses: E3J
Human Movement Pedagogy 2
Enrolment code: ESP311
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Assists students to develop an understanding of the nature,
scope, content and experiences appropriate for health and physical education
programs for children in schools in grades 7 to 12. Fundamental teaching skills,
including a wider range of methods suitable for children in grades 7 to 12, and
the means to measure and describe pupil behaviour are covered. Lectures,
seminar workshop and peer teaching are used.
Staff: Ms KJ Swabey
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly
Prereq: ESP310
Assess: units of work (40%), teaching tasks (60%)
Required texts, etc:
DECCD, Tasmanian Health and Physical Education Core Curriculum K–10, 1998.
Courses: E3J
Professional Experience 2
Enrolment code: ESP314
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Students are expected to extend their professional
experience and skills, and to continue the professional observation begun
during their two-week orientation placement. Students are expected to
demonstrate a higher level of competence and understanding of their
profession than was evident in ESP214 Professional Experience 1. Placements
involve primary, secondary and swimming and water safety programs.
Staff: Mr PD Cooley (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 8 wks professional placement
Prereq: ESP214 and ESP310
Assess: achievement of identified pre-service teaching competencies.
Recommendation is made by supervising schools on a pass/fail basis
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Required texts, etc:
Professional Work Experience 2 Handbook.
Courses: E3J
Event and Operations Management
Enrolment code: ESP315
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Develops specific applications of management functions to
events. It covers the financing, organisational structure, marketing, operations
control, legal issues and tourism implications inherent in the development and
efficient management of events.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 3 hrs weekly
Coreq: BMA101
Assess: report: critical analysis (30%), tutorial questions (20%), final exam (50%)
Required texts, etc:
McDonnell I, Allen J and O’Toole W, Festival and Special Event Management, J
Wiley and Sons, 1999.
Courses: E3J
Sport Psychology
Enrolment code: ESP320
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Examines key psychological theories which explain the
involvement of participants in physical activity, especially in relation to the
learner and performer, coach and athlete, teacher and student. Students are
encouraged to apply theory to the practice of basic interventions in learning
physical skills through a research project.
Staff: Mr PD Cooley
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: ESP220
Assess: research project (40%), final exam (60%)
Required texts, etc:
Williams JM (ed), Applied Sport Psychology, Mayford Press, 1993.
Courses: E3J
Exercise & Sport Governance
Unit details (Course and Unit Handbook 2002)
Enrolment code: ESP325
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Develops an understanding of the structure of the sports
industry. Critical analysis of the emerging trends and issues that affect sport
development are discussed. Consequently, the subject requires students to
analyse contemporary issues in governance of sport both domestically and
internationally.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 3 hrs weekly
Coreq: BMA101
Assess: mid-term exam (40%), assignment (20%), final exam (40%)
Required texts, etc:
Shilbury D and Deane J, Sport Management in Australia: An Organisational
Overview, Deaking Univ, Melb, 1997
Thoria and Chalip L, Sport Governance in the Global Community, FIT,
Morgantown, WV, 1996.
Courses: E3J
Human Movement Laboratory 2
Enrolment code: ESP335
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Takes an education focus when examining a range of
movement activities, including Aquatics, Outdoor Pursuits, Sport Skills and
Gymnastics.
Staff: Mrs R Pryce-Jones (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Coreq: ESP310
Assess: applied movement tasks (60%), seminar presentation (40%)
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses: E3J
Human Movement Laboratory 3
Enrolment code: ESP336
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
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Unit description: Takes on an education focus when examining a range of
movement activities, including dance and a range of electives: Aquatics,
Athletics, Dance, Sport Skills and Fitness.
Staff: Mrs R Pryce-Jones (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly
Prereq: ESP335 (or CHM approval)
Assess: applied movement tasks (60%), lesson plans (20%), seminar
presentation (20%)
Courses: E3J
Exercise Physiology
Enrolment code: ESP337
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Provides students with the theory and practical experience
to carry out advanced sport science testing. Students carry out
VO<d>2max<dz> lactate threshold, cardiovascular stress, isokinetic strength
and anaerobic capacity testing in the human performance laboratory.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 3 hrs weekly
Prereq: ESP237, ESP308
Assess: practical exams (70%), theory exam (30%)
Courses: E3J E4J
Special Study (Sports Science)
Enrolment code: ESP401
Offered: Ltn, sem 1&2
Unit description: Enables students to pursue, in considerable depth, an
individual study in a professional area of their choice. They should choose
topics which are significant and of interest to anticipated professional roles. The
Special Study is seen as a scholarly piece of work.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 30%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly (13 wks each sem)
Prereq: approval by Centre for Human Movement Studies staff
Assess: sem 1: proposal and literature review; sem 2: special study paper
Special Topics in Human Movement 1
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Enrolment code: ESP402
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Enables students to pursue, in considerable depth over two
semesters (ESP402/403), including research methodology and an individual
study in a professional area of their choice. They should choose topics which
are significant and of interest to anticipated professional roles. Topics must
have approval of CHM staff.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: approval by CHM staff
Assess: exam (30%), written paper (70%)
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses: E3J
Special Topics in Human Movement 2
Enrolment code: ESP403
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Enables students to pursue, in considerable depth over two
semesters (ESP402/403), an individual study in a professional area of their
choice. They should choose topics which are significant and of interest to
anticipated professional roles. The Special Study is seen as a scholarly piece of
work.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: ESP402
Assess: presentation (30%), written paper (70%)
Courses: E3J
Human Movement Pedagogy 3
Enrolment code: ESP410
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Requires that students consider the curriculum program
and unit design in health and physical education K–12 as designers rather than
consumers. They examine alternative curriculum models, and consider ways of
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applying them to program and unit design. Students are required to develop an
innovative unit of work that can be put into practice in their professional
experience program.
Staff: Mrs R Pryce-Jones
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly
Prereq: ESP311
Assess: seminar presentation (30%), innovative unit of work (40%), group
programming task (30%)
Required texts, etc:
Jewett AE, Bain L and Ennis CD, The Curriculum Process in Physical
Education, ISBN 0697168255
Recommended reading:
Hellison DR and Templin TJ, A Reflective Approach to Teaching Physical
Education, ISBN 087322311X
Courses: E3J E4J
Health and Fitness Issues
Enrolment code: ESP411
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Examines the changing patterns of health and fitness in
Australia from settlement to date. Students identify and analyse major factors
that have contributed to changes in patterns of mortality and morbidity in
Australia. They analyse provision of health care and fitness promotion in
Australia, and elements which support and maintain health enhancing and
health compromising behaviour.
Staff: Dr P Rehor
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly
Assess: exams (50%), research project presentation (25%), research project
paper (25%)
Required texts, etc:
Dishman RK (ed), Advances in Exercise Adherence, Human Kinetics, Champaign,
Ill, 1994.
Courses: E3J E4J
Professional Experience 3
Enrolment code: ESP414
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
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Unit description: Continues the practical teaching experience of students,
extending their development within the teaching profession, providing them
with a range of experiences.
Staff: Mr PD Cooley (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 3-week placement in school setting
Prereq: ESP314, ESP310 and ESP311
Assess: achievement of identified pre-service teaching competencies.
Recommendation is made by the supervising schools on a pass/fail basis
Required texts, etc:
Professional Experience 3 Handbook.
Courses: E3J E4J
Professional Experience 4
Enrolment code: ESP415
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Continues the practical experience of students extending
their development within their chosen profession. The pre-service teaching
student is expected to specialise in a particular sphere of their chosen
employment culminating in taking on the full professional role of a teacher.
Staff: Mr PD Cooley (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 5-week professional placement
Prereq: ESP414, ESP410 and successful completion of all units to the end of year
3
Coreq: ESP420
Assess: achievements of identified pre-service teaching competencies;
recommendation is made by the supervising schools on a pass/fail basis
Required texts, etc:
Professional Experience 4 Handbook.
Courses: E3J E4J
Human Movement Pedagogy 4
Enrolment code: ESP420
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Provides students with an opportunity to maintain a high
level of proficiency and teaching skills in activity areas used in K–12 programs.
Students, in consultation with staff, develop a program based on the use of
community resources in the extension of curriculum objectives and subject
integration in health, physical education or recreation. They also study the
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contributions made by various disciplines to the body of knowledge which goes
to make up health and physical education in order to relate it to contemporary
issues.
Staff: Mrs R Pryce-Jones
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: lectures, seminars and practicals
Prereq: ESP410
Assess: program planning and implementation and reflection exercise (60%),
seminar presentation (40%)
Required texts, etc:
Jewett A, Bain L and Ennis C, The Curriculum Process in Physical
Education, ISBN 0697168255
Recommended reading:
Journal articles as recommended
Courses: E3J E4J
Motor Learning & Skill Development 2
Enrolment code: ESP433
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Develops an understanding of selected theories which apply
to perception, cognition and motor action and human performance, including
neuromuscular control, skill development and the evaluation of skill. Students
will be expected to apply knowledge to the fields of teaching and coaching
through a research project.
Staff: Mr PD Cooley
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: ESP233
Assess: research project (60%), final exam (40%)
Required texts, etc:
Magill RA, Motor Learning, WCB Brown, 1998.
Courses: E3J E4J
Event & Sport Marketing
Enrolment code: ESP435
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Students are to gain an understanding of the knowledge
and skills required to perform strategic marketing functions within a range of
community and commercial sporting organisations. Particular attention is paid
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to professional sports and the marketing tactics employed to raise the profile of
the sport.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Prereq: BMA251 or equiv
Assess: tutorial presentation (20%), case study (30%), final exam (50%)
Required texts, etc:
Shilbury D, Quick S and Westerbeek H, Strategic Sport Marketing, Allen and
Unwin, Syd, 1995.
Courses: E3J E4J
Advanced Physiology and Nutrition
Enrolment code: ESP437
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Examines the research papers that have provided us with
our current knowledge of exercise physiology and sports nutrition. The unit
builds on ESP237. Students learn in greater depth than in the previous unit.
Unit weight: 12.5%
Prereq: ESP237
Assess: presentations (70%), assignment (30%)
Required texts, etc:
various research papers as assigned.
Courses: E3J E4J
Issues in Sport & Recreation Management
Enrolment code: ESP445
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Students will study specific management issues that are
directly applicable to the sport and recreation industry. In doing so they will
gain an understanding of, and ability to apply, the necessary management skills
in these changing organisations.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Prereq: BMA101
Assess: seminar presentation (20%), assignment (30%), exam (50%)
Required texts, etc:
Slack T, Understanding Sport Organisations: The Application of Organisation
Theory, Human Kinetics, Champaign, Ill, 1997
Courses: E3J E4J
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Research Seminar
Enrolment code: ESP460
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: This unit is available only for those students offered a place
in the BHM(Hons) program. The unit examines statistical concepts and
methods, both quantitative and qualitative, as well as a number of research
design applicable to the BHM(Hons) dissertation. The unit caters for students in
all three streams of the BHM. The unit covers basic descriptive statistics as well
as hypotheses testing and a number of qualitative statistical methods. The use
of computer statistical packages is also investigated. Students will initiate a
research proposal which they will see through the Ethics Committee and they
will complete a literature review.
Staff: various
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: one week in summer school plus 2 hrs weekly
Prereq: acceptance into BHM(Hons) program
Assess: 2 assignments (20%), exam (20%) and a successful development of
research proposal and literature review (60%)
Required texts, etc:
Thomas RJ and Nelson KJ, Research Methods in Physical Activity, 3rd edn,
Human Kinetics, Champaign, Ill, 1996.
Courses: E4J
Honours Seminar and Dissertation
Enrolment code: ESP465
Offered: Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: In this unit, which is for Honours Students in the BHM
program, students undertake the writing of a scholarly piece of work under the
close supervision of a Centre for Human Movement (CHM) staff member. This
piece of work will be in one of the three streams of the program, namely Health
and Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Science or Sport Management.
Students discuss the various aspects of their research with their fellow students
and staff members in a seminar format. Seminars are held at the discretion of
the unit coordinator.
Staff: Dr P Rehor (Coordinator) and various CHM staff
Unit weight: 25%
Prereq: ESP460 (CR or better)
Assess: dissertation
Courses: E4J
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Research and Investigation in Human Movement
Enrolment code: ESP700
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
Unit description: Participants in this unit will review research approaches and
techniques with a view to planning a research project in Human Movement.
Each is expected to:
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Identify a researchable issue;
Develop a research question;
Develop the methodology design;
Understand how to use the www
databases and software applications
to speed up the process;
Identify a suitable statistical analysis
technique and understand how to use
software to carry out this task; and
Understand the requirements for the
final presentation of the thesis or
dissertation.
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A core module of this unit may be undertaken in conjunction with the Master of
Education ESN706 Research Methods unit with additional application in
Human Movement fields.
Staff: Dr P Rehor
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: summer school block
Prereq: Graduate standing and Research Concepts or equiv or by consent of
lecturer
Assess: seminar (30%), written papers (70%)
Required texts, etc:
Thomas J and Nelson J, Research Methods in Physical Activity, 3rd edn, Human
Kinetics, 1996
Courses: E5J E6J E7J
Behavioural Health and Fitness
Enrolment code: ESP701
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Graduate course on the cutting edge of physical education
reconceptualisation. Three paradigms – exercise, health and behavioural
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modification are sequentially addressed and their inter-relationship is studied.
The contemporary view of physical activity (exercise) as a health promoting
behaviour has triggered a number of major research efforts within the USA and
Europe.
Staff: Dr P Rehor
Unit weight: 16.67%
Prereq: Graduate standing and Psycho-Social Aspects of Physical Activity or
equiv or by consent of lecturer
Assess: project/presentation (30%), written paper (30%), final (40%)
Required texts, etc:
US Department of Health and Human Services, Physical Activity and
Health, Atlanta, 1996
Courses: E5J E6J E7J
Exercise Metabolism
Enrolment code: ESP702
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Examines the physiological and metabolic responses to
acute and chronic exercise, with emphasis on the muscular, metabolic and
oxygen transport systems. Other topics covered include temperature and fluid
balance during exercise, fatigue and limitations to exercise performance.
Laboratory classes will be used to demonstrate techniques used to assess the
physiological responses to exercise.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing and Anatomy and Physiology or equiv or by
consent of lecturer
Assess: ongoing assessment
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses: E5J E6J E7J
Human Movement Graduate Seminar
Enrolment code: ESP703
Offered: Ltn, sem 1/sem 2/
Unit description: Seminars will be organised on topics of interest to students
that enrol in this unit. CHM staff and personnel from the community will
combine to deliver evening lectures throughout the semester.
Staff: Centre for Human Movement Staff
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Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing
Assess: seminar and written assignment presentations
Required texts, etc:
Journal articles as advised
Courses:
E5J E6J E7J
Instructional Design in Health and Physical
Education
Enrolment code: ESP704
Offered: Ltn, sem 1/sem 2/
Unit description: A graduate course designed for school Health and Physical
Education teachers and administrators in the area of curriculum theory. Variety
of instructional strategies, curriculum contents, lesson plan designs are
discussed from the school perspective. In addition, the course examines
prominent curriculum models and their application in health and physical
education.
Staff: Ms R Pryce-Jones, Ms K Swabey
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing and Human Movement Pedagogy, or equiv or by
consent of lecturer
Assess: project/presentation (50%), final (50%)
Required texts, etc:
Jewett AE, Bain LL, The Curriculum Process in Physical Education, 2nd edn, Wm.
C Brown, Dubuque, 1995
Courses:
E5J E6J E7J
Health Enhancement Curriculum
Enrolment code: ESP705
Offered: Ltn, sem 1/sem 2/
Unit description: A graduate course for teachers and administrators focusing
on theoretical and practical aspects of designing and implementing health
enhancement curriculum at the school and community settings. The
co-operative efforts between the family, school and community are displayed
and suggested.
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Staff: Dr P Rehor
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing and Health, Fitness and Physical Activity, or equiv
or by consent of lecturer
Assess: project/presentation (50%), final (50%)
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses:
E5J E6J E7J
Learning Motor Skills
Enrolment code: ESP706
Offered: Ltn, sem 1/sem 2/
Unit description: Examines some of the processes involved in motor learning.
The unit enables students to study attention and memory as elements of an
information processing approach to understanding skilled performance; to
understand the effects of certain variables within the learning environment on
the learning of motor skills; and to apply this knowledge to teaching methods,
programming, assessment and applied research paradigms.
Staff: Ms K Swabey, Mr D Cooley
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing and Motor Learning, or equiv or by consent of
lecturer
Assess: seminar and written paper presentation
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses:
E5J E6J E7J
Advanced Studies in Sport Performance
Enrolment code: ESP707
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: The various methods and techniques utilised to assess the
physiological and metabolic responses to exercise are examined to provide an
understanding of the application and potential limitations of physiological
testing in the evaluation of sports performance. Laboratory experiences are
used to supplement lecture material.
Staff: tba
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Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing
Assess: seminar and practical skills test
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses:
E5J E6J E7J
Nutrition and Performance
Enrolment code: ESP708
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Covers historical aspects of nutrition and athletic
performance, leading into the nutritional faddism current in athletics today.
Energy and metabolic concepts as well as the role of the major nutrients, ie
Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water will be elaborated
upon. Other issues include a review of the literature relative to the efficacy of
certain purported ergogenic foods, concepts underlying weight control, and the
practical aspects of feeding the athlete.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing and undergraduate physiology and nutrition units,
or equiv or by consent of lecturer
Assess: ongoing assessment
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses:
E5J E6J E7J
Exercise Adherence
Enrolment code: ESP709
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: The issues of a sedentary lifestyle in terms of its prevalence
and devastating impact on personal health and other components of quality of
life are examined. The framework of behavioural change models such as
Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour Change, Personal Meaning Model, Theory
of Reasoned Action are examined in terms of their feasibility for an educational
and public interventions. The notion of facilitation of an active lifestyle using
behavioural change approach follows the most contemporary research, placing
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University of Tasmania as a forerunner amongst the rest of the Australian
Universities.
Staff: Dr P Rehor
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing and Psycho-Social Aspects of Physical Activity, or
equiv or by consent of lecturer
Assess: project/presentation (30%), mid-term (30%), final (40%)
Required texts, etc:
Dishman RK, Advances in Exercise Adherence, Human Kinetics, Champaign,
1994
Recommended reading:
Shephard RJ, Aerobic Fitness and Health, Human Kinetics, 1994
Courses: E5J E6J E7J
Health, Fitness and Lifestyle
Enrolment code: ESP710
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Examination of the health related parameters of physical
fitness, such as cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, flexibility,
muscular strength and body composition are addressed. The inter-relationship
between fitness, physical activity/exercise and health status of Australians is
studied from the perspective of a school educator, fitness and recreation
professional and a corporate wellness director. Programmatic aspects focussing
on the intensity, type, frequency and duration of interventions are suggested
and analysed in terms of their efficiency and effectiveness.
Staff: Dr P Rehor
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing and Health and Fitness Issues, or equiv or by
consent of lecturer
Assess: project/presentation (50%), final (50%)
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses: E5J E6J E7J
Risk Analysis and Management
Enrolment code: ESP711
Offered: Ltn, sem 1
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Unit description: Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of risk
analysis and to managing a program in human movement. It examines the
philosophy, principles and practices of competent leadership as they apply to
experiences in human movement. It demands an understanding of the concepts
of safety and risk as well as legal liability and safety management. Specific to
outdoor education, the unit will cover remote area first aid and remote area
emergency responses, trip planning and management and further knowledge
specific to either water based or land based outdoor education.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing
Assess: seminar and written assignment presentation
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses: E5J E6J E7J
Environmental Interpretation
Enrolment code: ESP712
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for a
harmonious interaction between mankind and the environment. Special
emphasis will be placed on outdoor environmental education programs.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing
Assess: seminar and written assignment presentation
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses: E5J E6J E7J
Outdoor Pursuits – Land Based and Water Based
Enrolment code: ESP713
Offered: Ltn, s-sch
Unit description: Designed to give the group facilitator a variety of theories
and models to be applied in a growth oriented adventure program. Emphasis
will be placed on safe and effective facilitation of activities such as new games,
initiative courses, high ropes courses, backpacking, minimum impact camping
techniques, orienteering, sailing, flatwater and whitewater canoeing, kayaking
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and whitewater rafting. Emphasis is on safety, skill development, trip planning
and formulation of a personal teaching/leadership style.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing
Assess: seminar and written assignment presentation
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses: E5J E6J E7J
Special Topics in Human Movement 1
Enrolment code: ESP714
Offered: Ltn, s-sch/sem 1/sem 2/
Unit description: Provides considerable flexibility for students and staff to
negotiate topics of interest which may not be appropriate within more specific
units. It also allows visiting scholars the opportunity to offer topics which are
beyond the expertise of regular staff. The unit also enables students, on an
individual basis, to extend their investigations beyond the scope of existing
units.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 16.67%
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing
Assess: seminar and written assignment presentation
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses: E5J E6J E7J
Special Topics in Human Movement 2
Enrolment code: ESP715
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Provides considerable flexibility for students and staff to
negotiate topics of interest which may not be appropriate within more specific
units. It also allows visiting scholars the opportunity to offer topics which are
beyond the expertise of regular staff. The unit also enables students, on an
individual basis, to extend their investigations beyond the scope of existing
units.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 16.67%
Unit details (Course and Unit Handbook 2002)
Teaching: individually negotiated
Prereq: Graduate standing
Assess: seminar and written assignment presentation
Required texts, etc:
tba
Courses: E5J E6J E7J
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