SR3S85 - Creatively Teaching Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing (Online) 01 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2024 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: SR3S85
Module Title: Creatively Teaching Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing (Online)
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Sport
Faculty Sub Group: Criminology
Module Leader: Chris Emsley
Module Team:
First Intended Intake: SEP 2018 Final Year of Intake: 2023
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100096 - sports development
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Sep 2021
Valid To 31 Aug 2024

Module Aims

To develop student’s professional teaching skills and subject knowledge of Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing topics arising from the National Curriculum to enable them to teach Physical Education, Health.


To understand how learners learn in Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing and to develop the teaching skills and pedagogical principles to create authentic and creative learning experiences in the delivery of secondary Physical Education; evaluated so that it has a measurable impact required to deliver Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing in a school environment.

Content Summary

The module will have a subject specific focus of Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing and introduce students to the National Curriculum across the following subject areas - Physical Literacy, Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, Physical and Emotional well-being as part of the Physical Education curriculum in schools.


The module will explore the skills that students will need to acquire in order to transfer these to school pupils. The issues around transition will be considered as pupils move from the primary to the secondary phase of their education where the teaching approach and pedagogy changes.


The module will combine the subject specific knowledge needed to deliver Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing across all key stages and introduce students to Health and Wellbeing and the critical areas that underpin and complement this curriculum area. It will provide students with a grounding of professional and academic theory in a range of areas and allow them to apply it both to their own and cross-curricular areas. Topics studied will reflect the curriculum content at the time of study and identify opportunities where Health and Wellbeing plays a critical and integrated role in our lives.


Although the module content will upskill the students’ aptitude and knowledge of Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing, the intention is to get the student to think and act like a Physical Education teacher, reflect on their practice and actively look for ways to embed Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing across the entire AOLE of Health and Wellbeing.


This module includes mandatory formative assessment activities, to support students learning and development prior to summative assessment tasks.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Directed Study 62
Independent Study 90
Practical classes and workshops 12
Lecture 36
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 To develop an advanced subject knowledge of Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing topics arising from the National Curriculum and to advance these to a level that support effective learning and teaching.
LO2 To critically examine the teaching skills and pedagogical principles to support authentic and creative learning experiences in the delivery of secondary Physical Education.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Practical Written Work 1 The planning, delivery and evaluation of a Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing session. 15 750 50 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 1 A cross-curricula portfolio evidencing the implementation and evaluation of a range of teaching and learning strategies 0 3000 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Practical Written Work 1
Portfolio 1

Reading List

AfPE (2012) Safe Practice in Physical Education and School Sport (8th Edition) Leeds, Coachwise Ltd.

Armour, K. (2008). Sport Pedagogy: An Introduction for Teaching and Coaching. Prentice Hall.

Bailey, R. (2001). Teaching Physical Education Kogan Page, London

Bailey, R. & Kirk, D. Ed. (2009) The Routledge Physical Education Reader London. Routledge.

Capel, S. & Piotrowski, S. (2000) Issues in Physical Education London, Routledge

Jones, R. L. (2006) The Sports Coach as Educator Oxon: Routledge.

Light, R. et al (2014) Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching. London: Routledge.

Hayes, S. & Stidder, G. (2013) Equity and Inclusion in Physical Education and Sport. 2nd ed. London: Routledge.

Laker, A. (2003) The Future of Physical Education: Building a New Pedagogy London: Routledge.

Light, R. (2013). Game Sense-Pedagogy for performance, participation and enjoyment. Routledge.

Mosston, M & Ashworth, S. (1994) Teaching Physical Education New York, Macmillan

O’Sullivan, M. And A. McPhail. (2015). Young People’s Voices in PE and Youth Sport. Routledge.

Oliver, L. M. & Kirk, D. (2015) Girls, Gender and Physical Education: an activist approach. London:Routledge.

Casey, A. (2018) Conducting practitioner research in physical education and youth sport : reflecting on practice. New York: Routledge.

Casey et al (2017) Rethinking the Relationship Between Pedagogy, Technology and Learning in Heath and Physical Education. Sport, Education and Society. 22(2), p.288-304

Bosworth, H & Goodyear, V. (2017) Barriers and facilitators to using digital technologies in the Cooperative Learning model in physical education. Physical Education And Sport Pedagogy. 22(6), pp.563-579

Whitehead, M. (2019) Physical Literacy Across the World. New York: Routledge.