Health and Physical Education

Health is an integral part of everyday life. Set students up with a strong understanding in this area, and you’ll have a positive impact on their quality of life for years to come!

By becoming a qualified Health and Physical Education teacher, you could help students develop a love of movement, and an understanding of health and wellbeing. You’ll be teaching them the essential skills required to live healthy and active lives.

As part of your studies, you’ll participate in lectures, tutorials, labs, workshops and practical placements.

3 reasons to study Education at Murdoch

1. Before you start your first prac, you’ll be able to develop your teaching skills, practise dealing with challenging behaviour, and try parent teacher interviews and other situations by using SimLabTM technology, our virtual classroom that uses actors and avatars.
2. Take on a range of practical placements which could include metropolitan, rural, remote, international, multicultural, hospital, private and state school environments.
3. Have the option to select a second teaching area from Maths, English, Humanities and Social Sciences, General Science or Secondary Education Support.

What you’ll learn

You'll be mentored by our team of experienced teaching professionals to become a confident, creative and flexible teacher. During your course, you'll build the knowledge and skills you need to meet your career and study goals. Some of the things you’ll learn include:

• Build your expertise in health, learning about contemporary health issues and how to promote the health and wellbeing of high school students
• Learn classroom management skills, including how to deal with challenging behaviour and make learning fun
• Discover how to apply your theoretical learning in a range of practical settings
• Learn how to plan, teach and manage physical activity experiences in an enjoyable and safe environment for all students
• Get inspired to enjoy life-long learning throughout your teaching career

Your future career

This course gives you the qualification you need to teach Health and Physical Education to secondary students from Years 7 to 10, as well as ATAR Health Studies and ATAR Physical Education.