Outdoor Education Teaching Specialisation

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Outdoor Education Teaching Specialisation

• Centre for Human Movement
• Faculty of Education
• University of Tasmania

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The Program

• Bachelor of Human Movement
• 2 Teaching Specialisations
• Outdoor Education
• Health and Physical Education
• Outdoor Education Teaching occurs in 3rd 4th
  Years

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The Curriculum

• 4 theoretical units
• Foundations
• Risk management
• Pedagogy
• Issues

• 3 practical units
• Outdoor Environments 1
• Outdoor Environments 2
• Outdoor Journeys

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Theory

• History
• Philosophy
• Curriculum
• Pedagogy
• Assessment
• Leadership
• Risk Management
• Contemporary Issues

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Practical

• Bush walking
• Climbing (intro)
• Paddling (intro)
• Search Rescue
• Challenge course

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Professional Experience

• Practice teaching in schools
• PE 2 (5 week pure OE prac)
• PE 3 4 (9 week OE/HPE split prac)
• Micro teaching (peers and schools)
• Volunteer teaching opportunities
• Conference
• Community activities

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Selection

• Students are selected at the end of the 2nd year
  based on the following
• Outdoor skills
• Technical skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Environmental literacy
• Academic skills
• There are 15 places per year