Friday 17 February 2023
This online workshop aims to provide teachers with the foundations and a greater understanding of the overarching approaches, frameworks and resources of Senior Health.
It is aimed at those teachers new to the subject as well as teachers returning to the subject after a break or have taught for a little while but wanted to build their confidence in the subject.
Program
The program for this event is set out below (subject to change)
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Time
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Topic
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Presenter
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9:00am
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Welcome –
Setting the scene for the day
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Dr Hugh Shannon, QUT
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9:15am
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Salutogenesis –
Understanding the river of life
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Dr Louise McCuaig,
Matthew Flinders Anglican College
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10.20am
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BREAK
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10.30am
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Overview of the overarching approaches, frameworks and resources of Health Education
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Carolyn Jones, QCAA Principal Education Officer
Dr Hugh Shannon, QUT
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11.30am
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Using the health inquiry model for a purpose (Unit 1)
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Georgina Amos
Cavendish Road SHS
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12.45pm
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BREAK
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1.15pm
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Assessment design and assessment decisions
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Carolyn Jones, QCAA Principal Education Officer
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2:00pm
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Effective data collection and analysis
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Dr Hugh Shannon, QUT
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2.45pm
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Panel Discussion – Q&A
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All Presenters
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2.55pm
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Wrap up
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Dr Hugh Shannon, QUT
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Presenters
Dr Hugh Shannon will facilitate the program. Hugh lectures at the Faculty of Health - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at Queensland University of Technology.
Carolyn Jones is a Principal Education Officer at the QCAA in the Health, Physical Education (HPE)/Technologies learning area. Carolyn has held the role from the implementation of the new QCE system and is primarily responsible for the Health General Syllabus and the Applied Sport & Recreation Syllabus.
Dr Louise McCuaig currently serves as Head of Flinders Discovery Institute at Matthew Flinders Anglican College. For over 30 years, she has been an educator in Queensland schools and universities. Louise’s research on health literacy and salutogenesis underpinned the development of the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education and Queensland Senior Health Syllabus.
Georgina Amos has been teaching Health since 2016 at Cavendish Road SHS. During this time, she has been involved heavily with rolling out the new syllabus into the school's senior program and has engaged in the external marking process with QCAA. She's passionate about the subject due to the relevance of the topics that are presented each year and loves seeing student growth through their health journey.
Cost
The cost of the workshop is $220 for ACHPER QLD members and $280 for non members. Sign into your myACHPER account or if you haven't registered previously, create a new account to register for this event.
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