The course reflects contemporary education priorities and the needs of the teaching profession. Offered in a mix of single and double degree options, it will prepare you to be an innovative and effective educator. You will learn how to foster the capabilities of children and young people with diverse backgrounds and needs. You will gain valuable guidance from practitioners, develop confidence as an educator and see how theory comes alive in practice through professional experience in urban, rural or international locations as diverse as China, the Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia and South Africa. Do you want to educate young people on the importance of health and physical activity – not just for themselves but also for happier and healthier communities? Do you have a passion for the outdoors? If so, then this specialisation is for you, qualifying you to teach adolescents from 12 to 18 years of age. You will qualify as a specialist secondary school teacher of both health (including human development) and physical education, and a third teaching area of your choice. The skills you attain with this qualification – physical education and health and human development teaching, coaching and leadership expertise – will be in demand in schools and in the broader community. Start of expanded content You will study how young people think and learn and hence how they can be effectively and creatively taught about health and physical activity. Education studies, including contemporary adolescent development, psychology and the social and cultural context of education, provide the foundation for effective teaching. You will develop a rich repertoire of strategies for promoting learning and for diagnosing and assessing progress, and will acquire the skills needed for planning, implementation and evaluation. You will learn about the biophysical and behavioural foundations of health and physical education, and how to optimise individual potential for health and wellbeing and build healthy, active communities. In learning how humans develop movement skills, you will acquire theoretical foundations and practical approaches to coaching across contexts including games, challenges and sports, developing advanced laboratory and field-based skills relevant to sport and exercise science. Your third teaching area could be outdoor education and environmental studies, biology with a focus on exercise physiology, business, geography, mathematics or perhaps social education. At least 80 days of professional experience will provide you with hands-on teaching practice in secondary schools. Outdoor education and environmental studies students undertake additional days of fieldwork experience. You will be well prepared for a future as a leading health and physical educator in a range of schools, community, recreational and sporting settings.