Physical Education

Course Overview

Advanced Higher Physical Education aims to enhance and develop performance in selected activities. The course develops a depth of understanding about the key factors which impact on performance attained at Higher. 

Performance Skills Unit:  Students will concentrate on demonstrating consistency in a range of complex movement and performance skills in one activity. They will have to display control and fluency, spatial awareness and make the correct decisions during performances. 

Factors Impacting Unit: Students will have to demonstrate an in depth understanding of the factors which impact positively and negatively on performance. They will then have to consider a personal development plan, which will bring about improvements in performance. This is discussed in depth within a 5,000 word project. 

Learning and Teaching Approaches

Most of the course will be delivered through practical, experimental tasks. Part of the course will be self-study where tasks will be left to be completed. Digital analysis will be used to closely gather information on performances. Students will have opportunities to critically analyse their own and others work

Homework

You will receive homework on a regular basis. This might involve completing question plans, or writing parts of the project. 

Assessment Approaches

Unit Assessment 

There will be an assessment for each of the 2 units. These are marked internally on a pass/ fail basis and will be quality assured by SQA. 

Course assessment at Advanced Higher: 

Course Assessment is in two parts 

Component 1 - Performance (30% of the total mark) 

This will be assessed in a one off performance context 

Component 2 – Project (70% of the total mark) 

Project will be based on investigating how factors impact performance