Physical education helps students to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies to live healthy and physically active lives at school and for the rest of their life. These courses allow students to promotes active lifestyles, challenge thinking in a fun environment, build movement competence and confidence, develop teamwork, leadership, and interpersonal skills, explore and develop decision-making and risk management and trigger thinking and action to create change.
The course has practical and theoretical elements; it involves a lot of independent work.
Designing, implementing and reviewing a personal training programme, multi sports performance.
Research of a physical activity issue, critical thinking.
Taking action to influence other people’s physical activity.
Anatomy, biomechanics, motor skill learning, skill appraisal, practical performance.
Tertiary study in Health Sciences, Physical Education, Leisure Studies, Sports Industry, Fitness Industry. Career opportunities include physical activity and health promoters, green prescription, health and fitness professionals, sport coaching, prescribing exercise in healthy and sedentary populations, physical education teaching, working with Māori communities, wellness facilitators, and leadership roles.
Studying Physical Education can lead to a wide array of career opportunities. Some potential paths include:
Physical Education Teacher
Sports Coach or Trainer
Fitness Instructor or Personal Trainer
Sports Therapist or Physiotherapist
Recreational Therapist
Athletic Director
Sports Psychologist
Nutritionist or Dietitian
Exercise Physiologist
Sports Management Professional
A guideline is achieved or higher in Level Two Physical Education It is possible, but difficult, to enrol in Level Three Physical Education without having taken Level One and Level Two Physical Education. Students in this situation should speak to Ms Chatterton.
$30 (approximate) to cover course costs such as entry to the swimming pool, multi-sports event, professional coaching, commercial gym visits etc.
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