| Semester 1, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Health and Medical Sciences |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Overview
This course will enable students to develop a detailed understanding of human growth and development. Students will learn to apply knowledge of how physiological factors and social determinants of health influence exercise capacity, and how physical activity can influence changes in the human body, from conception to older age. The course provides important foundational and reference knowledge relevant to a range of discipline areas, especially those concerned with humans and movement. In particular, the knowledge gained through this course is significant with regard to decisions made by health, exercise and education professionals and peers.
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply knowledge in growth and development across the lifespan. Content addresses and examines physical growth, the development of motor characteristics and the cognitive, social and emotional development of humans from childhood throughout life. The course also enables students to develop an understanding of the effects of exercise, injuries and a range of other issues and conditions that influence growth and development and ways of addressing these. Relevant research and guidelines on growth and development are examined from a variety of disciplines areas, as they relate to exercise.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Describe the stages of growth, maturation and development across the lifespan, from conception through to reproduction and death;
- Describe the difference between chronological and biological age, and the implications of these two factors across the life span;
- Identify exercises that are contraindicated for particular stages of growth, maturation and development across the lifespan, and have knowledge of the injuries or conditions that commonly present during certain stages of growth and development;
- Describe the structural, physiological, motor and psychosocial developmental changes across the lifespan, and the effect, and timing of, physical activity and exercise to elicit change;
- Apply evidence-based physical activity and exercise principles affecting growth, development, pregnancy, and ageing;
- Illustrate the social determinants of health that affect growth and development.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stages of growth and development across the lifespan | 20.00 |
| 2. | Differences between chronological and biological age | 10.00 |
| 3. | Exercise contraindications and the nature of injuries and medical conditions present across the lifespan | 20.00 |
| 4. | Structural, physiological, motor and psychosocial developmental changes across the lifespan | 20.00 |
| 5. | Evidence-based physical activity and exercise principles | 20.00 |
| 6. | Social determinants of health that affect growth and development | 10.00 |
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Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz | No | 10 | 1,2 |
| Essay | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4 |
| Time limited online examinatn | No | 40 | 3,4,5,6 |