Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education)

The Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) is a pre-service teaching degree that will give you the skills and knowledge to teach health and physical education from foundation through to year 12.

This course is accredited through the Tasmanian Teachers Registration Board, and is recognised in all states and territories, so once you graduate you’ll be qualified to teach anywhere in Australia.The course has been designed to develop teachers who can inspire people to be healthy for life, with a primary focus on the dimensions of health and wellbeing:

physical, mental, emotional, social, environmental and spiritual.Responding to feedback from recent graduates, teachers and school leaders, we also offer several maths units so that graduates will be better prepared if they are asked to take maths classes by future employing schoolsYou will be required to undertake a number of Professional Experience placements totalling 80 days.

This will give you the opportunity to apply the theoretical and practical skills that you have learnt in a safe and supportive environment.The Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) is available on-campus in Launceston.

We encourage you to apply for the courses you most want to study. If you’re not eligible to enter your chosen course right now, the UTAS admissions team will work with you to find the best pathway option. Enquire online for advice on the application process and the available pathways to study at UTAS.

Applicants are ranked by ATAR and offers made based on the number of places available. In 2020, the lowest ATAR to receive an offer into this course was 65.80 The lowest ATAR to receive an offer may change from year to year based on the number of applications we receive.

Applicants who have recently completed senior secondary studies but have not received an ATAR may still be eligible for admission. We will consider your individual subject results on a case-by-case basis when we assess your application.

Applicants who have completed prior study at a recognised tertiary institution:

To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have:

All applicants must also complete the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT). This includes a personal statement and a small number of multiple-choice questions

Applicants who have completed TAFE or other Vocational Education and Training (VET)

To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have completed a Certificate IV (or equivalent) in any discipline.

Domestic applicants with work and life experience

Applicants without senior secondary, tertiary or VET / TAFE study can complete a personal competency statement.

Applicants may be eligible for an offer if they have relevant work and / or life experiences which demonstrate a capacity to succeed in this course.

In addition, all applicants are required to provide a non-academic personal statement which is used to assist in the selection of students into all Initial Teacher Education (ITE) courses at the University of Tasmania.

This statement is submitted through the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT) after you have completed your application and is used in conjunction with your ATAR score (or equivalent alternative entry). All applicants must satisfactorily complete the NACAT before they will be provided with an offer into the course.

Instructions on submitting your statement and completing the NACAT are provided during the application process.

Prior to undertaking their final Professional Experience placement, Bachelor of Education (Primary) students are required to complete the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teaching Education (LANTITE).

If your ability to access or participate in education has been affected by circumstances beyond your control, you can apply for special consideration as part of your application. We will consider a range of factors, including economic hardship, serious medical condition or disability.

We can only approve applications for special consideration where we are confident that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in your studies. If your application is not approved, the UTAS admissions team will work with you to find the best alternative pathway to your chosen course. Special consideration is not available for international applicants.

Admissions information for international applicants, including English language requirements, is available from the International Future Students site. You can also enquire online to check your eligibility.

This course includes compulsory work placements. All students must meet the course’s Safety in Practice Requirements before their first placement. This includes external clearances to work with children and vulnerable people. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course application.

1. Exhibit depth and breadth of knowledge by:

• Knowing students and how they learn across a variety of contexts;
• Demonstrating pedagogical content knowledge across the range of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary curriculum areas;
• A broad and coherent body of knowledge that is the basis for professional practice as health and physical educators in junior and senior secondary school settings;
• Providing integrated learning experiences that underpin health and wellness;
• By acquiring knowledge as the basis for further learning and professional engagement in on-going professional development.

2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of health and physical education by:

• Planning for, implementing, and assessing teaching and learning across a variety of contexts;
• Analysing teaching and learning approaches that are underpinned by evidence and inquiry;
• Exhibiting a critically informed sense of how health and wellbeing interacts with society in a two way dialectical relationship;
• Having the meta cognitive skills to critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and skills that contribute to quality health and physical education pedagogy.

3. Exhibit depth and breadth of educational knowledge and skills by:

• Creating and maintaining safe, supportive, sustainable, and inclusive health and wellbeing learning environments;
• Articulating the transformative purpose and potential of education in society;
• Demonstrating graduate level proficiency in teaching settings – notably in literacy and numeracy - and attaining the graduate professional standards relevant to education.

4. Communicate effectively by:

• Demonstrating literacy across a broad range of communication modes and technologies in educational contexts;
• Demonstrating information literacy capabilities to identify, critically engage with, and communicate ideas with coherence and clarity to range of professional stakeholders.

5. Show their commitment to professional learning by:

• Being independent, open-minded, and critically reflective learners;
• Working responsibly in individual and collaborative contexts;
• Reflecting on personal performance and feedback to identify and implement self-learning and self-improvement opportunities as the basis for independent life-long learning.

6. Exhibit the ethical, active and responsible professional practice which is central to education as a discipline by:

• Engaging professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community.
• Demonstrating the professional attitudes and values to ensure the educational needs of all children are met;
• Understand and incorporate within their pedagogy a commitment to inclusivity, cultural awareness, sustainability, and diversity, and social justice to provide the opportunity for student engagement and achievement;
• Creating and implementing teaching and learning experiences which reflect a global perspective;
• Having knowledge across the range of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary curriculum areas and professional studies units.