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Stage 2 | Subject Outline | Versions control

Physical Education Stage 2
Subject outline

Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in November 2017 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2020. 

Stage 2 | Subject outline | Content | Focus Area 3: About movement

Focus Area 3: About movement

Education ‘about’ physical activity enables students to develop theoretical knowledge to understand the richness and diversity of movement experiences. Students apply their knowledge to real‑life experiences to evaluate participation and performance outcomes.

Key ideas
Considerations

Energy sources affecting physical performance.
  • sources of macronutrients for activity
  • nutrition and performance
  • aerobic and anaerobic energy — ATP–CP system, lactic acid system, oxygen system


Physiological factors affecting physical performance.
  • body stature and composition
  • barriers and enablers created by location, environment, and resource availability
  • fatigue and physical performance


The effects of training on physical performance.
  • body systems
  • acute response to physical activity
  • chronic adaptations to aerobic and anaerobic training


Technological developments in biomechanics.
  • current technology in biomechanics
  • the influence of technological developments on learning, performance development, and performance enhancement

Psychological motor‑learning theories.
  • cognitive theory perspective
  • ecological (dynamic systems) theory perspective
  • other learning theories
  • comparing theories

The learning process.
  • information processing model and perceptual motor workspace
  • signal detection, selective attention, attentional focus

The learning journey.
  • stages of learning — cognitive and ecological