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Image   Macmillan VCE Physical Education 1 is an exciting new textbook designed for use with the VCE Physical Education Study Design commencing in 2011.

Written by a team of leading educators and closely reviewed by the Victorian Institute of Sport, this textbook is designed to give students the edge in their assessment tasks

Features
-Provides an overview of each Area of study as a body of knowledge and skills
-Offers extensive practice in a broad range of well structured assessment tasks
-Tests higher order thinking with a scale of questioning styles
-Includes regular practical activities to promote hands-on skill learning
-Supports knowledge acquisition with defined technical terms
-Gathers together the latest research available to the subject area
-Illustrates concepts clearly and colourfully

Interactive digital text
The CD provides:
-the textbook in interactive PDF format
-video files of key exercises from VisualCoaching Pro®

Teacher Support
This book is supported by a Teacher Resource Book providing further learning activities, answers and support for teachers implementing the new study design.

Contents

UNIT 1- Bodies in Motion
AOS 1: Body Systems and Human Movement
AOS 2: Biomechanical movement principles

UNIT 2- Understanding Sports Coaching and Physically Active Lifestyle
AOS 1: Effective Coaching
AOS 2: Physically Active Lifestyles

About the Author
Dr Melissa Arkinstall is the founder and Director of Exercise Research Australia. Tracy Dawson, Claudia Johnson and Mark Zahra are respected and experienced teachers of VCE Physical Education. Peter Sinclair is a lecturer in Biomechanics.