Senior Physical Education for Queensland Second Edition (print and digital)

Senior Physical Education for Queensland Second Edition has been updated and carefully revised to fully align with the new 2025 syllabus.

• An engaging new format with smaller, easily digested chapters provides greater opportunities for students to test and revise their knowledge, reflects teaching requirements, simplifies lesson planning and directly aligns with the syllabus dot points.
• Updated ‘Check In’, ‘Engage’, and ‘Active Investigation’ activities are closely aligned to the structure of the syllabus, and the unit objectives being addressed are clearly identified by icons.
• New exam-style, end-of-chapter reviews help students to revise and consolidate their knowledge and understanding, as they become familiar with the types of questions they’ll encounter in their exam.
• An extensively revised digital-only assessment chapter helps students develop critical skills for their individual assessment tasks and prepare for their external examination. This chapter will be updated as QCAA introduces changes.
• New videos to support and guide students through assessment tasks are now included in the Interactive Textbook.
• Editable graphic organisers for learning activities, now included in the Teacher Resource Package, provide important support for successfully understanding and responding to cognitive verbs.

Table of contents:

Unit 1 Motor learning, functional anatomy and biomechanics in physical activity 

Unit 1 Topic 1: Motor learning in physical activity 

1. Motor learning 

2. Approaches to motor learning 

3. Factors affecting the motor learning progress 

4. Body and movement concepts 

Unit 1 Topic 2: Functional anatomy and biomechanics in physical activity 

5. Functional anatomy and physical activity 

6. Biomechanics in physical activity 

Unit 2 Sport psychology and equity in physical activity 

Unit 2 Topic 1: Sport psychology in physical activity 

7. Motivation and confidence to optimise physical performance 

8. Arousal levels, attention and concentration to optimise physical performance 

9. Team dynamics and cohesion to optimise group performance 

Unit 2 Topic 2: Equity - Barriers and enablers in physical activity 

10. Equity, access and engagement in physical activity 

11. Personal factors that act as barriers and enablers for self and others in physical activity 

12. Social factors that act as barriers and enablers for self and others in physical activity 

13. Cultural factors that act as barriers and enablers for self and others in physical activity 

14. Environmental factors that act as barriers and enablers for self and others in physical activity

Unit 3 Tactical awareness and ethics in physical activity 

Unit 3 Topic 1: Tactical awareness in physical activity 

15. Contemporary approaches to motor learning 

16. A constraints-led approach to designing training strategies 

Unit 3 Topic 2: Ethics in physical activity 

17. Ethics, integrity and fair play 

18. Factors that influence ethics and integrity in physical activity 

19. Ethical dilemmas and decision-making 

Unit 4 Energy, fitness and training in physical activity

Unit 4 Topic: Energy, fitness and training in physical activity

20. Energy for physical activity 

21. Analysing the demands of physical activity 

22. Effective training to enhance physical fitness for physical activity 

23. Evaluations, evidence and assessment support (digital-only chapter)

Contents subject to change before publication