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IMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Spring Semester 2000
EDUC 459 -4
Instructional Activities in ?
Dr. Stephen Smith
Office:
MPX 8531
Physical Education
Tel:
291-4326
Wednesdays
16:30-20:20 in MPX 7540 ?
E01.00 ?
E-mail: stephen@sfu.ca
PREREQUISITE
Educ 401/402
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The content focus of the course is on the games, sports, gymnastics and dance components of the elementary
school curriculum. Through selected activities, students will gain practical competence in teaching physical
education and an understanding of the instructional principles involved in assisting children to become
physically confident and competent.
CONTENT
Practical sessions in the gymnasium will be used to illustrate the kinds of activities that can be done with
children and provide a basis for our deliberations on best curriculum and instructional practices. The premise of
the course is that 'experience is the best teacher' and that one's constructed, recollected experiences of movement
provide the most meaningful guide to organizing and facilitating the movement experiences of children.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Significant Physical Experience: Recall a movement situation that had a significant effect upon you, whether
positive or negative. In no more than three pages, describe the actual situation as vividly as possible and draw
out the implications of this situation for teaching children. The significant physical experience may be a
recollected one from your childhood or pertain to a more recent one where you were involved in teaching
children.
Due week of Jan 24th (20%).
2.
Activity Log: Find a means of introducing physical activity into your daily routine, or look for ways of
extending a sense of physicality into your other daily pursuits. Present the first and last pages of this activity
log, indicating your resolution, your accomplishment and your reflections on the significance of this physical
engagement.
Due final week of class (20%).
3.
Instructional Plan: Develop an eight-lesson teaching unit geared to a particular grade level which incorporates
the instructional principles taught in this course. Consider especially a 'ground up' sequence of movement
possibilities, an 'integrative span' of curricular lessons, and a coherent thematization of desired movement
experiences.
Due final day of classes (40%).
4.
Peer Teaching: Teach a movement concept that applies to the games, sports, gymnastics and dance
components of the elementary curriculum. A lesson plan of the one-hour peer teaching exercise is to be
submitted at the time of lesson delivery (10%).
5.
Class Participation: Participation in class activities is a vital part of the course and will be assessed (10%).
RECOMMENDED TEXT
Kirchner, G. Physical Education for Elementary School Children, 10th ed. Madison, WI: Brown and Benchmark.
ISBN 0-697-29486-2.
