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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
EDUCATION 479-4
DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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(P.E. MINORS ONLY)
Instructor: Dr. Stephen Smith
Office: ?
MPX8638
Summer Session, 1991
(July 2- August 9)
Mondays & Wednesdays
8:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Location: MPX 7540 (Gym)
PREREQUISITE:
Educ. 401/402 or equivalent. For P.D.P. P.E. minors only.
OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE
This course considers the nature and direction of physical education programs for the
primary and intermediate grades in British Columbia schools. The curricular
organizing principles of the course are three-fold:
1. To provide teachers with a pedagogical understanding of curriculum design, and
program development.
2.
To examine various practical applications of the theoretical perspective listed above.
3. To explore a descriptive action research approach which challenges teachers to extend
their professional development in physical education.
CURRICULAR CONTENT
Lectures on the pedagogical foundations of physical education will be complemented by the
treatment of such topics as movement education, adventure education, integrating
physical education with other school subjects, and the curricular dimensions of a quality
physical education program.
ASSIGNMENTS
1.
Assigned course readings which will be critiqued in written form (20%).
2.
A research paper on an individually chosen aspect of the lifeworld of physical
education. Guidelines for conducting a particular style of pedagogical research will be
given during the course and pertinent readings will be assigned. A one-two page
proposal is to be submitted in the third session; two preliminary drafts are to be
submitted in sessions six and ten; and a final version of ten-twelve pages is required
upon completion of the course (60%).
3. Class participation (20%).
REQUIRED TEXT
Kirchner, G. (1988). Physical Education for Elementary School Children. (7th Edition).
William C. Brown and Co.: Dubuque, Iowa.
