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EDUCATION 479-4 (D3.00)

DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: PHYSICAL EDUCATION

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(Cat.

#25057)

Summer Intersession, 1994 ?

Instructor: ?

Mary Tomlinson

(May 2 - June 10)

Prince Rupert (First Nations Program)

PREREQUISITE:

EDUC 401/402

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to enable teachers to design, implement and

evaluate Physical Education programs for elementary school children.

Sessions will be divided more or less equally between theory and practice.

Prior skill is not a requirement but a willingness to participate actively is

necessary. The following topics will be addressed.

1. How the teaching of physical education relates to current trends in

education

2. The place of physical education in the curriculum

3.

Curriculum content, i.e., games, gymnastics, dance, other

4. Program organization

5.

Teaching methods and strategies

6.

Integration with other subjects

ASSIGNMENTS:

1.

Assigned readings and responses......................................15%

2. Design an outline for a yearly physical education

program for a selected age group:

Rationale...........................................................................15%

Plan....................................................................................15%

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(Total 30%)

3.

Plan, teach and evaluate a short unit in one of the

three main curricular areas:

Games, gymnastics or dance.........................................

30%

4. Class participation ................................................................. 25%

5.

Self-evaluation summary

REQUIRED TEXT:

Kirchner, G. (1992). Physical Education for Elementary School Children.

Dubuque, Iowa: W.C. Brown & Co.