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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 479-4

DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Summer Semester, 1995

Instructor:

Dr. Stephen Smith

(May 10-August 2)

Office:

MPX 8638

Wednesdays 8:30-12:20

Phone:

291-4483

Location: MPX 7540

PREREQUISITE:

EDUC 401/402 or equivalent.

OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE

This course is designed to assist teachers in planning and implementing physical education

programs for primary and intermediate grades in British Columbia schools. It will involve a

practical consideration of instructional strategies and curriculum planning In physical

education, particularly as they apply to the games, dance and gymnastics areas of the

curriculum.

The curricular organizing principles are:

1.

To provide teachers with an understanding of different approaches to curriculum

development, instructional strategizing and pupil assessment in physical education.

2.

To examine various practical applications of the theoretical perspectives listed above,

especially as they apply to games, gymnastics and dance.

3.

To increase personal competence and confidence in physical education activites.

COURSE CONTENT

Topics such as teaching strategies, pupil assessment, intramurals, lesson and unit planning,

active health and daily physical edcuation will provide points for application for the designs for

learning that will be drawn from selected games, gymnastics and dance activites.

ASSIGNMENTS

1.

Program overview of a proposed elementary intramural program (20%).

2.

An eight-lesson teaching unit based upon a theme, concept or notion of movement experience

that pertain to the areas of games, gymnastics or dance (40%).

3.

A sixty-minute lesson to be taught in either games, gymnastics or dance (20%).

4.

Class participation (20%).

SUGGESTED TEXTS

Kirchner, G. (1988). Physical Education for Elementary School Children (7th edition).

Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown.

Pangrazi, R.P. & V.P. Dauer (1995). Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School

Children. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.