Teaching Sport and Physical Activity
Published on 18. March 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-7360-3387-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides physical education teachers and coaches a blueprint for teaching and sport instruction, based on a blend of practical suggestions and contemporary research in teaching sport and physical activity. Readers should learn the key techniques and strategies that all successful teachers and coaches use to help their students and athletes learn and achieve success. Key features include end-of-chapter discussion questions and 12 appendices that give the reader samples of lesson plans, take-home practice diaries, teacher-student "contracts", observation forms and PE web sites to reproduce and customise.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Champaign
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From Kindergarten to Twelfth Grade, Interest Age: From 5 to 17 years
Illustrations
66 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7360-3387-9 (9780736033879)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Desire - becoming a teacher: becoming a teacher; the politics of teaching. part 2 Knowledge - determining what teachers know and how students learn: anatomy of a teacher's knowledge; learning sport and physical activity skills. Part 3 Construction - creating the learning environment: building relationships; planning and preparation; managing the learning environment. Part 4 Discovery - exploring the art of teaching: focus and flow - the tempo of teaching; communicating; importance of practice and feedback; teaching strategies; checking for learning. Part 5 Development - becoming a better teacher and coach: going public - promoting your program; technology for teaching; improving teaching; developing teaching expertise.