Getting the Buggers Fit 2nd Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 20. March 2009
240 pages
978-0-8264-3152-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is a fully up-dated second edition of the successful guide that provides teachers with a range of practical strategies to motivate pupils of all ages to be more active.
Lorraine Cale and Jo Harris explore the kind of things that turn young people on and off in their PE lessons, focusing on different aspects of the PE curriculum, including athletics, gymnastics and team games. They suggest how to involve the whole school in sporting activities and include advice on encouraging students to be more healthy in general.
Brimming with useful tips and inspirational advice on every aspect of PE teaching, this book will prove essential reading for PE teachers everywhere.
Lorraine Cale and Jo Harris explore the kind of things that turn young people on and off in their PE lessons, focusing on different aspects of the PE curriculum, including athletics, gymnastics and team games. They suggest how to involve the whole school in sporting activities and include advice on encouraging students to be more healthy in general.
Brimming with useful tips and inspirational advice on every aspect of PE teaching, this book will prove essential reading for PE teachers everywhere.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-3152-3 (9780826431523)
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Lorraine Cale | Joanne Harris
Getting the Buggers Fit
Book
03/2009
2nd Edition
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€43.51
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Persons
LORRAINE CALE is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Director of PE Teacher Education at Loughborough University, UK. JO HARRIS is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Director of Teacher Education at Loughborough University, UK.
Content
Part One: Why?
Chapter 1 Getting the buggers fit - why bother?
Chapter 2 Dispelling myths and misunderstandings and establishing facts
Part Two: How? - Understanding Children
Chapter 3 What switches children on and off?
Chapter 4 How often, how hard, how much?
Chapter 5 Establishing how fit children are
Chapter 6 Establishing how active children are
Part Three: How? - The Curriculum
Chapter 7 The physical education curriculum
Chapter 8 Other physical education curriculum issues
Chapter 9 Physical activity, physical education and childhood obesity
Part Four: How? The Whole School
Chapter 10 Whole-school approaches
Chapter 11 Challenges and solutions
Chapter 12 Real life examples
Part Five: How? - Beyond the school
Chapter 13 Opportunities and support
Index
Chapter 1 Getting the buggers fit - why bother?
Chapter 2 Dispelling myths and misunderstandings and establishing facts
Part Two: How? - Understanding Children
Chapter 3 What switches children on and off?
Chapter 4 How often, how hard, how much?
Chapter 5 Establishing how fit children are
Chapter 6 Establishing how active children are
Part Three: How? - The Curriculum
Chapter 7 The physical education curriculum
Chapter 8 Other physical education curriculum issues
Chapter 9 Physical activity, physical education and childhood obesity
Part Four: How? The Whole School
Chapter 10 Whole-school approaches
Chapter 11 Challenges and solutions
Chapter 12 Real life examples
Part Five: How? - Beyond the school
Chapter 13 Opportunities and support
Index
