Physical Education

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Physical Education Health Education - New
Agendas 80014
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EDU 1461 (80014)THE JOURNEY BEGINS!!!

• Week One -
• Introduction
• Children and Physical Activity

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AGENDA

• Welcome
• Web Site details
• Timetabling and Staffing Issues
• Other housekeeping tasks
• Purpose finding activity
• Week 1- Children and Physical Activity

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The Website

• Access through USQ connect.
• Go to your study desk, then units, then 80014.
  Click on ancillary materials and you are in!
• Or
• http//www.usq.edu.au/ancil/foe/80014/index.htm
• Website available now!!!!!

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TIMETABLING
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TIMETABLING

• Due to the complexities of the computer sign-up
  students are required to use the outdated manual
  approach.
• Sign-Up sheets will be made available at the
  following times this week
• Tuesday 1100pm-200pm
• Wednesday 1100pm -200pm
• Friday 1000pm- 1200pm
• Location Outside HPC _at_ Oval Number 2 (Across
  Baker Street)

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STAFFING
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HOUSEKEEPING TASKS

• Unit Readings Students will need to purchase
  the unit readings pack available from the USQ
  bookshop. Included in this pack are readings
  directly related to lectures and an aquatics
  program manual that is needed for the aquatics
  instruction beginning in Week 9.
• Tutorial Dress Requirements
• Clothes that allows movement
• Shoes that allow you to complete physical
  tasks.

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HOUSEKEEPING TASKS

• Tutorial Venues
• Games and Track and Field
• Oval Number 2 (Aussie Rules Oval)/ O1 Block
• Swimming Glennie Aquatic Centre, Vacy
  Street.
• In the event of wet weather the games and TF
  tutorials will be moved to either O1 block or the
  Rec Centre.

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YOUR TASKS

• Access the website and read through the specific
  pages relating to staff contact details and
  assessment.
• Purchase readings package as soon as possible.
• Sign up for tutorials this week.
• Questions? Either drop in, ring or email!!

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AWARENESS EXERCISE

• How do you put a giraffe in the refrigerator?
• Open the door, put the giraffe in, tuck up the
  legs and neck, and close the door.
• How do you put an elephant in the refrigerator?
• Open the door, take the giraffe out, squash the
  elephant in, and close the door.
• The Lion calls a conference for all the members
  of the animal kingdom. Which animal wasnt there?
  
• The Elephant. Its still in the refrigerator.
• A river is stands in front of you. It is
  inhabited by ferocious crocodiles. How do you get
  across this river?
• Swim across. All the crocodiles are at the animal
  conference.

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ENOUGH ABOUT ANIMALS. WHAT ABOUT KIDS?

• Take a piece of paper and number 1-7 down the
  left-hand side.
• Answer True or False to these seven questions.
• Female students at school are less active than
  male students.
• The main reason students at school give up
  physical activity is due to a lack of time.
• Most students feel safe and secure about PE at
  school.
• Children prefer vigorous games of sport or
  running races over other styles of activity.
• Children are driven to participate in physical
  activity by the lure of competition.
• Musculo-skeletal injuries are the main reason
  adults give up on physical activity.
• Children are able to indulge in physical activity
  for extended periods of time.

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CHILDREN AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

• WEEK ONE
• SEMESTER 1, 2001

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CHILDREN AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

• It should be about promoting the immediate and
  long-term benefits for the participants.
• These include higher levels of fitness. Better
  health, pleasurable social involvement, and the
  satisfaction derived from skilled performance in
  both individual and group activities.

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TURNING KIDS ON TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

• We do so because we want them to be knowledgeable
  about physical activities.
• We want them to have the skills to engage in a
  wide range of physical activities.
• We want them to appreciate the lifelong benefits
  of being active.

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WHY THEN THE PARADOX?

• Why are so many adults inactive when we have the
  resources for an active lifestyle? (Thin
  k about your activity level at present. Where
  are you?) ______________________
  _______________________ Inactive
  Moderate Very Active
• The manner in which we introduce children to
  physical activity goes a long way to deciding
  whether or not those children remain active
  through later life.

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WHY THEN THE PARADOX?

• WITH THE MAJORITY OF PHYSICAL EXPERIENCES WE SET
  CHILDREN UP FOR FAILURE! The
  Pleasure/Pain Experiment
• Think back to your primary school days and
  reflect on how you were introduced to physical
  activity.
• Do you remember these experiences? What is most
  memorable and why?

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WHAT WE DO IN THE NAME OF EDUCATION

• We push children into activities that are
  developmentally too advanced, with an expectation
  of skill acquisition at an adult level.
• We place children in competitive sports programs
  before they have had an opportunity to develop
  appropriate physical and psychological skills.
  Within this we shift from learning experiences to
  performance experiences.
• We fail to recognise small steps of progress,
  constantly focusing on the gap between the
  childs current level of performance and the
  desired final product.

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WHAT WE DO IN THE NAME OF EDUCATION

• Rather than reward the child for small steps, we
  often openly criticise the children for
  inadequate performance.
• We publicly test, record, display and compare
  levels of fitness, health and motor skill- often
  resulting in rewards being given to those who
  score well. What message to we send to those who
  perform below expectations?
• We over-organise activities for children with
  constant instruction and evaluation. Children
  need to opportunities for play!

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WHAT WE DO IN THE NAME OF EDUCATION

• We set up situations that lead directly to
  teacher-child conflict.
• We squash the enjoyable elements of physical
  activity by implementing regimented activities
  and using physical activity as punishment. (
  Leftover from schooling docile bodies in the
  early 1900s)
• All this results in increased drop-out rates in
  all areas of physical activity. Children became
  disillusioned with what it offers them.

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BEST PRACTICE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHING

• Making fun an integral part of all physical
  activity.
• Set realistic outcomes for children.
• Teach developmentally appropriate skills. Ensure
  you have an understanding of growth and
  development characteristics in children.
• Where possible access high quality resources.
  Dont settle for poor substitutes.
• Hear the student voice! Ensure children have
  input into program content and lesson
  implementation.
• One type of Physical Education doe not fit all in
  the post-modern world. Ensure a wide range of
  activities to cater for individual interests.

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BEST PRACTICE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHING

• Become a physically active school by providing
  bike paths, racks and walkways for students to
  access.
• Provide extra-curricular activities for children
  before school, during recess and after school
  where possible.
• Seek assistance from the school community to
  model appropriate physical activity.
• Update your knowledge through professional
  development activities. Just like the children,
  we seek interest and diversity in what we do.

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BEST PRACTICE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHING

• Emphasise the feel good activities in the
  program.
• Ensure children are activeno unnecessary delays
• Look at streaming your class by gender or ability
  when appropriate
• Develop and encourage links between the community
  and the school in an attempt to promote activity
  outside of the school.

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THE CHALLENGE FOR YOU

• Utilise a FIT principle wherever possible.
• F - fun flexible.
• I- interesting indicative incentives.
• T- time tempered teachable.

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THE ANSWERS

• Female students at school are less active than
  male students. TRUE
• The main reason students at school give up
  physical activity is due to a lack of time. TRUE
• Most students feel safe and secure about PE at
  school. FALSE
• Children prefer vigorous games of sport or
  running races over other styles of activity.
  FALSE
• Children are driven to participate in physical
  activity by the lure of competition. FALSE
• Musculo-skeletal injuries are the main reason
  adults give up on physical activity. TRUE
• Children are able to indulge in physical activity
  for extended periods of time. FALSE

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FINAL THOUGHTSFOR THIS WEEK

• What we know and what we think we know are two
  different things.
• FOR EVERY COMPLEX SITUATION THERE IS ALWAYS A
  SIMPLE SOLUTION
• IT IS USUALLY WRONG!