Constructivist Learning in K-5 Physical Education

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Constructivist Learning in K-5 Physical Education

• Matthew Cummiskey
• Temple University
• Please provide email

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• What is constructivist teaching
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Constructivist Principles

• Encourage students to arrive at answers in
  different ways
• Invite students to describe how they generated
  solutions to the learning problems
• Have students articulate, defend, refine and
  adjust their own strategies to solve problems
• Establish classroom social norms for listening to
  other and sharing solutions
• Build learning on students previous knowledge
  while integrating concepts into broad
  understanding (pathways)

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Advantages for Students-Improves the following

• Positive self image confidence
• slanted rope
• Critical thinking
• Movement vocabulary
• Creativity
• Self-responsibility
• Enjoyment of class
• Social interaction

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Advantages for Teachers

• Get inside a childs head
• Adjust teaching based on responses
• More interaction with students
• Involve multiple movement education concepts and
  skill themes
• Non-competitive or low competitive level
• Higher activity time
• Promotes leadership and success
• Higher interscholastic participation rates

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Approaches

• IS
• Guided Discovery
• Problem Solving
• Reciprocal
• Convergent
• IS NOT
• Command
• Practice

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Constructivism at Its Best
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The basics of

• Movement Education (K-3)
• Movement Education Schedule
• Skill Themes (4-5)
• Skill Themes Schedule
• See material under curriculum and teaching
  models tab on homepage

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Spiral Curriculum
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Examples

• K Self Space
• K1 Range
• 1st Force
• 2nd Pathways
• 3rd Rhythm
• 4th Movement and Position
• 4th Bounce Pass
• 5th Cooperative
• 5th Throwing Challenge

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• Develop your own constructivist lesson using the
  movement education or skill themes approach

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• Constructivism Helps children become skillful
  movers and develop positive attitudes towards
  themselves and physical activity.
• Questions??
• Documents
• http//astro.temple.edu/mdc49/portfolio/conferenc
  es/presentations.htm
• Contact me
• mdc49_at_temple.edu