Terry L. Rizzo

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Teaching Physical Education

• Terry L. Rizzo

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What is Physical Education?

• Physical education is
• The development of physical and motor fitness
  Fundamental motor skills and patterns and,
  skills in aquatics, dance and individual and
  group games and sports. The term includes
  intramural and lifetime activities.
• Special physical education, adapted physical
  education, movement education, and motor
  development.

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Physical Activity

• Physical activity is muscle movement that
  substantially increases energy expenditure,
  including exercise, sport, dance, and other
  movement forms.
• Physical education programs, recesses, intramural
  sports programs, and athletic programs involve
  physical activity, but each serves a different
  purpose.
• Intramural sports and athletic programs provide
  opportunities for student learning but are not
  likely to constitute high quality standards-based
  physical education instruction.

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Why is PE important?

• It addresses four Domains of behavior
• Social
• Cognitive
• Affective
• Motor

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How Much PE is Required?

• Students in grades one through six, inclusive,
  must be
• provided with physical education instruction
  with an emphasis upon the physical activities
  for the pupils that may be conducive to health
  and vigor of body and mind, for a total of not
  less than 200 minutes each ten schooldays,
  exclusive of recesses and the lunch period.
• Students in grades seven through 12, except
  pupils excused or exempted,
• are required to attend upon the courses of
  physical education for a total period of time of
  not less than 400 minutes each ten schooldays.
• The high school graduation requirement is Two
  courses in physical education, unless the pupil
  has been exempted pursuant to the provisions of
  the education code.

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We Need More PE in Schools

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vrrLne6YVaBQ

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Issues What should be taught?

• PE has content standards for each grade level
• Look at the California Department of Education
  website for the content standards
• http//cde.ca.gov/
• Compare the standards to what youve seen taught
• Are team sports the appropriate content for PE
  instruction in elementary school?

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What makes a good PE lesson?

• Active participation (75 on task behavior)
• Focus on content standards
• Clear expectations and goals
• Preparation for student management
• Assessment of student progress
• What else?

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Make the Most of Physical Education

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• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vVVkGGXb0LgUfeature
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And so?
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Reference

• http//cde.ca.gov/

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Paradigm for Effective Teaching

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Factors to Consider

• Childhood obesity has quadrupled since 1970, from
  4 percent to 17 percent.
• A healthy skeleton does not depend on calcium, it
  depends on exercise. Aerobic exercise such as
  running, swimming, etc. is important but
  resistance exercise is critical for a strong
  skeleton.
• Type 2 diabetes is no longer classified as "adult
  onset diabetes." It occurs in children as young
  as 6 years and complications such as blindness,
  amputations and kidney failure are now occurring
  before the age of 30.

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Factors to Consider

• More than 90 percent of patients with type 2
  diabetes are overweight. Those who appear to be
  of normal weight have abnormal levels of body fat
  that has replaced muscle because of lack of
  physical activity.
• Children who are physically active during the
  school day learn better and have fewer behavior
  problems.
• Daily vigorous physical activity is associated
  with increased levels of academic achievement

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What is the Course of Study?

• The course of study provides for instruction in a
  developmental sequence in each of the following
  areas
• Effects of physical activity upon dynamic health
• Mechanics of body movement
• Aquatics
• Gymnastics and tumbling
• Individual and dual sports
• Rhythms and dance
• Team sports
• Combatives

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Can PE be integrated with other Curriculum
Subjects?

• Yes, but . . .
• Good teaching takes creativity.
• Brainstorm with your colleagues how this might be
  accomplished.
• Share your ideas!

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• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vVVkGGXb0LgUfeature
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Have you seen PE taught?

• What have you seen?
• How often is PE taught?
• Whats the difference between PE and recess?
• Participation is not the same as education.
• What does State education code say about how many
  minutes a week of PE instruction children should
  receive?

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