Implementing PE Curriculum Maximizing Learning Effective Teaching n

Implementing PE Curriculum

Maximizing Learning & Effective Teaching n Positive learning environment Valued, safe, treated with dignity, openness, humor n No: favoritism, demean, sarcasm n n Culture for learning Valued activities and high quality expectations n Ss don’t care, lethargic, alienated from content n n Managing class procedures (psycho-social) n Class should be organized, efficient, little time for waiting, equipment distribution, no confusion

Maximizing Learning & Effective Teaching (ch 8) n Motivation n n Show enthusiasm, set high expectations (beware expectancy and self-fulfilling prophecy) Provide remediation and enrichment n What are some examples?

Maximizing Learning & Effective Teaching (ch 8) n Discipline recap (PE 409) Planning to minimize behavior problems n Fun, engaging, developmentally appropriate activities n Plan successful transitions n “Overlap” teaching and discipline n Learn names n Mix behavioral and humanistic strategies n

Maximizing Learning & Effective Teaching (ch 8) n Motivational Strategies n n n n Meaningful activities Developmentally appropriate activities Grades/assessment Reward structures Reasonably high expectations High success rates Lessen fear of embarrassment (teaching by invitation, intratask variation, task sheets, stations, “extra PE” time