midterm Flashcards
- Why should PE be part of the elementary school program:
-Teach resilience, confidence
-Gives children who are good at sports a chance to succeed
-Gives children a chance to move around who might not be able to at home
- How often should there be classes:
-It should be 30 minutes daily
- What should be happening in a PE class:
-MOUVEMENT, no videos of lectures
-Fun
-Give them the opportunity to experience different sports, not just dodgeball
- What does a teacher need to do:
-Be enthusiastic, get involved (student teacher dodgeball games)
-Teach them something, provide learning, and be a good role model
- What is physical education’s role in education
Health Academic and Learning Mental Health Motor Ability Social and Emotional Learning Joy of Human Movement
- What does physical education effect
It reflect on their academic performance
It is important for good mental health
Physical activity affects the whole child
- Why are past experiences with PE important:
-Everyone has different experiences.
-Teaching philosophy differs.
-Some of the teachers take scores and grades so intensely that the goal of wanting to foster
-A lifelong active life is ignored.
-recognizing your own past experience can impact your understanding and application of PE today
- Statement of beliefs regarding education encompassing physical education:
-it needs to be a process we’re all kids can reach their full potential
-teaching is an art and a science of helping children to reach their full potential
-all children are unique, which means they learn at their own levels and they have their own style of learning, they vary in ability
-our goal as teachers is to help each could become self-directed independent learners who will seek new challenges.
-If we don’t give them the opportunities they won’t want to. Our main goal is
To make them lifelong movers. Lead an active lifestyle.
-PE should be an enjoyable and successful experience for every child.
- What do people mean by developmentally appropriate activities:
-Age appropriate
-Maturity appropriate
-Grade appropriate
-Skill appropriate
-It’s really where they are developmentally
-It has to be overall appropriate. (appropriate for the cultural and social context.
-It’s more about doing things better, not right or wrong.
- What can happen if activities are not developmentally appropriate?
-it can cause serious injury
-it can have harmful effects on their tissue and bone development
- What are the levels of development:
LEVEL 1: grade K - 2
LEVEL 2: Grades 3 - 4
LEVEL 3: grade 5 - 6
- Definition of physical literacy:
can be described as the motivation, confidence, knowledge, and understanding to value and take responsibility for engagement of physical activities for life.
- Where are the domains in PE in the elements of physical literacy:
-Physical: moving, phhysical competence
-Affective: thinking, Motivaiton and confidence
-Cognitive: the whole child, knowledge and understanding
- What does physical growth and development encompass
Height
Weight
body composition
-20 to 35% of elementary children are obese, you can’t control their genetics but they can control their diet and activity levels
- Muscular growth and development:
from 5 to 6 years old there is rapid muscle growth. This is why they move awkwardly at the stage
Between 7 to 12 there is relatively gradual and continuous muscle growth. Cutey start to get stronger
- As a teacher what can we do about childhood obesity :
-Educate students on healthy habits
-Making PE a priority
-Not use candy as a motivator, kids are motivated by food)
-Encourage an active lifestyle in and out of school
- How do children’s body proportions change and effect:
-They learn how to move their body appropriately
-Woman have lower center of gravity, they have better balance
-Centre of gravity in early childhood causes difficulty with balance
-Puberty will change the dynamics in the students
- What type of activities helps skeletal growth development
Weight baring activities:
Running
Jumping
Lifting
The most efficient way to develop strong and healthy bones is the physical activity including weight-bearing activities
- What are some factors affecting growth and development?
Nutrition:
If you don’t get the proper vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbs, lipids your muscles and bones will not be properly development and you will not grow properly
Exercise:
They need the right type of exercise, weight baring for developing kids
Geography:
-If it’s always cold outside you won’t want to go out and play
-What nutrition is available to you, no access to fruits etc.
-Culture has an impact on what you eat.
- Why do we want kids to develop an active lifestyle:
-we wanna make sure kids are developing skills that are lifelong. For instance if they’re not able to how to swim they probably will not go boating. We want them to be able to experience as much as they can in life