Youth Fitness Test
Part I Teaching Children Physical Education
Successful teaching
1. Why is teaching children physical education considered one of the most challenging jobs?
Teaching physical education is considered a challenge because of the obstacles and benefits that a physical education teacher will experience during his or her career. On one hand they must deal with varying ages of children, children who may not like doing physical activities and conflict of priorities between the principal and teachers about timing, equipment and space issues. In light of the obstacles, there is also benefits. The benefit of being around children and seeing them master a skill makes the obstacles easier and look forward to proud moments.
2. Describe the approach of a good teacher.
The approach of a good physical education teacher is to orchestrate teaching skills and develop lessons that are both absorbing and beneficial to children of all ages and abilities (p. 4).
3. What are the components of success for teaching?
The first component of successful teaching is the children and the goals set for them to learn physical activities. The second component is the physical education teacher to feel a sense of accomplishment and success. Lastly is the need for a supportive and consistent physical education program.
Planning to maximize learning
4. Why is planning necessary in a physical education program?
Planning is necessary in a physical education program because to have a great program considerable amount of time must be dedicated to to design programs that fulfill the needs of children (p. 16). There is also limited teaching time so there must be a concerted effort to carefully plan the lesson that will tight to the children.
5. When is it the most important time to measure the success of a program?
The most important time to measure the success of a program is when children leave a program after five or six years (p. 24).
6. Describe one exit goal you think is important for children who to have accomplished by the time they leave elementary school.
One exit goal that I think children needs to accomplish by the time they leave elementary school is object control. Object control meaning punt and catch/field.
7. Name some of the segments of a daily lesson plan typically used by physical education teachers.
Some of the segments of a daily lesson plan include a format for the topic of the lesson, introduction about the purpose of the lesson and a brief description or a list of task that students should accomplish.
Creating a positive learning environment
8. Name three stereotypes associated with physical activity.
Three
stereotypes associated with physical activity is boys are better than girls, African Americans are fast runners and Hispanics are good soccer players (p. 38).
9. How would you create an emotionally safe environment for children?
I would create an emotionally safe environment for children by first understanding my role as a role model, know that physical education is for everyone and not just a few who excel well in sports. I will also never allow any type of name calling, belittling, intimidating, and making fun of others (p. 39).
10. What are the three protocols to be established in relation to equipment?
Three protocols to be established in relation to equipment is make sure children properly enter and leave the playground and or gym; starting or stopping when the teacher signals, cleaning up equipment when told, and selecting partners, teams and groups (p. 40).
11. What are the two characteristics that effective teachers display?
Effective teachers are often firm but warm while displaying a high degree of critical demandingness and post their rules for children to see often discuss them so that children feel a certain degree of ownership (p. 46
Minimizing off task behavior and discipline problems
12. Name and describe three strategies for minimizing off-task behaviors.
Three strategies for minimizing off-task behavior; keep your back to the wall in the gym or in the playground to make sure children can be seen at all times; proximity control by simply walking in the direction of the off-task child to let them know that you see their behavior; with-it-ness when children know that the teacher has eyes in the back of his or her head (p. 53).
13. Provide one example of desirable rewards and undesirable consequences.
One example of desirable rewards and undesirable consequences is the use of free time on Fridays as a reward. Children are threatened with a loss of free time, but part of the lesson plan is free time (p. 59-60).
14. What are the three characteristics of a successful discipline system?
Three characteristics of a successful discipline system is the discipline system should be carefully explained to children at the beginning of the school year; the teacher should consistently adhere to the criteria; the principal, classroom teachers, and parents must be supportive (p. 62).
15. What are the consequences of believing that children today are hard to teach them they were in the past?
Getting the lesson started
16. What are the advantages of instant activity?
The advantages of instant activity is to get the children moving versus sitting down quietly so that will be amore apt at listening as the gym class progress.