HEE 202 - Instructional Strategies in Elementary Physical Education

Credit(s): 3

This course is designed for elementary education students. It focuses on applying educational theory in planning, analyzing and presenting learning experiences to typical and atypical populations in elementary school physical education. Active participation is required. (Spring Semester)

Course Learning Outcomes

Develop lesson plans that include a variety of movement forms in the psychomotor domain, including fundamental manipulative, locomotors, non-locomotor, motor skills and exercises, lead up games, team sports and games, mass games and activities, rhythms and dance.
Use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ development in performance skills, problem solving and critical thinking.
Develop plans for instruction based on knowledge of physical education, students, and curricular goals.
Deliver and evaluate standards-based learning activities in the area of health-related physical fitness that are developmental and sequential.
Organize, plan, administer, and evaluate the total health enhancement curriculum.
Communicate effectively and advocate for the importance of the health enhancement curriculum.
Identify common physical and mental disabilities and prescribe adapted programs specific to individual disabilities.