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PE Central Lesson Ideas for College Professors

In this section we feature a number of lesson ideas that College and University professors are using to teach pre-service teachers to become PE Teachers. Please submit your lesson ideas to us via email pec@pecentral.org.

Featured College Lesson Idea!


Title: Student-Centered Inquiry as Curriculum as a Model for Field Based Teacher Education

Submitted by: Dr. Kim Oliver and Her Students at New Mexico State Univ. and Mayfield HS

Project Overview— New Mexico State University’s Secondary Physical Education Methods Class worked with Mayfield High School’s 1st period PE Class. We were interested in understanding what could be when we worked with pre-service teachers in a high school physical education class to assist them in the process of learning to listen and respond to their students in ways that might better facilitate young people’s interest, motivation, and learning. We worked collaboratively to find ways of making physical education more meaningful to students and co-created this book to represent some of what we learned about how to make learning physical activity FUN! We created two dance video productions and a collection of moderate-to-vigorous student-designed games that motivate youth to want to participate in physical education. This project was part of a field-based class designed to assist pre-service teachers in the process of learning to become student-centered in their curricular and pedagogical practices.

Products: Student Designed Lessons/Picture Book (PDF), 4th Period Dance Video, Thriller Dance Video

College Lesson Ideas


Culminating Activities

  1. Student Designed PE Classes, Student Designed Lessons/Picture Book (PDF), 4th Period Dance Video, Thriller Dance Video. Submitted by Kim Oliver, New Mexico State Univ, Las Cruces, NM

  2. World Championship Ballroom and Latin Dance Competition Final Exam (PDF) (See Video) Submitted by John Bennett, UNC-W, Wilmington, NC

Lessons for Classroom Teachers

  • The thematic unit is a culminating peer teaching project. The Directions, Thematic Beginnings, Lesson Plan, LiveText Template, Rubric, and paper and pencil Assessment are posted to assist the student with the final product. The rubric describes explicitly what the professor is looking for when the preservice teacher teaches so the student can plan accordingly. The Symmetrical Lesson Plan(s) and Paper and Pencil Assessment is a sample thematic unit that serves to demonstrate how a thematic lesson works across subject areas focusing on the same topic - in this case symmetry in mathematics, physical education (gymnastics) and Humanities (dance). The main idea is not the symmetrical lesson but the process and the parts. The topic can be anything. Submitted by Natalie Doering, Ph.D. who is an Associate Professor at Murray State University in Kentucky. Supporting documents in PDF.

Directions
Thematic Beginnings
Lesson Plan
LiveText Template
Rubric
Assessment

Philosophy/Career Plans

  • Career Plan/Philosophy (PDF) Submitted by Charity Bryan, Professor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Description: The Career Plan/Philosophy helps students in the class who are usually freshmen to put their goals and philosophy on paper, with the idea that these concepts will change and be modified over their college career.

Integration/Technology

Fitness Course Assignments for PE Majors

Submitted by Ingrid Johnson, Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Gymnastics

Scavenger Hunts

Activity Journals

  • College Student Activity Journal (PDF) Submitted by Charity Bryan, Professor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Description: The physical activity journal is a WEEKLY assignment designed to help students recognize their own physical activity patterns during the semester.

Field Experiences

  • The KNES 101 Field Experience (PDF) Submitted by Charity Bryan, Professor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Description: The KNES 101 Field Experience requires students to obtain 15 hours of hands on experience in the area of their choice (i.e. physical education, athletic training, sports management, health promotion and wellness, or an exercise science related area).
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