Discussion of Chapters 1

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Discussion of Chapters 1 2

• Getting Ready to Teach

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• From you packet reading, what does the term
  pedagogy mean ?

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• What types of physical education programs are
  defensible? Indefensible?
• What are the three educational domains physical
  educators (should) teach in?

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• Difference between Goals Objectives?
• Goals
• Objectives

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Objectives

• Psychomotor
• Cognitive
• Affective

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Designing Learning Experiences

• Define learning

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Criteria for Designing a Learning Experience

• Improving motor skills
• Maximal activity
• Appropriate
• Integrated

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• What types of tasks does a teacher need to
  complete prior to meeting her/his class?
• Planning curriculum
• Planning lessons
• Pre-lesson (Attendance)/Post-lesson (Dismissal)
  routines
• Minimal time used for the above
• Set Inductions attention getters, orienting the
  students to the lesson,etc.
• Organizational Arrangements

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• What should the physical education teacher do
  during student activity?
• Provide feedback
• Demonstrate skills
• Offer easier/more difficult tasks for student
  success
• Monitor student behavior

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Becoming a Teacher

• Learning to teach Ongoing process
• Role Modeling
• Who do you want to teach? all students or just
  some
• What is your commitment to teaching?

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• Factors that Influence Learning
• How will a student know they have learned a
  particular skill?
• How do we learn motor skills?
• Naturally?

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Stages of Motor Learning(Fitts and Posner, 1967)

• Cognitive Stage
• Associative Stage
• Automatic Stage

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• Why would these stages be important to the
  teaching of physical education?

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Requirements for Learning a Motor Skill

• Prerequisites
• Clear idea of the task

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Requirements for Learning a Motor Skill

• Motivational/Attention Disposition to the skill
  Learners must be actively engaged and find the
  learning meaningful in some way.
• Teachers biggest challenge

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Requirements for Learning a Motor Skill

• Practice Motor performance is usually
  inconsistent and variable.
• Opportunities to respond (OTR)

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Requirements for Learning a Motor Skill

• Feedback Information about student performance
• Feedback also maintains motivation and focus of
  the task.

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Teaching Motor Skills

• Open Skills versus Closed Skills