Current Issues & Critical Thinking
Required Resources
Required Text
Foundations of Moving & Learning
Chapter 1 – The Nature and Purpose of Physical Education
Defines physical education and examines the necessary conditions for young people to be motivated in being physically educated.
Chapter 2 – Physical Education’s Role in the Total School Mission
Explores the various goals of American education and investigates ways in which physical education can contribute to those goals.
Chapter 3 – The Key Principles of Growth and Development of Children
Examines the concepts of growth and of development in children, and provides descriptions of how they change with time in three domains: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.
Recommended Resources
Articles
National Association for Sport and Physical Education. (2011). Physical education is critical to educating the whole child [Position statement]. Retrieved from http://www.shapeamerica.org/advocacy/positionstatements/pe/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=4650
It is the position of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) that physical education is critical to educating the whole child, and that all students in grades K-12 should receive physical education on a daily basis.
Multimedia
Cummins, J. (Producer). (2008). Fitness Levels and Obesity [Video File]. In Life at 3: Fighting fat, Retrieved from Films on Demand.
Segment 9, “Fitness Levels and Obesity,” of Life at 3: Fighting Fat discusses the generational decline in fitness levels and the related increase in obesity levels.
Cummins, J. (Producer). (2008). Parental Influence on Childhood Obesity [Video File]. In Life at 3: Fighting fat. Retrieved from Films on Demand.
Segment 3, “Parental Influence on Childhood Obesity,” of Life at 3: Fighting Fat discusses the parental behaviors impact on children’s habits, fitness, and obesity.
Websites
Jing (http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html)
VoiceThread (http://voicethread.com/)
Voki (http://www.voki.com/)
