PED212: Foundation of Movement & Motor Activities: Journal

Learning Outcomes
This week students will:

1. Identify the health, cognitive, social and/or emotional benefits of participating in physical activity.

2. Outline current issues concerning motor development in children and physical education.

3. Compare social and emotional constraints with current levels of physical activity.

Introduction

This week you will explore the nature and purpose of physical education from a historical perspective, and realize the shifts in focus between skills/game play and fitness.  In your chapter readings, it is critical to remember that while many aspects of growth and development are achieved at certain chronological ages, there is considerable variation both within and across children. It is also important to understand that motor development in children follows a predictable and sequential process. The focus of this week will be evaluating your own conclusions about physical education and comparing them with research and current issues.  

Required Resources
Required Text

1. Foundations of Moving & Learning

   1. 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.

   2. 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.

   3. 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

1. 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

1. 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.

1. 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

1. Jing (http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html)

2. VoiceThread (http://voicethread.com/)

3. Voki (http://www.voki.com/)