Your Middle School Physical Education Game Plan

EDMA 278 REV UP THE REVOLUTION:

Your Middle School Physical Education Game Plan

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MODULE ONE

“The Need for Change”

Learning Objectives:

·  Recognize that physical education is broken and that change is needed.

·  Explain how the PE4life Core Principles are implemented into a physical education program.

·  Prepare a summary of the research and data that you will find in regards to the implications of physical inactivity.

·  Express your thoughts on why some of the key elements of a quality physical education program are still referred to as the “New PE” and that challenges still exist.

·  Examine what effects exercise has on cognitive performance and behavior.

·  Determine which recommended NASPE improvements are needed in your existing program.

Reading Assignments:

·  Game Changer, Ken Reed. Foreword, Preface, Prologue, and Chapters 1-5

·  Teaching Middle School Physical Education, Bonnie Mohnsen. Chapter 1

DVD Video Segments:

·  DVD 1 – Course Introduction

·  DVD 1 – Module 1 – The Need for Change – Introduction by Jen Neubauer

·  DVD 1 – Module 1 – The Need for Change – Mr. Phil Lawler, The Fitness-based Academics Pioneer

Podcast:

·  CD - Track 1 Whole Child Podcast – “PE, Recess, and Beyond: The Implications of Movement”

Suggested Sequence:

·  VIEW DVD 1 – Course Introduction by Jen Neubauer

·  VIEW DVD 1 – Module 1 – The Need for Change – Introduction by Jen Neubauer

·  VIEW DVD 1 – Module 1 – The Need for Change – Mr. Phil Lawler, The Fitness-based Academics Pioneer

·  READ Game Changer, Ken Reed. Foreword, Preface, Prologue, and Chapters 1-5

·  LISTEN Podcast CD - Track 1 Whole Child Podcast – “PE, Recess, and Beyond: The Implications of Movement”

·  READ Teaching Middle School Physical Education, Bonnie Mohnsen. Chapter 1

Supplements:

·  Sparking Life – Power Your Brain Through Exercise – The New PE http://sparkinglife.org/page/the-new-p-e

·  Whole Child Education – About the Podcast - http://www.wholechildeducation.org/podcast/about

·  Let’s Move In School - http://www.aahperd.org/letsmoveinschool/about/index.cfm

·  PE4life - http://www.pe4life.org/about-us/

·  Shape of the Nation Report for 2012 - http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/about/announcements/son.cfm

·  Designed to Move at Sierra Vista Jr. High - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPC9R7f1L5k&feature=youtu.be

·  The “New PE” – Is It Hogwash?

http://www.sparkpe.org/blog/the-%E2%80%9Cnew-pe%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-is-it-hogwash/

Responses to Replay and Reflective Questions: Use this MS Word document “Course Study Guide Answer Pages” provided for your convenience in word processing.

MODULE ONE - THE NEED FOR CHANGE

(62 points)

Replay Questions

1. “Failure is the first step closer to being successful,” says Phil Lawler in Game Changer. Physical Education, the “Old PE” in its current state, is broken and failing our kids. Using three pieces of evidence from your own program, discuss ways in which our traditional approaches to physical education are broken. Based on the information shared in the “Mr. Phil Lawler…” video and Game Changer, Chapter 2, what three suggestions would you make to help fix areas that are broken (not serving our students as well as possible) and move your program - and those in your school - closer to a more successful “New PE” program? (6 pts.)

2. In Game Changer, Phil Lawler writes “Physical Education became part of America’s school system for military readiness reasons around WW I…apart from war times, the focus became part of sports readiness” (p. 4). To what extent do you see these stereotypes (preparation for military readiness and sports readiness as opposed to enjoyment of lifetime fitness activities), persisting in physical education classrooms today? What challenges do these attitudes present to creating and teaching well-rounded physical education curricula? Provide two suggestions for re-thinking these stereotypes to shift the emphasis of our current programs toward more successful “New PE” programs. (6 pts.)

3. Cite the seven PE4Life Core Principles (Reed, p. 23) and explain, in one or two complete sentences per principle, how each can be implemented into a physical education program similar to the one you teach (or one presently taught in your school). (7 pts.)

4. In one thoughtfully detailed paragraph, discuss how new technological innovations have had an impact on Physical Education teachers, students, or programs. Include in your paragraph an explanation of why the need for change in physical education includes technology. (4 pts.)

5. After listening to the podcast for this module, discuss the role Quality Physical Education plays in the Let’s Move in School initiative. Be sure to address the relation between physical education and physical activity, and discuss how this initiative is tied into this module’s focus on the “Need for Change,” making specific references to the ideas expressed by at least one of the participants in the panel. (4 pts.)

Reflective Questions

1. Based on the seven PE4Life Core Principles (Reed, p. 23), select the three core principles most important to achieving active student engagement which you feel are most relevant to the needs of your students. For each of the three, describe in a sentence or two for each principle why you feel they are the most important. In a concluding paragraph, outline your plans to integrate these principles into your curriculum. What are the major challenges you face to implement these core principles? What ideas do you have to meet those challenges? (You may find it helpful to refer to some of Lawler’s ideas in Game Changer, p. 27.) (10 pts.)

2. According to Rick Schupbach, “data drives decisions” (Reed, p. 39). We also know that physical inactivity is detrimental to your health. Research and present two sets of data that show evidence of the health implications physical inactivity has on young learners. (10 pts.)

3. Using the resources listed in Reed (p. 111-16), Mohnsen (Chapters 4 & 5), and those mentioned during in the assigned videos and podcasts, cite three areas of research (or sets of data) that could be used to measure the impact a quality physical education program and/or increased physical activity opportunities has on P.E. students. You should reference one or more of the following: physical fitness, academic performance, school attendance, and school incidents. In one or two well-developed paragraphs, provide a summary of the research you found, explaining why you selected that research and how would you use that data to “drive decisions” in your school in regards to your physical education program. (5 pts.)

4. Mohnsen believes that “Today’s physical educator must keep pace with changes in technology, society, health, and education” (p. 3). Explain the implications each change has already had on your 21st century physical education program. What obstacles do you anticipate with these changes as you move forward? What is your plan in dealing with these obstacles? (5 pts.)

5. In The Shape of the Nation Report, (2006) Mohnsen includes ten suggestions from NASPE and AHA for recommended improvements to physical education programs (pp. 11-12). Cite five of these recommendations most appropriate to your curriculum, explaining - in one or two complete sentences per item - how those recommendations are already being met in your teaching situation (or how they could be met in the near future). Be sure to include details specific to your program (resources currently in place, and/or those you would like to obtain) in discussing how you have fulfilled (or would fulfill) these suggested improvements. (5 pts.)

MODULE TWO

“The Middle School”

Learning Objectives:

·  Compare the characteristics of quality middle schools to your own school.

·  Describe the diverse needs of middle school students and explain how that diversity affects their learning.

·  Identify the characteristics of quality middle school teachers and how they must work with administrators to create the best middle school learning environment.

·  Determine what physical education’s role is in a quality middle school.

·  Examine the different middle school grade building configurations.

·  Distinguish between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation.

Reading Assignments:

·  Teaching Middle School Physical Education, Mohnsen. Chapter 2, page 15-first paragraph on page 22

·  Teaching Middle School Physical Education, Mohnsen. Chapter 9

·  Appendix 1 – The Trouble-free Playground Program (specifically the third concept – The importance of developing self-responsibility and intrinsic motivation)

DVD Video Segments:

·  DVD 1 – Module 2 – The Middle School – Introduction by Jen Neubauer

·  DVD 1 – Module 2 – The Middle School – Administrator Interviews

Podcast:

·  CD - Track 2 Whole Child Podcast – “The Middle Grades – Zits, Braces, & Hormones”

Suggested Sequence:

·  VIEW DVD 1 – Module 2 – The Middle School – Introduction by Jen Neubauer

·  READ Mohnsen. Chapter 2, page 15-first paragraph on page 22

·  READ Mohnsen. Chapter 9

·  READ Appendix 1 – The Trouble-free Playground Program (specifically the third concept – The importance of developing self-responsibility and intrinsic motivation)

·  LISTEN Podcast CD - Track 2 Whole Child Podcast – “The Middle Grades – Zits, Braces, & Hormones”

·  VIEW DVD 1 – Module 2 – The Middle School – Administrator Interviews

Supplements:

·  Whole Child Education – About the Podcast - http://www.wholechildeducation.org/podcast/about

·  PlayFit Education – Trouble-free Playground http://www.playfiteducation.com/workshops/troublefree/Default.asp

Responses to Replay and Reflective Questions: Use this MS Word document “Course Study Guide Answer Pages” provided for your convenience in word processing.

MODULE TWO - THE MIDDLE SCHOOL

52 points

Replay Questions

1. In the Middle Grades podcast, as well as in the video for this module, statements are made about the type of middle school teachers that administrators look to hire. Cite and discuss four characteristics these administrators identify in this video. As referred to by the administrators in the podcast for this module, discuss the qualities that middle school students wish their teachers would possess. (4 pts.)

2. In regards to the transformation of junior high schools to middle schools through history, it was noted that “the educational aims of middle school did not, in themselves, produce the necessary impetus for change” (Mohnsen, p. 17). Several factors from 1975 to the present seem to be driving those transformation decisions. To what extent do you see these factors driving those decisions in your school community? Which of these decisions do you believe are harmful to your students? Which decisions have the potential to be helpful to your students? (3 pts.)

3. “Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century (Mohnsen, p.18) described a 15-year-old who has graduated from a quality middle school program as an “intellectually reflective person, a person en route to a lifetime of meaningful work, a good citizen, a caring and ethical individual, and a healthy person.” Using the seven characteristics of quality middle schools (Mohnsen, p. 19) to support your answer, explain physical education’s role in ensuring that each student meets the description listed above. (7 pts.)

4. In your opinion, does “What the Brain-Based Research Says” (Mohnsen, pp.125-128), support the Constructivist learning theory or the Behaviorist learning theory? To what extent is the same true of “Motor Learning Research”? (Mohnsen pp. 128-130) Which theory does that research information support? Be sure to cite specific information about the theory to support your answer. (4 pts.)

5. Of the nine Multiple Intelligences (with the exception of bodily-kinesthetic intelligence), which - to your way of thinking - are the easiest to address in a middle school physical education lesson? In your opinion, which two types are the most difficult to address in a middle school physical education lesson? Provide a rationale based on your personal experience (see also Mohnsen, pp. 130-132) (4 pts.)

Reflective Questions

1. Based on presentations from representatives of the different schools in the video, podcast, and the assigned readings in the Mohnsen textbook; which grade configuration do you feel is best suited for creating the optimal middle school environment? Provide a rationale for your answer, making sure to focus on the students’ unique and diverse adolescent needs (physical, cognitive, emotional, and social) as you describe this optimal environment. (5 pts.)

2. Caroline Bloxom stated in the Middle Grades podcast, “The state curriculum is more or less what is going to be assessed, but how you get there is up to us.” What does that statement mean to you? In one to two paragraphs, explain your answer by describing what is currently happening in your middle school (to support Bloxom’s statement) or what needs to change in your middle school to support her statement. (5 pts.)

3. Mohnsen states “...you can’t motivate students – you can only influence how they motivate themselves” (p. 121). Select two of the key elements associated with motivated students that you feel have been most successful for you in the learning experiences you have provided your students. Explain in detail the learning experience that utilized that element. How did you know that experience was a success and that the student(s) benefited from it? (5 pts.)

4. Based on concepts presented in Appendix 1 and in Mohnsen (pp. 121-122), provide an example of an extrinsic reward in your middle school or from a prior experience. Be sure to describe the scenario for which the extrinsic reward was used to motivate your students. What is your suggestion for creating an intrinsic reward system that would achieve the same, if not better, longer-term results? (5 pts.)

5. Using the Bandler-Grinder learning theory (Mohnsen, p. 130), attach a current physical education lesson plan or create one that ensures all your students are engaged in the learning situation. For the purpose of this assignment, you may want to highlight, circle, or underline evidence of the Bandler-Grinder learning theory. Note: when writing lesson plans, be sure to include your lesson objectives, materials needed, an explanation of the learning activities, (detailed enough that a substitute teacher could visualize its implementation), and an explanation of how the lesson objectives will be assessed. (5 pts.)

6. Using the ideas shared in the video, readings, and podcast, describe in what ways middle school educators and administrators should work together to ensure that all adolescents are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged in a middle school environment? In a paragraph for each, outline the roles and responsibilities of both educators and the administrators. (5 pts.)