The Essentials of Teaching Physical Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

The Essentials of Teaching Physical Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Third Edition, is a must-have resource for future educators. It presents a standards-based approach and guides educators in building the skills in planning, management, teaching, and assessment needed for successful careers.

This third edition, published in partnership with SHAPE America, incorporates the 2024 National Physical Education Standards throughout each chapter, providing physical educators with current, essential knowledge to build an effective program.

Physical education teacher education (PETE) students and in-service PE teachers will find an accessible, comprehensive guide that will help them deliver meaningful and sequential learning experiences in a psychologically, emotionally, and physically safe environment. As readers work their way through the text, they can acquire the following:

• The ability to critically analyze all aspects of teaching and learning: the context in which the teaching will occur, the student body, all aspects of curriculum and instruction, what to teach, and how to teach it
• A strong working knowledge of standards and standards-based learning outcomes that will help students achieve those outcomes
• The ability to plan for learning in both the short and long term
• The management and teaching skills they need to ensure an equitable environment that fosters student learning in the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains for all students
• The means to assess student learning and program effectiveness

With advice, tips, and success stories from top physical educators in the field, The Essentials of Teaching Physical Education, Third Edition, offers readers insight into how to motivate students while focusing on what teachers really need to know to succeed. It delivers practical and essential information and guidance on the most relevant topics for today’s physical educators, including physical literacy, accountability, social justice, social-emotional learning, and trauma-informed practices. Everything a physical educator needs to know to succeed is found here, delivered in a straightforward and highly readable manner.

In addition, online learning aids include downloadable activities for each chapter and key figures from the text, flash cards for vocabulary study, and vocabulary review quizzes for practice.

This text is the definitive guide for future K-12 physical educators, current teachers, and administrators; it is an essential resource for learning to teach at both the elementary and the secondary levels.

Human Kinetics is proud to publish this book in association with SHAPE America, the national organization that defines excellence for school-based health and physical education professionals across the United States.

Note: A URL to access the online materials is included in this ebook.

Preface
Acknowledgments

Part I. Building the Foundation of a Teaching for Learning Approach
Chapter 1. Developing Physically Literate Individuals
Promoting Physical Literacy
Academic Links to Physical Literacy
Summary

Chapter 2. Understanding a Teaching for Learning Approach
Curricular Alignment in Physical Education
Instructional Alignment in Physical Education
Summary

Chapter 3. Examining Student Motivation
Establishing a Motivating Environment
Retaining Students’ Motivation
Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Motivation
Eradicating Amotivation
Capturing and Retaining Student Interest
Summary

Chapter 4. Understanding Social-Emotional Learning and Using Trauma-Informed Practices
Social and Emotional Learning
Trauma-Informed Practices
Becoming Self-Aware Through Critical Reflection
Strategies on Fostering Resilient Learners
Summary

Part II. Teaching to the 2024 SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards
Chapter 5. Standard 1: Develops a Variety of Motor Skills
Competency Versus Proficiency
Motor Skills and Phases of Performance
Elementary School: Grades PreK to 5
Middle School: Grades 6 to 8
High School: Grades 9 to 12
Summary

Chapter 6. Standard 2: Applies Knowledge Related to Movement and Fitness Concepts
Elementary School: Grades PreK to 5
Middle School: Grades 6 to 8
High School: Grades 9 to 12
Summary

Chapter 7. Standard 3: Develops Social Skills Through Movement
Elementary School: Grades PreK to 5
Middle School: Grades 6 to8
High School: Grades 9 to 12
Summary

Chapter 8. Standard 4: Develops Personal Skills, Identifies Personal Benefits of Movement and Chooses to Engage in Physical Activity
Elementary School: Grades PreK to 5
Middle School: Grades 6 to 8
High School: Grades 9 to12
Summary

Part III. Building the Curriculum
Chapter 9. Unit and Lesson Planning
Unit Planning
Lesson Planning
Summary

Chapter 10. Planning Developmentally Appropriate Content
Types of Knowledge
Standards, Indicators, and Assessments
Learning Domains
Students’ Prior Knowledge and Experiences
Sequencing of Content and Task Progressions
Modifying Content
Summary

Chapter 11. Pedagogical Models as Organizing Frameworks
Skill Theme Approach
Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility
Tactical Games Model
Sport Education Model
Fitness Education
Adventure Education
Outdoor Education
Pedagogies of Affect
Implementing Curriculum Models Within Units of Instruction
Summary

Part IV. Instruction and Assessment
Chapter 12. Establishing and Managing a Safe Learning Environment
Setting Rules for Your Gymnasium
Managing Student Behavior
Maximizing Learning and Activity Time
Managing the Learning Environment During Instruction and Activity
Summary

Chapter 13. Developing Essential Teaching Skills
Exploring Instructional Styles
Employing Effective Teaching Tactics
Summary

Chapter 14. Assessing Student Learning
Purposes of Assessment
Grading Schemes
Selecting Appropriate Assessments
Types of Assessments
Organizing and Interpreting Data
Summary

Part V. Developing as a Professional
Chapter 15. Advocacy, Professionalism, and Professional Development
Advocating for Your Profession
Professional Development Opportunities
Summary

Glossary
References
Index
 

Jennifer L. Walton-Fisette, EdD, is an associate dean and professor of physical education teacher education in the School of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University. She obtained her BS in physical education from Rhode Island College, her MS in sport pedagogy from Ithaca College, and her EdD in physical education teacher education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Walton-Fisette has published four books and more than 50 research articles and serves on numerous editorial boards, including serving as associate editor for Quest. She served as chair of the SHAPE America Research Council and is actively involved with the Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (OAHPERD); SHAPE America; and other associations. Her scholarship explores social justice, equity, and policy issues in physical education and PETE programs locally, nationally, and internationally. In recent years she has been especially active in the areas of social-emotional learning and trauma-informed teaching, and she is well respected as an expert on these subjects.

Stephen A. Mitchell, PhD, is a professor emeritus (physical education teacher education) of Kent State University. He has BS and MA degrees in physical education and education from Loughborough University in England and a PhD in education from Syracuse University. Mitchell is lead author on multiple editions of Teaching Sport Concepts and Skills, which has been translated into Japanese and Korean. He has numerous refereed journal publications to his credit and has made dozens of keynote addresses and scholarly presentations. Mitchell is a member of SHAPE America, serving on many committees for that organization. He is a past president of the Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (OAHPERD). In 2005, he received the NASPE Physical Education Teacher Education Honor Award.