Full Description
This fully updated fifth edition of Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School is a comprehensive, yet accessible guide for all student secondary physical education teachers. Practical and insightful advice is combined with theory and research to support you in developing as a student teacher.
This core text is an ideal guide to support you in developing your knowledge for teaching, your basic teaching skills and your ability to reflect critically on what you are doing and why, enabling you to cope in a range of teaching situations. Including updated material to cover changes in policy and practice, curriculum and assessments, the fifth edition of this essential textbook focuses on:
Starting and developing your teaching journey
Planning, teaching and evaluating physical education lessons for effective pupil learning
Looking beyond your teacher education.
New chapters include
Essential knowledge bases for teaching physical education
Guidance on using digital technologies
Health in the physical education lesson
Written with university and school-based initial teacher education in mind, Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School is an essential source of support and guidance for all student physical education teachers embarking on the challenging journey of developing as an effective teacher.
Contents
Introduction 1. Starting out as a physical education teacher 2. Aims of physical education 3. Knowledge bases for teaching physical education 4. Exploring and understanding your own experiences and beliefs as a physical education teacher 5. Long- and medium-term planning in physical education 6. Short-term (lesson) planning in physical education: How planning and evaluation supports effective learning and teaching 7. Lesson organisation and management 8. Designing teaching approaches to achieve intended learning outcomes 9. Assessment for and of learning in physical education 10. Developing and maintaining an effective learning environment 11. Motivating pupils for learning in physical education 12. Planning for an inclusive approach to learning and teaching 13. Health in Physical Education 14. Learner-centred teaching: A physical literacy perspective 15. Observation in Physical Education 16. Communication in physical education 17. Teaching safely and safety in physical education 18. Using digital technologies to support learning in physical education 19. Accredited qualifications and principles of classroom teaching 20. Teacher as a reflexive practitioner/researcher 21. Beyond your teacher education 22. Physical Literacy: Learning from pupils' physical literacy journeys
