Videotaping, small group discussions, and informal practice sessions provide opportunities for actual experience in the use of systematic observation techniques. 665-52300 Strategies for Teaching Examines instructional theories and models of teaching while focusing on practical applications that can lead to the improvement of teaching in physical education. Teaching of physical education is analyzed in context with various teaching approaches, current humanizing influences, and shared decision-making principles. A practical approach to research findings enables the student to evaluate teaching effectiveness, teacher-student relationships and interaction, various teaching approaches, and class structures. 665-52400 Curriculum Design and Analysis A study of curricular designs, educational aims and objectives, learning experiences and activities, and curricular evaluations in education in general and physical education specifically.
Emphasis is on current trends in the curriculum.
665-53000 Supervision of Physical Education Emphasizes the principles of supervision and the function of the supervisor as a responsible leader in improving instruction in physical education. Topics include types and means of supervision, staff relationships, teaching assignments, observing instruction, supervisory conferences, and teachers' meetings. The course begins at the subcellular level and proceeds, by a topical approach, through important exercise physiology-related subjects. Emphasis is on the biochemical, physiological, and morphological adaptations to bodily use and disuse. The normal response to exercise by populations varying in physical condition, age, and sex is discussed.