A complete listing of required classes is posted elsewhere on this website. PE Pedagogy PE Pedagogy classes are concerned with how to HOW to teach physical education. Teaching in general involves both management and content. In our PE pedagogy classes we address the complexity of teaching large groups of people in a gym or other open space. There are principles to be learned and practiced that will help us be more effective as teachers regardless of what we are trying to teach.
Physical education has special challenges that are different from teaching in a classroom.
In these classes we begin to prepare you for these challenges. In our Movement Analysis classes you will learn WHAT to teach. Because it is likely that your interest in physical education was sparked by some positive personal experiences in school you will likely bring many skills into our classes. It is however one thing to be able to perform a skill and quite another to be able to teach it to a beginner. You will learn the teaching progressions for many activities and will also be exposed to many new activities yourself.