This program is designed for P-12 health and physical educators who wish to extend their content and pedagogical knowledge for improved professional practice. The program features an integration of health and physical education content where it is appropriate and includes a combination of course work, simulated teaching, field experiences, and school-based inquiry components to assist teachers in their daily practices. This course provides an overview of major behavioral, cognitive, and sociohistorical approaches to learning, with consideration of learning across the lifespan. Sources for individual differences in learning will be discussed. Students analyze the roles of schools in the social order from the perspectives of the humanities and the social sciences.
Students study research methods, procedures, and designs.
Preparation of research abstracts in education and related fields is included. Contemporary instructional models for health and physical education are discussed. Includes theory, planning, and implementation for cooperative learning, personalized systems of instruction, dyadic teaching, and other effective models used in health and physical education. Course is an overview and analysis of current curriculum models and their implementation in P-12 health and physical education programs. Students study instructional design for health or physical education, leading to the implementation and assessment of an intact unit of instruction.