Teaching Physical Education In The Primary School

Teaching Physical Education in the Primary School In order to teach physical education, teachers need additional skills, knowledge and understanding to those required by other subjects in the primary curriculum. Teaching Physical Education in the Primary School provides professional development for teachers, and it aims to increase knowledge and understanding, confidence and enthusiasm in an area of the curriculum that often receives a very short time allocation during initial teacher training courses. The areas covered by Teaching Physical Education in the Primary School include: ■ subject knowledge of different activity areas: games, gymnastics, dance, swimming, outdoor activities, athletic activities and health-related fitness and exercise; ■ safety and organization of children and equipment; ■ appropriate teaching points to improve children’s skills; ■ teachers’ self-evaluation; ■ adaptation strategies for children with special needs. Teaching Physical Education in the Primary School will be useful for primary teachers, subject leaders responsible for professional development and trainee teachers. It focuses on giving practical advice to develop teachers’ skills to ensure that children are taught effectively and safely in physical education. Bev Hopper, Jenny Grey and Trish Maude have extensive experience of teaching physical education in primary schools. They teach on undergraduate and postgraduate initial teacher training courses in physical education and offer a wide range of courses for the continuing professional development of practising primary teachers. They currently lecture in Primary Curriculum and Professional Studies at Homerton College, Cambridge. Teaching Physical Education in the Primary School Bev Hopper, Jenny Grey and Trish Maude First published 2000 by RoutledgeFalmer 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeFalmer 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 RoutledgeFalmer is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/.” © 2000 Bev Hopper, Jenny Grey and Trish Maude All rights reserved. No part of this book, except for Study Sheets 1–17 and pages 110, 138, 139, 140, 141 and 164, may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hopper, Bev Teaching physical education in the primary school/Bev Hopper, Jenny Grey & Trish Maude. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. 1. Physical education and training-Study and teaching (Elementary)Great Britain. 2. Physical education teachers-Training of-Great Britain. I. Grey, Jenny. II. Maude, Patricia. III. Title. GV443 .H62 2000 99–087134 ISBN 0-203-97759-9 Master e-book ISBN ISBN - (Adobe e-Reader Format) ISBN 0-415-23028-4 (Print Edition) Contents List of Illustrations vii 1 Introduction Chapter 1 What is Physical Education in the Primary School? 3 Chapter 2 Knowledge and Understanding of the Six Areas of Activity 7 Chapter 3 Physical Education and Other Areas of the Whole Curriculum 83 Chapter 4 Planning for Physical Education at Key Stages 1 and 2 92 Chapter 5 Physical Education at Key Stage 1 and 2 110 Chapter 6 Assessment, Recording and Reporting in Physical Education