Interdisciplinary Elementary Physical Education-2nd Edition » (2nd Edition)

Theresa Purcell Cone, PhD, is an assistant professor in the department of health and exercise science at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. A coauthor of the first edition of this book, she is a past president of the National Dance Association and has held numerous leadership roles in physical education, including being president of New Jersey AHPERD and Eastern District AAHPERD. She has taught physical education and dance for 35 years in public schools and college and university settings.

Dr. Cone is also a frequent presenter at national conferences on interdisciplinary teaching, dance, and physical education. She has published extensively on these topics, and with her husband she is coauthor of Teaching Children Dance, Second Edition. In her leisure time, she enjoys time with her family, travel, and the arts.

Stephen L. Cone, PhD, is a professor in the department of health and exercise science at Rowan University. He coauthored the first edition of this book with his wife and has served as AAHPERD president. He has published and presented extensively in physical education, dance, and interdisciplinary teaching and has taught physical education and dance for 35 years in public schools and college and university settings. He also has served as president of Eastern District AAHPERD and New Hampshire AHPERD. Along with his wife, he enjoys time with his family, travel, and the arts in his leisure time.

Peter Werner, PED, is a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina. His doctorate includes a specialization in physical education for children with a minor in elementary education. He is the coauthor of the first edition of this book and author of Teaching Children Gymnastics, Second Edition, among other titles, and has also written more than 100 journal articles on physical education for children. In addition, he has presented on interdisciplinary physical education for the past 35 years at the state, regional, and national levels.

Dr. Werner, a lifetime member of AAHPERD, edited the film series for the American Master teacher program. He has also served as senior editor of Teaching Elementary Physical Education from 2000 to 2003 and as the chair of the Editorial Review Board for Strategies from 2007 to 2008. In his spare time, his pursuits include whitewater canoeing, broom making, and fly fishing.

The popular Interdisciplinary Teaching Through Physical Education is back and better than ever. This new edition guides you in integrating the content of language arts, math, science, social studies, and the arts (music, theater arts, and visual arts) with the content of physical education through active learning experiences. This book has the following features:

-It provides 24 learning experiences in the five academic areas, 193 additional ideas for developing those learning experiences, and 37 new, ongoing strategies for teaching physical education through cross-curricular methods.

-It is revised and expanded, offering you more teaching tools to supplement, support, and enhance your teaching.

-It delivers new practical ideas and activities for classroom use, based on current theory and best practices.
In part I, you'll learn about the theoretical need for and benefits of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The authors identify models for planning and implementing interdisciplinary experiences and provide ideas for getting started, building a support network, and assessing learning.

In part II, the authors describe sample learning experiences in each of the five academic disciplines and offer ideas for developing additional learning experiences. They also present suggested scope and sequence of concepts for each grade level and describe the concepts and skills that are appropriate for primary- and intermediate-grade students.

Interdisciplinary Elementary Physical Education will give your students a wealth of knowledge while they're being active. They'll have fun while they conjugate, calculate, investigate, explore, dance—and move across the curriculum.

Introduction to Interdisciplinary Education 1

Ch. 1 Foundational Beginnings 3

Ch. 2 Successful Planning and Implementation 17

Making it Work: Practical Applications 29

Ch. 3 Integrating Physical Education with Language Arts 31

Ch. 4 Integrating Physical Education with Mathematics 77

Ch. 5 Integrating Physical Education with Science 135

Ch. 6 Integrating Physical Education with Social Studies 195

Ch. 7 Integrating Physical Education with the Arts 261

Appendix A 307

Appendix B 311

Selected Readings 317

Index 323

About the Authors 331