Authors: Judith E. Rink
ISBN-13: 9780073376523, ISBN-10: 0073376523
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: March 2009
Edition: 6th Edition
Judith E. Rink is a professor in the Department of Physical Education at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. She has published numerous books, research and articles related to effective teaching of physical education. She has been an editor of both the Journal for Teaching Physical Education and the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Dr. Rink was the chairperson of the committee to develop national content standards for physical education and has been the recipient of the NASPE Hall of Fame Award, the Curriculum and Instruction Academy Honor Award and the American Education Association Special Interest Group Outstanding Scholar Honor Award. She is currently the program director the South Carolina Physical Education Assessment Program and is working with the National Association for Physical Education and Sport to develop performance indicators and assessment materials for the national standards.
Focusing on physical education for kindergarten through grade 12, this user-friendly text emphasizes teaching strategies, theories, and skills to give students a foundation for designing an effective learning experience. This new edition focuses on the Physical Education National Beginning Teaching Standards with updates in assessment and student motivation, and the addition of a brief introduction to Mosston's styles of teaching.
1 | Teaching physical education : an orientation | 3 |
2 | Factors that influence learning | 22 |
3 | Research on teaching physical education | 41 |
4 | Designing learning experiences and tasks | 73 |
5 | Task presentation | 93 |
6 | Content analysis and development | 112 |
7 | Developing and maintaining a learning environment | 137 |
8 | Teacher functions during activity | 159 |
9 | Teaching strategies | 179 |
10 | Student motivation, personal growth, and inclusion | 209 |
11 | Planning | 237 |
12 | Assessment in the instructional process | 266 |
13 | Content-specific pedagogy | 299 |
14 | The professional teacher and the continuous learner | 333 |
15 | Observation techniques and tools | 350 |