I have to admit that I am not yet fully comfortable with outcome based curriculum, but am learning and growing everyday. I was really only introduced to outcomes and indicators this year, as before this year those words just brought about confusion. The aspect I struggle with the most is turning those outcomes into engaging lesson plans and especially the assessment which follows. I am excited to learn more and become more confident in teaching and preparing lessons for outcome based curriculum, I know this will come with time and practice. I very much am looking forward to this class and learning how to teach and plan for physical education taught as outcome based curriculum.
Our first EPE class went very well and it left me excited that a night class could be so fun and engaging. I had fun participating in the activities and can defiantly see my self using those activities in my future classrooms. I am looking forward to becoming more familiar with the curriculum and build on my resources in the area of physical education!
My favourite part of this class is actually getting to participate in the activities. This is how I learn best and I feel many students are the same. There were two activities that stuck out to me.
ReplyDeleteThe first was when we were doing the tag/ warm up (with the foam fingers) activity and were spread all around the gym; we had to do push ups, sit ups, running, etc. The greatest part and something I didn't realize until after was that you didn't have the pressure of someone watching you. Everyone was busy doing their own thing that it really did not matter that I couldn't do a push up. This is an excellent idea for kids as many struggle with self-esteem and don't feel comfortable being physically active in front of their peers. I will defiantly be using this strategy in my future classroom.
Second, when our class was split into two and one team was in the "out field" and three players from the other team threw Frisbees at the opposing team. I liked this because it would be a great way for the teacher to assess who understands and could complete the task as three students went at a time. You could use a ball, Frisbee, etc. to have the students practice different movement skills.
So far in this class I have learnt so many useful activities to help my students learn and improve on their movement skills. I plan on using these activities in my future classrooms and look forward to learning more!