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Children Moving introduces a process of teaching that supports adapting, adjusting, and modifying lessons to be interesting and worthwhile for all children - from the lowest to the highest skill and fitness levels. The ultimate goal is to teach emerging instructors how to guide young people to become physically active for a lifetime. Rather than simply describing games and activities,
Children Moving emphasizes the importance of children learning to move by focusing on developmentally appropriate skill themes that are used in virtually all sports and physical activities. The intended result is children becoming skillful movers and eager participants in physical activity.
List of contents
Part One: Introduction and Content Overview1 The Value and Purpose of Physical Education for Children
2 The Skill Theme Approach
3 Skill Themes, Movement Concepts, and the National Standards
Part Two: Becoming a Reflective Teacher4 Reflective Teaching
5 Determining Generic Levels of Skill Proficiency
6 Planning and Developing the Content
Part 3: Active Teaching Skills7 Establishing an Environment for Learning
8 Maintaining Appropriate Behavior
9 Instructional Approaches
10 Adapting the Content for Diverse Learners
11 Observing Student Responses
12 Assessing Student Learning
13 Analyzing Reflective Teaching
Part Four: Movement Concepts Development14 Space Awareness
15 Effort
16 Relationships
Part Five: Skill Theme Development17 Traveling
18 Chasing, Fleeing, and Dodging
19 Bending, Stretching, Curling, and Twisting
20 Jumping and Landing
21 Balancing
22 Transferring Weight and Rolling
23 Kicking and Punting
24 Throwing and Catching
25 Volleying and Dribbling
26 Striking with Rackets and Paddles
27 Striking with Long-Handled Implements
Part Six: Skill Theme Application28 Teaching Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, and Wellness
29 Teaching Educational Dance
30 Teaching Educational Gymnastics
31 Teaching Educational Games
32 Integrating the Skill Theme Approach Across the Curriculum
Part Seven: The Future33 Building Support for Your Program
34 Physical Education for Tomorrow's Children
About the author
George Graham, PhD, joined the faculty in the Department of Kinesiology at Penn State in August 2002. He serves as the coordinator of the K-12 Health and Physical Education program and as the Director of the Pedagogy of Physical Activity Laboratory. He moved to Penn State after 17 years on the faculty at Virginia Tech. He began his career teaching and coaching in the public schools of California and Oregon and also served on the faculties of the University of Georgia and the University of South Carolina. Dr. Graham has published extensively on the topics of physical education teacher effectiveness and physical education and activity for children with twelve books and monographs to his credit and over 50 articles. He is a much sought after speaker and consultant, delivering presentations at more then 100 conferences (over 35 were keynote addresses) throughout the world as well as serving as a consultant to seventy-five school districts, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the Professional Golf Association of America. Dr. Graham has appeared on CBS in the Morning, CNN, and National Public Radio (NPR) to speak on the topic of positive physical education for children. He has also been cited in USA Today, The Harvard Review and The Washington Post. A recipient of numerous awards, he most recently was inducted as a Fellow in the North American Society for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. He was awarded the Margie Hanson Honor Award presented by the Council on Physical Education for Children, and the National Association for Sport and Physical Education Curriculum and Instruction Academy Honor Award. Dr. Graham served as the Executive Director of the United States Physical Education Association. Along with his graduate students he wrote the first developmentally appropriate document for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). He is the immediate past-President of NASPE. He also serves on the PepsiCo Blue Ribbon Advisory Board for Health and Wellness and as the Director of Research and Curriculum Development for Top Dog Fitness. His most recent work is focused on educational uses of computer technology for teachers and students. He is the senior advisor for PE Central, the ultimate website for physical education teachers that averages over 70,000 unique visitors per month. Dr. Graham also is the senior advisor to Healthy Hearts, an e-Learning module delivered via the Internet for upper elementary and middle school students, designed to teach them about cardiovascular disease, physical activity, nutrition and tobacco avoidance. Healthy Hearts is currently being used extensively in West Virginia and New York.
